Distribution & Operations Director

About Our Client

For decades my client has sold flexible packaging regionally and nationally to customers in the food & beverage, healthcare and industrial markets. They have several distribution centers through out the US and are dedicated to building more opportunity for market share in these sectors.

Job Description

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Oversees the daily workflow of the warehouse; schedules and organizes staff to ensure proper staffing of all shifts.
• Conducts performance evaluations based on departmental and company expectations.
• Promote and engage employees in Operational Excellence and encourage a culture of continuous improvement.
• Regularly communicate with operating teams and management to present ideas, updates, new processes and analytic-based findings.
• Lead, mentor, motivate, and support a large team within a time-sensitive and demanding environment.
• Work closely with key company stakeholders and functional areas.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Ensures the safety of staff and enforces regulatory and safety standards.
• Facilitates maintenance and repairs to equipment and facility.
• Assessing and analyzing departmental budgets to find ways to optimize profitability and lower operational costs to upper management.
• Identifying potential problems and points of friction and finding solutions to maximize efficiency and revenue.
• Manage data collection and monitor WMS to achieve productivity goals.
• Oversees receiving, warehousing, and distribution operations with supervisory management.
• Ensures efficient warehouse operations through collaboration and coordination with other departments.
• Researches, identifies, and presents new ideas to improve warehouse operations.
• Work closely with team on compliance with applicable federal, state, local, company safety policies, and industry required certifications.
• Schedules meetings with warehouse team members to support employee engagement and OpEx principles.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

The Successful Applicant

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Must demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent supervisory and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in conflict management and business negotiation processes.
• Proficient in MS Office and other-related applications.
• Strong quantitative and analytical ability to produce spreadsheets to influence business decisions.

Education & Experience:

• Associate or Bachelor's degree in operations management or similar discipline required.
• At least 5 years of related experience required with strong supervisory experience.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems or any related management software programs.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to lift to 50 pounds at a time.
• Must be able to traverse and access all areas of the warehouse.
• Must be able to travel to other warehouses and external locations.

• $140,000 - $180,000 base salary range (depending on candidate experience)
• 10-20% bonus threshold paid out quarterly
• Manage 3 direct reports (Supervisors) managing entire department of 25+ across 2 shifts
• Flexible hours to accommodate managing 2 shifts (shifts are 6:00am
• 3:00pm; 12:00pm
• 8:00pm PST)
• Full benefits options
• Vacation + paid holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• Onsite daily Monday - Friday