YourLiebherrCareer: Warehouse Operations Manager

Liebherr • Newport News, VA

18h • Onsite

About The Position

The Warehouse Operations Manager coordinates, directs, and manages all activities for the warehouse operations. The Warehouse Operations Manager is expected to have proficiency in all areas of warehouse operations.

Requirements

• Associates or Bachelor's degree with 6 years of related experience or a combination of education and experience equivalent to 8 or more years.
• Working Together and communicating - Works with others, even across departmental boundaries, towards common goals. Actively contributes, listens attentively to others and expresses oneself respectfully and clearly. Creates a common understanding through open exchange in order to achieve good solutions for Liebherr.
• Being open for change and development - Deals openly with change. Adapts flexibly to new requirements and actively contributing to improvements. Has the drive to learn and develop new personal and professional skills.
• Making competent decisions - Makes comprehensible decisions within their own area of responsibility in a reasonable amount of time. Communicates decisions openly. Takes responsibility for one's own decisions and the consequences of those decisions.
• Thinking and acting responsibly - Performs tasks reliably, economically, and with an eye on the big picture
• Pursuing goals and delivering results - Aligns one's own actions with clear goals. Works towards results in a committed manner. Delivering binding results. Ensure that results are traceable and of good quality.
• Leading and developing employees - Recognizes the strengths and development opportunities of employees and supports them in applying and developing these in a targeted manner. Creates an environment in which independent action is possible and encourages employees to take responsibility. Contributes to the effective resolution of conflicts within the team.
• Acting responsibly and economically - Recognizes opportunities and risks in the market and in contact with internal and external customers at an early stage. Derives appropriate measures. Evaluates measures from an economic and strategic perspective (goals and values of the group of companies). Implements measures decisively.
• Thinking strategically - Identifies strategic action requirements at an early stage and develops suitable options. Aligns their own area of responsibility with the corporate strategy. Coordinates with other areas derives concrete goals and measures that are consistently implemented.
• Dealing with complexity - Recognizes complex relationships and uncertainties in the working environment at an early stage. Thinks beyond the own area and considers issues from different perspectives. Recognizes new opportunities and works with others to develop sustainable solutions through networked thinking.
• Leading yourself - Is aware of their own thoughts, actions, and behaviors in line with Liebherr core values and principles of cooperation and leadership. Knows and respects own limits.

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency in all areas of warehouse operations.
• Knowledge of WMS.
• Knowledge of 5S methodology (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain)
• Knowledge or INCOTERMS / ability to generate shipping documentation (Colli List / BOL)

Responsibilities

• Maintains and assures the proper use of the company Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system for the transaction of sales, purchase receipt, shipping and re-distribution requirements.
• Analyzes warehouse workload to estimate worker hours and creates schedules that meet both internal and external needs for Receiving, Warehouse, Shipping and our Dealers.
• Interfaces with others in the organization to ensure customer deadlines are met.
• Develops, recommends, and implements measures to improve employee efficiency, equipment performance, and quality of services.
• Ability to adapt warehouse processes and configuration to evolving product line and technology (WMS).
• Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase department efficiency.
• Analyzes and resolves work problems, or assists workers in solving work problems.
• Oversees proper handling and disposal of hazardous materials.
• Assures the accuracy and quality of information on all warehouse operations documents.
• Works with the Warehouse Operations Leads to balance the workflow on a daily basis.
• Assures the proficiency and proper training of all warehouse operations employees.
• Strives to keep costs within budget.
• Monitors revenues and/or expenses to ensure sound fiscal responsibilities.
• Manages proper documentation for all inventory adjustments.
• Ability to work within semi manual inventory processes
• Directly responsible for the accuracy of parts inventory in the warehouse.
• Management of bi-annual inventory counts.
• Knowledgeable in 5S methodology (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain)
• Knowledge or INCOTERMS / ability to generate shipping documentation (Colli List / BOL)
• Directly manages the Warehouse Operations Lead(1) and Warehouse Associates (~4-6)
• Responsible for the overall direction, coordination and evaluation of Warehouse Operations team.

Benefits

• major medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401K plan with company match
• paid vacation and personal days

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree