Distribution Center Manager

Description of the Position:

The Distribution Center Manager is responsible for managing all aspects of a supply chain operation. The DCM provides overall direction and oversight in the areas of performance, safety, P&L management, customer relations, continuous improvement, and associate development.

Responsibilities:

• Direct the operations of distribution, packaging, and transportation to achieve company objectives and meet customer expectations.

• Evaluate overall operations and develop short and long-term goals to meet organizational objectives.

• Oversee all warehousing, distribution, packaging, and transportation operations to ensure company and customer requirements are met.

• Focus on continuous improvement and make decisions about enhancing value, service and effectiveness, and profitability.

• Direct and oversee programs to ensure safety of all associates, equipment, and property.

• Ensure compliance with all company, customer, and government regulatory requirements.

• Directly manage budget and P&L for operations.

• Develop work plans ensuring appropriate staffing levels, managing labor costs, overtime, and retention.

• Maximizes quality and productivity by understanding and mastering all job standards for each function and evaluating performance variances to identify root cause, corrective action, and training needs.

• Participates in the collection of performance measurements per customer, vendor and/or site requirements.

• Reviews KPIs and makes recommendations for efficiency improvements to both processes and associate performance.

• Establishes a strong relationship with the customer(s).

• Prepares and submits weekly and monthly reports.

• Deliver a consistent, high-performance experience to our associates and customer.

• Know and be capable of communicating quality, food safety, and customer standards to all employees, customers, and 3rd party auditors as needed.

• Follow corporate and site-specific safety policies and procedures, and correct noncompliance when observed

• Know and be capable of communicating safety policies and procedures to all employees as needed.

• Follow corporate and site-specific Good Manufacturing Practices and correct noncompliance when observed.

• Follow corporate and site-specific safety policies and procedures, and correct noncompliance when observed.

Salary for fully qualified candidate - $125,000-$135,000/annually