The Assistant General Manager is responsible for building a culture of excellence and achieving cost and performance targets in all aspects of distribution center operations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead operations at the distribution center to achieve cost and performance goals, including delivery of outstanding service to stores
• Build strong culture of excellence with highly engaged team of managers and associates
• Prepare and forecast budgets and deliver cost performance meeting budget goals while meeting or beating performance KPI’s
• Drive reduction of distribution costs and improvement of service to stores and customers
• Develop recommendations and strategy to continually improve service and cost performance
• Communicate, track and resolve operational performance and quality issues
• Close collaboration with internal and external business partners to drive excellence across the extended supply chain
• Develop and enforce systems, policies, procedures and productivity standards
• Manage material handling systems, WMS, facilities and equipment maintenance to achieve target performance levels
• Educate and direct Management and Associates to follow and maintain established company, federal, state and local policies and procedures in compliance with company safety practices and OSHA
• Demonstrate outstanding energy and the ability to energize others to achieve goals
• Define and communicate supply chain and distribution vision and strategy
• Educate and direct team to follow and maintain established company, federal, state and local policies and procedures in compliance with company safety practices and OSHA
• Recruit, select, orient, train, coach, counsel and discipline Managers
• Develop Management and Associates to increase their capabilities and job performance
• Plan, monitor and appraise performance results and administer disciplinary action if necessary
• Initiate and foster a spirit of cooperation within and between departments
• Schedule expenditures, research and analyze variances, and initiate corrective actions
• Ensure the implementation of daily, weekly and monthly priorities and production plans
• Research, compile, initiate, sort and analyze production performance records and data
• Answer questions and respond to requests by internal customers at stores and company headquarters
• Report and respond to any unsafe and unclean work environments and violations
• Associate training and qualification and retention of related records
• Evaluate new equipment and techniques
• Regular attendance is an essential function of the job
• Additional duties as assigned

Scope

• Organizational Scope – All US locations/Single Category/Region/District/Distribution Center

REQUIREMENTS

Job Qualifications – Education and Experience

• BS in Industrial Engineering, Logistics, Business Management or related field
• 3-5 years of management experience in domestic transportation with a retailer or manufacturer
• 5+ years of experience with 3PL, Ocean Carriers, Truckload, LTL, Intermodal, and small package/parcel modes
• Have an understanding and in-depth knowledge of international and domestic transportation industry best practices
• Experience with outsourced transportation management and multiple modes of delivery
• Proven ability as a self-starter and proactive problem-solver
• Proven ability to develop and mentor direct reports
• Experience with managing transportation functions in an extremely fast paced, high energy and growing organization
• Strong computer and analytical skills
• Excellent interpersonal, written, presentation and partnering skills
• Ability to collaborate and desire to work cross-functionally
• Results driven with quick response
• Highly effective verbal and written communication skills
• Multi-tasking skills
• Knowledge of Business Concepts
• Knowledge of Supervisory & leadership skills

Competencies:

• Leadership - Models the Company’s values and influences others to achieve individual or team objectives. Promotes development of a highly engaged and high-performance team.
• Communication - Clearly conveys information through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that is understandable, easy to retain and timely.
• Initiative - Approaches work objectives with a sense of urgency and a dedication to exceeding performance expectations.
• Problem-solving/Decision-making - Accurately identifies problems, issues and opportunities, collects data to draw conclusions and chooses a course of action based on facts.
• Planning & Organization - Establishes courses of action for self and others to ensure that work objectives are met.
• Policy Compliance - Manages in accordance with Company policies and procedures and promotes compliance in others.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

General office environment requiring ability to:

• stand, walk, sit for extended periods of time
• speak and listen to others in person and over the phone
• use keyboard and read from computer screen and reports
• lift up to 15 lbs.

• Lead operations at the distribution center to achieve cost and performance goals, including delivery of outstanding service to stores
• Build strong culture of excellence with highly engaged team of managers and associates
• Prepare and forecast budgets and deliver cost performance meeting budget goals while meeting or beating performance KPI’s
• Drive reduction of distribution costs and improvement of service to stores and customers
• Develop recommendations and strategy to continually improve service and cost performance
• Communicate, track and resolve operational performance and quality issues
• Close collaboration with internal and external business partners to drive excellence across the extended supply chain
• Develop and enforce systems, policies, procedures and productivity standards
• Manage material handling systems, WMS, facilities and equipment maintenance to achieve target performance levels
• Educate and direct Management and Associates to follow and maintain established company, federal, state and local policies and procedures in compliance with company safety practices and OSHA
• Demonstrate outstanding energy and the ability to energize others to achieve goals
• Define and communicate supply chain and distribution vision and strategy
• Educate and direct team to follow and maintain established company, federal, state and local policies and procedures in compliance with company safety practices and OSHA
• Recruit, select, orient, train, coach, counsel and discipline Managers
• Develop Management and Associates to increase their capabilities and job performance
• Plan, monitor and appraise performance results and administer disciplinary action if necessary
• Initiate and foster a spirit of cooperation within and between departments
• Schedule expenditures, research and analyze variances, and initiate corrective actions
• Ensure the implementation of daily, weekly and monthly priorities and production plans
• Research, compile, initiate, sort and analyze production performance records and data
• Answer questions and respond to requests by internal customers at stores and company headquarters
• Report and respond to any unsafe and unclean work environments and violations
• Associate training and qualification and retention of related records
• Evaluate new equipment and techniques
• Regular attendance is an essential function of the job
• Additional duties as assigne