Warehouse Manager

Warehouse Manager

Warehouse Manager

Responsible for coordinating and managing all warehouse activities on a daily basis including the receiving, warehousing, shipping and delivery of product in a manner consistent with company service and cost objectives.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
* Supervises and coordinates the unloading of inbound shipments, orderly stacking of product, and the picking and staging of outbound shipments.
* Supervises teammates that verify required inbound/outbound paperwork with drivers, ensuring that all products are properly counted.
* Manages the distribution center transportation fleet including delivery expense routing, DOT compliance, and hiring drivers.
* Ensures the efficient and safe operation of all materials handling equipment ensuring compliance with OSHA, FDA, and Board of Pharmacy.
* Participates in establishing work schedules and ensures that the schedules are correctly implemented and that jobs are assigned effectively and completed properly.
* Maintains a clean, neat, and orderly work area and assists in maintaining the security and safety of the warehouse.
* Ensures total adherence to all Federal statutes regarding warehouse operation including DOH, Board of Pharmacy, and OSHA regulations.
* Supervise movement of products to storage areas with proper equipment and efficiently stacks and stores the merchandise in the appropriate area.
* Responsible for inventory control by coordinating and/or checking in product returns and updates inventory balances on hand. Ensures all practices and procedures comply with audit requirements and meet operational standards.
* Inspects physical condition of warehouse and equipment and prepares work orders for repair and requisitions for replacement of equipment.
* Confers with department heads to ensure coordination of warehouse activities with such activities as production, sales, records control, and purchasing.
* Leads in planning personnel safety and warehouse protection activities.
* Directs salvage of damaged or used material.
* Supervises the accuracy of all shipping documents -- gathers and maintains all data records relative to shipping activities.
* Screens and hires warehouse personnel and issues work assignments. Conducts, hires, develops, counsels, and provides training for new warehouse teammates.
* Confers with drivers, complete routing, and monitor performance to ensure delivery of products in a manner consistent with company service and cost objectives.
* Coordinates all preparation and distribution of documentation pertaining to worker accidents.
SUPPLEMENTAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
* Performs additional duties as directed.
STRENGTH REQUIREMENT:
Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
TYPE OF PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Acuity, far
Clarity of vision at 20 feet or more.
Acuity, near
Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less
Field of Vision
Observing and area that can be seen up and in a given point. This factor is important when job performance requires seeing a large area while keeping the eyes fixed.
Accommodation
Adjustment of lens of eye to bring an object into sharp focus. This item is especially important when doing near-point work at varying distances from eye.
Climbing
Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.
Stooping
Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
Crouching
Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
Reaching
Extending hands(s) and arm(s) in any direction
Handling
Seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with hands. Fingers are involved only to the extent that they are in extension of the hand.
Talking
Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken work. Talking is important for those activities in which workers must impart oral information to clients or to the publics, and in those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
Hearing
Perceiving the nature of sounds. Hearing is important for those activities which require ability to receive detailed information through oral communications, and to make fine discriminations in sound, such as when making fine adjustments on running engines.
Smelling
Distinguishing, with a degree of accuracy, differences or similarities in intensity or quality of flavors and/or odors, or recognizing particular flavors and/or odors, using tongue and/or LIFICATIONS
* EDUCATION & FORMAL TRAINING:
Broad knowledge of a discipline such as chemical, electrical, or mechanical engineering, behavior science, finance or business administration. Equal to a complete 4 year college or university education.
B. WORK EXPERIENCE:
Four to five years of supervisory experience.
C. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES:
Supervisory experience is required.
Strong PC skills with a good understanding of Excel, Word and Access ic quantitative/financial analysis tomer Service skills.
Ability to coach and counsel others.
Ability to communicate and relate to all audiences, internally and lity to facilitate training needs.
EQUIPMENT, TOOLS AND WORK AIDS:
Handtruck, catalogs, charts, forms, inventories, manuals, pen, pencil, CRT, handbooks, forklift, ruler, reference books, lift trucks, and pallet jack.
WORKING CONDITIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS:
Inside working conditions.
No environmental hazards indicated for this classification.