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Responsibilities

  • Maintains a safe and healthy work environment by establishing, following, and enforcing standards and procedures.
  • Maintain quality standards of finished product.
  • Ensures smooth delivery of product for the Sales organization.
  • Achieves operational objectives by contributing warehouse operations information and recommendations to strategic plans.
  • Reviews and prepares any action plans while ensuring productivity, quality and customer service standards are met.
  • Meets financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions.
  • Builds people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly and salaried personnel.
  • Develops and motivates team to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance goals.
  • Delivers effective change leadership while driving business changes and minimizing people impact.
  • Communicates and collaborates cross-functionally to assist team to solve operational issues.
  • Develops warehouse operations systems by determining product handling and storage requirements.
  • Develops processes for receiving product, equipment utilization, inventory management, gate processes (check in/out), and shipping.
  • Develops and implements warehouse operations system improvements by leading continuous improvement projects as assigned and by analyzing process work flow, manning and space requirements, and equipment layout.
  • Troubleshoots all receiving and shipping complaints to find the cause, help resolve the issue, and prevent reoccurrence.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, preferably in engineering, business, operations management, or similar field.
  • Continuous improvement experience (i.e. Lean Six Sigma certification, TPM, lean manufacturing, etc.), as demonstrated by successful completion of a major improvement project.
  • 5 years of operations/logistics or supply chain experience preferred with 2 or more years of supervisory experience preferred.
  • Strong knowledge of inventory management systems.
  • Forklift certification a plus.
  • Ability to lead a team-based approach to decision-making and demonstrated ability to work in a results-oriented, challenging environment.
  • Strong leadership skills with the ability to get results through mentoring others.
  • Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team building skills.

Nice-to-haves

  • Forklift Certification
  • Six Sigma Certification

Benefits

  • Paid parental leave
  • Dependent care reimbursement
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Flexible spending account
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Employee assistance program
  • Vision insurance
  • Retirement plan
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