Job Description

Job Location: Lafayette - Lafayette, LA 70506
Salary Range: $60,000.00 - $65,000.00 Hourly

Job Shift: DayJOB TITLE:  Distribution Center Manager
TEAM MEMBER PERKS
Along with a competitive paycheck, you will also get to enjoy a full suite of benefits including:
- Paid Weekly
- Sick Time - 5 days
- Vacation Time - Earn up to 2-weeks on your first year of employment
- Paid Holidays and Floating Holidays
- Premium FREE Medical and Dental coverage options
- Vision Insurance
- 401(k) with company matching
- Life Insurance
- Discounts on Tires and Wheels
- Opportunity for advancement
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU
- Pride yourself in providing excellent customer service
- Have proven time management mastery
- Have the ability to work independently and in a team
- Pride yourself on solving problems efficiently
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITES:
- Responsible for all facility operations including scheduling and management of drivers, supervisors, leads and distribution center associates
- Manage the day-to-day distribution center operations including unloading and loading of all shipments ensuring accuracy and timeliness of shipments and paperwork.  Align workload, people management and process objectives
- Enforce all programs; safety, operational, and personnel policies and procedures
- Comply with federal, state, and local warehousing, fleet, material handling, and shipping requirements
- Safeguard distribution center operations and contents by establishing and monitoring security procedures and protocols
- Oversee a safe, clean, and orderly operating environment
- Responsible for the accuracy of shipments
- Ensure facility is in good condition; maintains a clean, efficient distribution center
- Sustain distribution center staff through recruitment, selection, and training of team members
- Identify and execute coaching opportunities to develop team members
- Verify inventory accuracy through cycle count process to ensure inventory accuracy is maintained at levels acceptable to company standards
- Ensure all will call orders are handled in an efficient and courteous manner
- Ensure fleet is compliant with DOT regulations
- Implement a monthly/yearly budget acceptable to cost control performance measures
- Utilize a “Creativity before Capital” approach to managing and leading the facilities
- Develop strategies and programs to reduce costs and lead times, increase inventory turns and order turnaround time
- Responsible for providing outstanding customer service
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:
- A B.S./B.A. degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, Manufacturing, Management, or equivalent work experience preferred
- Minimum of 2 years’ operations leadership experience preferred
- Experience managing fleet of delivery vehicles under DOT compliance
- Possess a valid regular driver’s license, some states may require a Class D license
- Insurable by Company’s insurance carrier
- Strong leadership skills: train, motivate and direct the work of others
- Strong organization and decision-making skills with an attention to detail
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Proven customer service skills
- Proven process improvement experience
- Distribution center, fleet, and forklift safety
- Working knowledge of OSHA
- Knowledge of computers to operate effectively with Outlook, Word, and Excel
- Budget management
- Ability to operate a lift.  All positions that require the use of a lift, will be provided training to obtain lift certification
- Ability to become Smith System certified.  Training will be provided by the company