Responsibilities & Essential Functions:
- Management of all personnel, equipment, inventory, and for the overall material condition of the facility.
- Maximizing efficiency, productivity, and expense management. Closely monitor, manage, and approve expenses (labor, equipment, fuel, repairs, supplies, and utilities).
- Participation in the branch warehouse standardization review, with the Regional Operations Manager.
- Recruiting, supervising, developing, and cross-training employees on an ongoing basis. Managing work schedules and overtime and approving weekly timecards.
- Develop and maintain a team work oriented environment while preserving employee morale and providing a safe and efficient work environment.
- Monitoring employee productivity, conducting documented employee reviews and constructively disciplining and documenting unsatisfactory employee performance and/or inappropriate conduct.
- Ensuring that all material is received, stored, pulled and loaded safely and accurately.
- Minimizing and investigating product damage and handling customer and vendor returns.
- Managing the physical condition of the entire facility and maintaining a relationship with the local property manager.
- Managing safety programs to confirm training is scheduled, conducted and documented for all employees.
- Ensure PPE standards are met at all times.
- Investigating and documenting all accidents or incidents and developing processes to correct and/or prevent future occurrences
- Interacting with Human Resources on the status of injured employees and restricted duty.
- Understanding and compliance with OSHA standards and requirements
- Maintaining and upholding the fire prevention program.
- Knowledge and ability to perform the duties of the Transportation Operations Manager:
- The overall management of all transportation personnel and equipment.
- Participation in the branch transportation standardization review, with Regional Manager.
- Insuring that public safety on the road is an absolute focus and priority.
- Other duties as requested and assigned by management.
Competencies:
- Problem Solving/Analysis
- Customer/Client Focus
- Decision Making
- Project Management
- Communication Proficiency
- Teamwork Orientation
- Technology capacity
Work Environment and Physical Demands:
- Must be able to be on your feet for an extended period of time.
- Bending, stooping, reaching, twisting, lifting, pushing, pulling and moving products, minimum of 50 lbs.
- Must be able to get on and off a forklift.
- Responding to public address system announcements and warning alarms from fork lift drivers.
- Identify and read tickets, SKU’s, UPC labels and reports.
- Gripping used to operate machinery or hand tools.
- Due to forklifts and other heavy equipment traveling through the warehouse, temporary cracks may appear in the floor, causing uneven walking surfaces.
- Exposure to varying types of climate.
- Wet floors may occur during rainy or snowy weather or at other times.
- Warehouse environment can be dusty and noisy.
- Sharp and/or rough edges will typically be encountered.
- Warehouse equipment and treated lumber may emit fumes.
- Some equipment may require electric voltage.
Required cognitive and psychological characteristics:
- Must possess employee coaching & development abilities and excellent team building skills.
- Ability to maintain a professional appearance and presentation.
- Must be self-motivated and able to work independently to meet or exceed goals.
- Ability to learn skills quickly with a mature and customer service oriented attitude.
- Excellent communication (verbal and written) and organizational skills.
- Basic math and analytic skills
- Must be computer literate, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- Exceptional attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks.
- Dependable and reliable.
- Competencies:
Required credentials:
- A bachelor's degree or relevant work experience.
- Three to five years of distribution warehouse management experience with P&L responsibility.
- Three to five years experience in sit down fork lift operation (not electric box trucks).
- Lumber industry warehouse experience is preferred.