Director Of Warehouse And Distribution

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Job details

Onsite Position - Relocation Assistance Provided

This Jobot Job is hosted by Christian Aviles

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Salary $120,000 - $180,000 per year

A Bit About Us

Our client is a family-owned and internationally renowned company that has been rapidly growing over the last 10 years. The brand is backed by a team of people working together to create a line of innovative products that provide solutions to the tile industry. We’re looking to build our team with individuals who like to think BIG, and want to be part of what makes our products-- extraordinary.

Why join us?

We are a company that treats its employees, suppliers, and customers as long-term partners. Where success is built on a win-win philosophy and everyone should benefit.

"Profit is not the goal of the business. Profit is the consequence of a job well done"

Job Details

Seeking an experienced Warehouse and Distribution Leader with expertise in leading a multi-site Warehouse and Distribution Facilities. (Current locations in Plattsburgh, NY, Reno, NV, and Fort Worth, TX). Position will report directly to the Chief Operating Officer of North America and work from the Plattsburgh, NY location.

Scope And Responsibilities

Distribution and Warehouse Leader

Responsible for the efficient and safe operation of warehouse and distribution facilities

Promote the importance of Safety and Health, ensuring compliance, and striving towards an incident free workplace

Leading the warehousing, customer fulfillment and Schluter DC distribution operations in NA

Develop and drive the roadmap for distribution and transportation strategy aligned to the business growth and demands

Promotes strong teamwork between all sites to ensure best practices are adopted and a Lean/Continuous improvement culture is developed

Create collaborative and autonomous teams focused on developing a self-directed, continually improving process

Train, coach, and lead to achieve continuously higher quality, productivity, and service performance. Developing a flexible and dependable team

Create a culture of continuous improvement and positive teamwork

Identify training and organization development needs of personnel

Ensure DC’s have appropriate leadership, skills, resources, processes, and training to maximize worker/facility utilization

Ensure support for new/changing operational processes and product introductions

Keep current on industry trends, technology, and market offerings, understanding impacts on operations and strategic development

Ensures customer quality and delivery expectations are consistently met and improved

Maintain accurate Inventory Management practices

Maintains physical condition (clean, well-organized (5S)) and maintenance of warehouse and fulfillment areas to always be customer ready

Help lead and assist in planning and implementation of new warehouse capacity and DC design layouts

Develop effective working relationships with external departments to ensure excellence as it relates to efficient, high quality operations. Works closely with

Purchasing/Planning team on delivery of materials, equipment, and services according to requirements of operation

Customer Service and Sales

Engineering

Executive Management

Customer Focus

Promote customer focus, ensuring customer requirements are communicated and understood

Ensure corporate strategy, business channel, and DC objectives are satisfied

Develop logistics and distribution strategies to support the dynamic needs of the customer emphasizing service and continual optimization

Ensure tactical delivery with a focus on quality, time, and cost to serve all business channels

Team Leadership Organizing recruitment, scheduling, training, coaching, performance evaluations, and disciplinary actions when necessary

Building a positive and constructive work culture

Perform other work and special projects as required by COO

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree preferred

10+ years of proven warehouse and distribution leaderships experience (preferably managing larger multi-site DC’s)

Exceptional people-management and conflict resolution skills

Strong Total Business Acumen and a proven ability to lead the organization with minimal direction

Strong Emotional Intelligence and an ability to coach it to others

Track record of leading teams in Continuous Improvement, creating ideas and change from within the team through Lean principles

Improving processes to improve cycle time, productivity, and customer quality

Proven ability to train, lead, coach, mentor, and motivate a team helping to develop a stronger process driven environment

Strong decision-making skills with logical business and customer reasoning

Strong problem solving skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively with all levels of employees, management, and cross organizationally

A leader that enjoys building a continually improving, self-motivated, customer focused team

Strong skills in ERP/WMS and warehouse automation systems to support operations

Competent in the use of computer equipment, word processing, spreadsheet, and database programs (i.e. MS Office)

Highly organized

Strong work ethic

Meticulous attention to detail

Proactive and strategic in nature

Company Benefits

• Guaranteed Biannual Bonuses
• Annual Raises
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Generous PTO
• 401k with Company Match
• Room for Advancement

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