Warehouse Manager, 2Nd Shift

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintain sufficient staffing from Temporary agencies to support distribution activities.
• Enforce compliance with all company policies, procedures, safety rules and regulations.   
• Approval of all departmental requests for time off. Aid in interviewing, selection, and orientation of new employees. Ensure all staff members are fully trained in all job functions, monitor performance by frequent spot check. Coordinate and advise employees of warehouse policies, maintenance, personnel, and safety policies. Develop and train staff in new departmental procedures. Conducts Annual reviews.
• Knowing that exceptions do arise, intelligent decisions must be made and rapid response time is critical to ensure all shipments meet our customer needs.
• Allocating and managing staff resources according to changing needs. Implementing health and safety procedures. Managing staff training issues. Motivating team members. Project management and Setting objectives.
• Monitoring the quality, cost and efficiency of the movement and storage of goods. Co-coordinating and controlling the order cycle and associated information system. Analyzing data to monitor performance and plan improvements.
• Must be flexible to accommodate unforeseen changes to daily schedules. Must react quickly with contingency plans to any unforeseen issues that might arise.
• Develop strong Partnerships with DRP, Customer Service, Warehousing , Receiving, Shipping , Engineering and various other departments.
• The manager has the responsibility to ensure timely and efficient execution of the daily Order Fulfillment plan.
• Assist in planning and developing warehouse policies and goals. Implement directives by working with direct staff.
• Assure adherence to KPI standards
• Deployment of workforce to meet departmental production needs.
• Develops improvement plans to current warehouse practices to promote efficiency and reduce expenses. Follows through on specialized projects as requested by the Director or other members of Senior Management.
• Prepared to assist in other areas of the distribution center when necessary to support Company goals and service.

Experience & Education
Education

• Minimum 5 years of warehouse or distribution management experience.
• Undergraduate college degree required, or equivalent related experience.

Experience

• Strong communicator, both verbal and written.
• Detail-oriented.
• Knowledge of general PC operations; spreadsheet skills desired.
• Personality which exhibits confidence in decision making.
• Ability to work on multiple tasks, prioritize workload, and delegate as necessary.
• Superior skills in problem solving, communications, leadership, and team commitment.
• Ability to explain instructions to other with less knowledge; develop training manuals.

Functional Competencies
This position also includes that He/She should keep updated on new products and processes. Quickly learns to operate new equipment and computer systems. Cross-trains in functions other than one's primary role. Keeps up with industry trends and updates knowledge appropriately (e.g., export knowledge, use of automated equipment, advances in technology, e-commerce, etc.)