Manager, Warehousing & Distribution
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Location: Kansas City, MO
Job Summary and Purpose:
The Manager is responsible for the oversight, support and leadership of Commercial Warehousing & Distribution Operations. The scope includes Ceva and 3PL operations, and covers the warehouse functions of receiving, storage, and shipping along with monitoring of inbound and outbound transportation activity. This will involve managing direct reports and supporting indirect reports. The Manager is responsible for inventory control of products while in the warehouse. The Manager is the champion of Quality Management, Regulatory Compliance, and Operational Excellence to ensure all processes are effective and efficient. The Manager ultimately is accountable to ensure safety, compliance, quality, service and cost targets and metrics are defined, measured, and achieved.
Responsibilities and Key Duties:
Warehousing:
• Responsible for the management of warehouse operations on a tactical and an operational level.
• Routinely analyze people and physical capacity needs along with process capabilities needed to support the business plan.
• Assist with the annual warehousing and transportation budget process along with conducting monthly review of actuals versus budget to ensure expense alignment with the budget.
• Ensure warehouses are compliant with regulations from the FDA, USDA, DOT, IATA, OSHA, and any other Government requirements pertaining to warehousing and transportation operations.
• Manage training program for warehouse personnel with regards to the applicable company procedures, industry regulations, and legislation.
• Ensure proper implementation and execution of all policies and procedures pertaining to receiving, put away, inventory control, picking, packing, and shipping.
• Develop, implement, and monitor the appropriate KPIs to ensure safety, compliance, quality, service, and cost results are managed and improved.
• Responsible for maintaining warehouse staffing by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
• Develop Supervisor personnel so that daily and weekly operational activities are well managed by them.
• Lead the Performance Management process including job mastery, core competencies, and individual development.
• Responsible for Supplies and Service Provider selection and the ongoing management resulting in optimized value in terms of cost and service.
• Conduct regularly scheduled business reviews and drive necessary improvement actions with warehousing 3PLs.
Distribution:
• Monitor transportation performance with respect to quality, service, and cost.
• Analyze and report on transportation performance and key findings along with recommended improvement actions to optimize overall value.
• Conduct regularly scheduled business reviews and drive necessary improvement actions with transport 3PLs.
Inventory:
• Drive inventory accuracy by performing regular cycle counts, annual physical inventory, reconciling variances and making any required system adjustments.
• Perform root cause analysis for out of tolerance variances and implement corrective actions to help prevent future occurrences.
• Ensure inventory is stored and handled appropriately to prevent damage to and/or loss of products.
• Maintain proper segregation of inventory in the facility.
Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement:
• Create and lead a culture of continuous improvement.
• Define a plan for and implement the core pillars of Operational Excellence.
• Ensure that 5S is fully implemented and is a sustained practice.
• Utilize daily Tier Meetings to assess results, determine adjustments and set priorities.
• Incorporate accountability mechanisms at the Tier Meetings and actions are followed up on accordingly.
• Understand and use waste reduction techniques to make processes more efficient.
• Practice problem solving techniques to make processes more effective.
• Utilize Project Management techniques to lead initiatives to improve processes or establish new capabilities.
• Develop a cross-trained and flexible workforce to support business needs and continuity.
Core Competencies:
• Drive ambition and accountability
• Influence others
• Engage and develop
• Collaborate with empathy
• Client focus
• Shape solutions out of complexity
Technical / Functional Competencies:
• Advanced Warehousing & Transportation expertise
• Advanced Quality & Regulatory expertise
• Advanced People Management skills
• Intermediate Business & Customer knowledge
• Intermediate Operational Excellence knowledge
• Basic Financial understanding
• Basic Project Management skills
Qualifications:
Education
• Bachelor's Degree preferred, or equivalent work experience required.
Work Experience Required:
• At least 5 years industry experience in managing Warehousing and Transportation operations.
• Experience in FDA/EPA/USDA warehouse environments.
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Working with DOT, IATA, and OSHA regulations.
• Advanced knowledge of ERP/WMS/TMS systems.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
Physical Requirements:
Lifting up to - 50lbs
Standing - 50%
Working Conditions:
Light industrial environment.
Travel Required:
Willing and able to travel domestic overnight 25% of the time and/or International 5% of the time.
This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, duties and responsibilities or working conditions associated with the job. This job description is not an employment contract. Ceva reserves the right to modify job duties and/or job descriptions at any time to meet the needs of the business.
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Education
• Bachelor's Degree preferred, or equivalent work experience required.
Work Experience Required:
• At least 5 years industry experience in managing Warehousing and Transportation operations.
• Experience in FDA/EPA/USDA warehouse environments.
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Working with DOT, IATA, and OSHA regulations.
• Advanced knowledge of ERP/WMS/TMS systems.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
