Bob's Discount Furniture

Sr. Manager, Distribution Center Operations

Bob's Discount Furniture$80K — $95K *
Macon, GA 31204In-Person
Retail & Consumer Goods
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree preferred
  • 6+ years of senior leadership experience in a warehouse environment
  • Experience managing departmental budgets and P&L statements
  • Proven ability to focus on quality and accuracy
  • Strong communication skills including written, verbal, and listening

Responsibilities

  • Lead and balance daily warehouse operations through a team of managers
  • Monitor KPIs and drive performance improvements using data
  • Develop a forward vision with strategic planning and problem solving
  • Collaborate across departments to meet business and operational goals
  • Support flexible scheduling to address business needs

Benefits

  • Promotes a culture of safety and high housekeeping standards
  • Values diversity and inclusivity within the workforce
  • Encourages continuous learning, growth, and development opportunities
Full Job Description
Job Overview

The Senior DC Operations Manager will lead a group of operations and facilities managers to ensure all operational targets are met while continually adjusting and adapting to the changing job priorities. Balancing workloads between all warehouse departments is necessary in maximizing workflow, to meet customer commitments and deadlines, establishing building goals are important.

In partnership with the building Director and peers, preparation for the multiple business cycles throughout the year is a primary responsibility. This is a growth role allowing the Senior Operations Manager to lead the facility when the Director is not on-site.

Key Skills for Success

To excel in this role, you will need to demonstrate strengths in the following skill areas:

Core Competencies & Expertise
  • This position leads to a forward vision that involves strategic planning, problem solving skills and making decisions based on data and experience
  • Ability to lead day-to-day warehouse operations through a team of operations and facilities managers
  • Experience driving cross-functional workflow balance and ensure execution of customer commitments
  • Ability to manage departmental budgets, analyze P&L statements, and support capital planning
  • Ability to work with a diversified workforce and maintain constant open communication on all policies and procedures
  • High level of collaboration across departments including inventory, HR, LP, and merchandising
  • Desire to promote a culture of safety and maintain high housekeeping standards
  • Experience monitoring KPIs and driving performance improvements through data-driven decision making
  • Ability to support business needs through flexible scheduling, including weekends/holidays


Preferred Competencies & Skills
  • Bilingual (Spanish) preferred


Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree - preferred
  • 6+ years of senior leadership experience in a warehouse environment
  • Experience maintaining budget and targeted expenses by reviewing monthly P & L, Capex Expenditures and approving invoicing; driving continuous improvement to exceed budgeted P &L metrics; raise your own bar
  • Experience managing teams and people; to include performance management, fostering continuous learning, growth and development and creating succession plans to build depth on the bench
  • Experience in managing staffing and hitting targeted goals, working with partners on effective recruitment strategies
  • Experience in working with cross-functional teams
  • Experience in working with third party labor partners and co-employment
  • Proven ability to focus on quality and accuracy - minimizing product damage
  • Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced warehouse environment
  • Must be a critical thinker who can analyze data and problem solve
  • Strong communication skills including written, verbal and listening
  • Ability to work under stressful conditions and adapt while making operational decisions
  • Proficient in using a warehouse management system (WMS) - as well as Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel
  • Furniture or other big-ticket experience
  • Mathematical and analytical aptitude


Physical Demands
  • Required to stand and walk 80% of the time to oversee the business

Diversity is a Core Value at Bob's

At Bob's Discount Furniture, we want you to feel at home. Whether you're shopping with us or a part of the Bob's team, we want you to know that you are valued, appreciated, and free to be who you are.

We are committed to creating a place as diverse as the communities we serve.

#ENGHP

About Bob's Discount Furniture

Bob's Discount Furniture is a privately held furniture retailer headquartered in Manchester, Connecticut. Bob's Discount Furniture was founded in 1991 with its first store in Newington, Connecticut and is ranked 12th in sales among United States furniture stores according to Furniture Today's list of Top 100 Furniture Stores. As of February 2021, the company has 140 stores in 22 states, primarily in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and West Coast.
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