Assistant General Manager (Warehousing)

Duties And Responsibilities

• Ensure safe, efficient warehouse facility operations by advocating safety training & accident preparedness.
• Meet or exceed volume and department efficiency goals.
• Ability to analyze and make staffing adjustments to respond to workflow demands.
• Create and adhere to organizational best practices and safety standards.
• Maintain and continuously improve cost-efficiency and facility performance through proactive problem-solving and process enhancement.
• Actively coach, counsel, mentor & inspire staff to facilitate personal growth and development.
• Establish and maintain partnerships across all levels of departments in order to implement strategic solutions.
• Help create and reinforce a positive, collaborative team environment that respects and values diversity.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of related experience directly reporting to Senior Leadership.
• Big-box operational experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience supervising large, diverse teams of several hundred hourly associates.
• Strong WMS experience is required. Ideal candidates would have led or played a key part of a WMS integration; working knowledge of Manhattan is strongly preferred but not required.
• Strong reasoning, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interpret and communicate policies & procedures clearly.
• Strong technical skills in Windows/MS Office (Word & Excel).
• A passion for training and empowering operations leaders in the building.
• Willingness to tackle exciting new process-improvement projects.