Sysco

Warehouse Director

Sysco

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Los Angeles • California • United States

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Salary

💰 $98,800 - $148,200 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Handles the daily work and safety of Inbound and Outbound Warehouse managers, supervisors and other associates.
  • Manages labor hours and consumable supplies within budget and work schedules including extra work days and shifts as needed.
  • Supervises the proper selection, purchase, and utilization of Company assets in support of warehouse operations.
  • Coordinates with other departments as necessary to ensure upgrades and repairs are completed efficiently and effectively.
  • Develops business relationships to ensure communication and efficient operations with third-party vendors, including but not limited to lumping services.
  • Maintains current certificate of insurance and hold harmless agreements for all contracted vendors.
  • Reviews the management of shipping and loading audits daily ensuring all required documentation is accurately completed (including Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), food safety, and catch-weight documentation) and that material is handled and stored correctly with a minimum potential for loss.
  • Prepares budget, profit plans, and capital requests as required.
  • Evaluates metrics and adjusts activities to meet or exceed performance expectations.
  • Suggests efficiency ideas, cost reduction measures and assists with the implementation of changes within inbound and outbound warehouse operations.
  • Identifies problems, proposes solutions to other members of management and promotes cooperation with other departments.
  • Ensures the use and updating of receiving, selection and loading software systems.
  • Preserves associate relations through regular department or pre-shift meetings.
  • Maintains on-going interaction.
  • Keeps open communication channels with associates by answering questions and explaining policies and procedures.
  • Monitors associate morale.
  • Submits and responds to ideas to improve associate engagement and enablement.
  • Interprets trains and consistently enforces Company policies and procedures.
  • Coordinates efforts with the Safety department to aid in training, conducting associate observations, up-dating preferred work methods, conducting accident investigations to determine root causes and routine safety inspections.
  • Makes recommendations for disciplinary action and/or behavior modification where required.
  • Executes management functions of staff selection, development, discipline, performance reviews and/or terminations.
  • Performs the duties of associates supervised and other related duties as needed.
  • Complies with local, state and federal regulatory agencies (i.e. OSHA, AIB, FDA, USDA, etc.)

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree required or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
  • 7 years of related experience and/or training.
  • Obtain a Powered Industrial Equipment Certification from Sysco within 3 months.
  • Ability to read, comprehends, write and speak English.
  • Able to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
  • Capable of writing reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
  • Effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
  • Can add, subtracts, multiply, and divides into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
  • Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
  • Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
  • Proven knowledge of spreadsheet software and Word Processing software, and ability to learn Sysco technology software and programs.
  • Must have excellent computer skills.
Benefits
  • For information on Sysco’s Benefits, please visit https://SyscoBenefits.com

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
budget managementshipping and loading auditsHACCPfood safetyperformance metrics evaluationproblem-solvingreport writingdata analysissafety inspectionsstaff selection and development
Soft skills
communicationteam collaborationleadershipassociate engagementproblem identificationsolution proposalinterpersonal skillstraining and developmentdisciplinary actionmorale monitoring
Certifications
Bachelor's degreePowered Industrial Equipment Certification