Director of Operations - Warehouse

Lippert

• $110K — $130K *
White, GA 30184In-Person
Transportation
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BA in Supply Chain or Operations preferred
  • 15-20 years of management experience
  • Intermediate to advanced Excel skills
  • Strong systems understanding
  • Continuous improvement experience is a plus
  • Multi-shift leadership experience
  • Experience leading over 100 team members in a 7-day work week schedule
  • Big box distribution experience

Responsibilities

  • Maintain a safe work environment by enforcing standards and complying with regulations
  • Contribute to strategic plans by providing warehouse operations insights
  • Motivate team members to achieve operational goals
  • Build team capability through effective hiring, training, and communication
  • Develop teams to address operational issues and meet performance goals
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to resolve operational challenges
  • Prepare action plans to ensure productivity and quality standards are met
  • Forecast requirements and manage budget to meet financial objectives
  • Develop systems for product handling, inventory management, and shipping
  • Lead continuous improvement projects to enhance warehouse operations
  • Train team members on warehouse processes and ERP systems
  • Troubleshoot receiving and shipping complaints to prevent recurrence
  • Administer policies and procedures
  • Work with leadership to meet customer needs
  • Be flexible with work hours to ensure coverage as needed
  • Manage P&L responsibilities
  • Oversee transportation and logistics operations within a distribution environment

Benefits

  • Unique, inclusive, and supportive company culture
  • Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, and 401k with employer match
  • Career development and mentoring opportunities
  • Holiday, personal, and vacation days
Full Job Description
Overview

Our Director of Operations manage warehouse Team Members, coordinate shipping & receiving efforts in the designated region and manage operating costs for their facility.

Responsibilities
  • Maintain a safe work environment by establishing, following, and enforcing standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations.
  • Achieve operational objectives by contributing warehouse operations information and recommendations to strategic plans
  • Motivate the team members to achieve plan goals
  • Build people capability through effective Team Member relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly personnel.
  • Develop teams to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance goals.
  • Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally to assist team to solve operational issues
  • Review and prepare any action plans while ensuring productivity, quality and customer service standards are met
  • Meet financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions.
  • Develop warehouse operations systems by determining product handling and storage requirements
  • Develop processes for receiving product, equipment utilization, inventory management and shipping
  • Develop and implement warehouse operations system improvements by leading continuous improvement projects as assigned and by analyzing process workflow, manning and space requirements, and equipment layout.
  • Train Team Members on all warehouse processes and ERP systems
  • Troubleshoot all receiving and shipping complaints to find the cause, help resolve the issue, and prevent re-occurrence
  • Administer policies and procedures
  • Work in collaboration with Leadership to meet all external and internal customer needs
  • Flexible to work hours beyond and outside regular work schedule to ensure coverage as deemed necessary
  • P & L responsibility
  • Demonstrated experience managing transportation and logistics operations within a distribution environment, including inbound and outbound freight, carrier selection, routing, and delivery coordination.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position will have supervisory responsibility upon hiring and will lead a team of supervisors.

Travel:

Travel will be 10% of the role.

Required Education and Experience:
  • BA, preferably in Supply Chain or Operations
  • 15-20 Years Management Experience preferred
  • Intermediate to Advanced Excel is preferred
  • Strong systems understanding is needed
  • Continuous Improvement experience is a plus
  • Multi-Shift leadership experience
  • Experience leading over 100 Team Members on a 7 day work week schedule
  • Big Box distribution experience

Preferred Education and Experience:
  1. Computer Skills: Experience with Manhattan

Work Authorization/Security Clearance

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

What You will Get:
  • A unique, inclusive and supportive company culture.
  • Comprehensive benefit offerings including medical, dental, vision, 401k with employer match, vacation, and more!
  • Fair and competitive compensation.
  • Career development and mentoring and opportunities to grow.
  • Holiday, personal and vacation days.

Apply at careers.lippert.com!

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