Director Of Warehousing & Distribution

Position Summary: The Director of Warehousing & Distribution will be responsible for the overall operational administration and management of the companies distribution centers, 3PL operations and distribution of product. The incumbent will ensure company objectives are met, including implementing strategies for cost savings, improving operational efficiencies, and ensuring inventory is accounted for and maintained for quality standards.

Essential Duties

Oversee the implementation of all warehouse contracts and operations, logistics, scheduling systems, delivery, and transportation, loading dock activity, product storage, pest control, emergency action plans, safety and standard operational procedures.

• Reporting for business performances, via dashboards and other tools, of exact status of operations
• Provides leadership, direction, and development of a team of direct reports. Use effective management skills to develop a high performing Logistics Operations team and foster a culture of team engagement. Ensure the Logistics Operations team maintains a high level of engagement and performance with all internal and external team members.
• Anticipate and identify issues and opportunities, taking action to ensure orders are processed timely and managed efficiently to customer satisfaction.
• Develop near-term and medium-term roadmap for achieving said KPI’s, partnering with executive team to create capital budgets and organizational structure.
• Reduce damage in shipments to consumers
• Develop and maintain Warehouse budget.
• Develops processes to ensure an optimal customer experience with shipping.
• Drive & optimize inventory storage and throughput to reduce shrinkage.
• Facilitate ideas to enhance the customer experience, reduce total cost, and improve speed to customer.
• Identify and resolve areas of cost savings opportunity in LTL, parcel shipping, reverse logistics, packaging, and warehouse management.
• Conduct value stream mapping exercises in the supply chain and drive process improvements.
• Conduct value stream mapping exercises in the supply chain and drive process improvements.
• Research and develop best-in-class KPI’s for Delivery Standards, Inventory management and Order Fulfillment metrics by channel
• Manage carrier and material supplier relationships to ensure service level targets are meet.
• Conduct hiring and staffing for the Logistics Operations team. Propose organizational design, objective setting, resource allocation and ways of working within the team.
• Develop and execute strategies & plans to ensure successful product fulfillment.
• Drive & optimize inventory storage and throughput to reduce shrinkage.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated contract negotiation experience
• 2-5 years in cost accounting
• Demonstrated project management skills
• Goal driven, with the ability to work under pressure, with competing priorities
• 2-5 years of experience of ERP / SAP
• Knowledge of standard cost system for distribution system
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
• 7+ years relevant experience in transportation management (at national level), with multiple carriers
• Bachelor’s Degree: business or logistics, preferred
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Previous experience within flooring or building materials is a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills