DSD Receiving/Pricing Manager

Essential Functions

• Grow contribution to net profit via sales or margin increases in specific vendor by vendor categories.
• Manage costs and retails internally and through IT to retail for all lines.
• Move a designated number of vendors to the backdoor receiving system each year.
• Schedule and monitor air or surface pickup, delivery, or distribution of products or materials.
• Create a communication vehicle to inform the retail outlets of key initiatives.
• Measure ROI on significant promotional activity.
• Respond to customers' or shippers' questions and complaints regarding storage and distribution.
• Inspect physical conditions of warehouses, vehicle fleets and equipment, and order testing.
• Examine products or materials to estimate quantities or weight and type of container required for storage or transport.
• Negotiate with carriers, warehouse operators and insurance company representatives for services.
• Issue shipping instructions and provide routing information to ensure that delivery times and locations are coordinated.
• Examine invoices and shipping manifests for conformity to tariff and customer regulations.
• Prepare and manage departmental budgets.
• Prepare or direct preparation of correspondence, reports, and operations, maintenance, and safety manuals.
• Arrange for necessary shipping documentation, and contact customs officials to effect release of shipments.
• Advises sales and billing departments of transportation charges for customers’ accounts.
• Evaluate freight costs and the inventory costs associated with transit times to ensure that costs are appropriate.
• Participate in setting transportation and service rates.
• Track and trace goods while they are in route to their destinations, expediting orders when necessary.
• Arrange for storage facilities when required.
• Develop and implement plans for facility modification or expansion, such as equipment purchase or changes in space allocation or structural design.
• Evaluate locations for new warehouses and distribution networks to determine their potential usefulness.

Position Qualifications

• Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
• Adaptability - Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.
• Autonomy - Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
• Creative - Ability to think in such a way as to produce a new concept or idea.
• Customer Oriented - Ability to take care of the customers’ needs while following company procedures.
• Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
• Energetic - Ability to work at a sustained pace and produce quality work.
• Enthusiastic - Ability to bring energy to the performance of a task.
• Friendly - Ability to exhibit a cheerful demeanor toward others.
• Motivation - Ability to inspire oneself and others to reach a goal and/or perform to the best of their ability.
• Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
• Patience - Ability to act calmly under stress and strain, and of not being hasty or impetuous.
• Presentation Skills - Ability to effectively present information publicly.
• Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
• Self-Motivated - Ability to be internally inspired to perform a task to the best of one’s ability using his or her own drive or initiative.
• Time Management - Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines.
• Working Under Pressure - Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations.