Shipping and Distribution Manager

KNAPP North America

Manager Shipping & Distribution overseeing warehouse execution and logistics strategies at KNAPP Group. Leading a team to ensure accurate order fulfillment and efficient material flow.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeKennesaw • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Oversee daily warehouse operations to ensure efficient workflow and execution.
Ensure timely and accurate inbound and picking activities coordination with the Warehouse Team Lead.
Develop and execute effective distribution strategies aligned with business priorities.
Manage carrier relationships and monitor freight costs to ensure cost-effective solutions.
Ensure adherence to customer shipments promise dates.
Lead escalation management efforts to resolve issues impacting warehouse performance.
Drive cross-functional logistic alignment and execution.
Safeguard inventory accuracy and ERP/EWM system integrity.
Own outbound freight strategy (parcel, LTL, FTL, air freight, courier, international export).
Negotiate and manage carrier relationships, rate structures, and service agreements.
Monitor freight spending and implement cost optimization initiatives.
Ensure export compliance, customs documentation accuracy, and international shipment adherence.
Ensure on-time shipment performance aligned with customers’ promise dates.
Serve as an escalation point for late shipments, carrier failures, or service risks.
Partner with Customer Service and Sales to resolve shipping disputes and claims.
Identify and implement workflow improvements across shipping, staging, and dispatch.
Provide a weekly operational distribution summary to the Director Spare Parts.
Provide monthly cost and performance analysis with a corrective action plan.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Logistics, Business or equivalent combination of education, experience and training.
5+ years’ experience in shipping, freight management, or distribution leadership.
Experience in managing carriers and freight spend budgets.
Experience in automated or high-accuracy warehouse environments preferred.
Strong knowledge of domestic and international freight regulations.
Deep understanding of export documentation and customs processes.
Proficiency in SAP / EWM or equivalent WMS systems.
Financial awareness (freight cost analysis, budget tracking).
Ability to operate in high-pressure, customer-critical environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

2 remote days per week
Half day Fridays
A beautiful new, state-of-the-art, office complex in Kennesaw, GA
Industry competitive compensation
Great benefits with better than average employer contributions, including health, dental, vision, life insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Short & Long Term Disability and more!
401k with a very generous employer match and no vesting!
Paid Vacation & Holidays
Profit Sharing
Paid Parental Leave
Subsidized Daycare
Tuition Reimbursement
Pet Insurance
Subsidized food delivery
Monthly celebrations
Quarterly employee events
Corporate Social Responsibility including recycling, sustainability and volunteering

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Hard Skills & Tools

warehouse operationsdistribution strategiesfreight managementinventory accuracyexport compliancecustoms documentationfreight cost analysisbudget trackingshipping dispute resolutionworkflow improvements

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationproblem-solvingnegotiationcross-functional collaborationescalation managementcustomer service orientationanalytical thinkingadaptabilitytime management