Warehouse Director

Job Summary

This is an Operations position responsible for directing the activities associated with inbound and outbound warehouse operations.

Responsibilities

• Handles the daily work and safety of Inbound and Outbound Warehouse managers, supervisors and other associates.
• Manages labor hours and consumable supplies within budget and work schedules including extra work days and shifts as needed.
• Supervises the proper selection, purchase, and utilization of Company assets in support of warehouse operations.
• Covers with other departments as necessary to ensure upgrades and repairs are completed efficiently and effectively.
• Develops business relationships to ensure communication and efficient operations with third-party vendors, including but not limited to lumping services.
• Maintains current certificate of insurance and hold harmless agreements for all contracted vendors.
• Reviews the management of shipping and loading audits daily ensuring all required documentation is accurately completed (including Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), food safety, and catch-weight documentation) and that material is handled and stored correctly with a minimum potential for loss.
• Prepares budget, profit plans, and capital requests as required.
• Evaluates metrics and adjusts activities to meet or exceed performance expectations.
• Suggests efficiency ideas, cost reduction measures and assists with the implementation of changes within inbound and outbound warehouse operations.
• Identifies problems, proposes solutions to other members of management and promotes cooperation with other departments.
• Maintains on-going interaction.
• Keeps open communication channels with associates by answering questions and explaining policies and procedures.
• Maintains associate morale.
• Suggests ideas to improve associate engagement and enablement.
• Interprets trains and consistently enforces Company policies and procedures.
• Collaborates with the Safety department to aid in training, conducting associate observations, updating preferred work methods, conducting accident investigations to determine root causes and routine safety inspections.
• Makes recommendations for disciplinary action and/or behavior modification where required.
• Executes management functions of staff selection, development, discipline, performance reviews and/or terminations.
• Performs the duties of associates supervised and other related duties as needed.
• Complies with local, state and federal regulatory agencies (i.e. OSHA, AIB, FDA, USDA, etc.).

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree required or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Experience: 7 years of related experience and/or training.
• Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations: Obtain a Powered Industrial Equipment Certification from Sysco within 3 months.

Professional Skills

• Ability to read, comprehend, write and speak English.
• Able to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Capable of writing reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Proven knowledge of spreadsheet software and Word Processing software, and ability to learn Sysco technology software and programs.
• Must have excellent computer skills.
• Successfully engage and lead individual and team discussions and meetings.
• Apply all relevant policies in a consistent, timely and objective manner.
• Adept in working with peers and associates from other departments, operating companies, and Corporate proactively and constructively.
• Manage the pressures and stress associated with a deadline-oriented atmosphere and customer service issues.
• Demonstrates skill in making an independent decision in support of company policies and procedures promptly.
• Reports to work promptly and regularly.
• Consistently meet deadlines.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to talk or hear.
• Frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and climb or balance.
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Sometimes exposed to high, precarious places.
• Periodically exposed to fumes or airborne particles.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.