Tasks/Duties/Responsibilities:
- Promote safe work practices and demonstrates a zero tolerance for non-compliance with safe work practices, policies and regulations
- Ensure compliance with company policies, legal requirements, and customer expectations
- Oversee equipment maintenance and ensure a clean, safe work environment
- Serves as the primary point of contact for QAD ERP system functionality and utilization within the distribution team
- Ensure accurate data entry accuracy and completeness and system updates for inventory, shipping, and receiving
- Train and support team members on QAD system usage and best practices
- Troubleshoot system issues and coordinate with IT or ERP support teams as needed
- Monitor system performance and ensure compliance with established workflows
- Supervise employees engaged in shipping, receiving, loading/unloading, and order processing
- Assign tasks and monitor workflow to ensure timely and accurate fulfillment of customer orders
- Meets or exceeds distribution targets and goals
- Performs customary management and supervisory responsibilities, including setting, planning, direction, training, and evaluation
- Maintain orderly storage, picking, and staging of products to meet productivity and quality standards
- Successfully operates on plan and, when necessary, takes appropriate action to get back on plan in a safe and effective manner
- Effectively communicates with cross-shifts and represents Service Wire standards, plans, and policies
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce waste and increase efficiency
- Coordinates activities of personnel with regard to processing orders and material production
- Processes orders according to urgency while considering stock availability, order quantity, and material type
- Analyze and communicate control of inventory levels and provide reports on slow-moving or surplus stock
- Collaborate with other departments (sales, customer care, purchasing, freight) to optimize processes and resolve issues
- Maintain accurate records and documentation for all distribution activities
- Other duties as assigned
Knowledge/Skills/Requirements:
- High School Diploma/GED or five years related industrial experience or equivalent training required
- Demonstrated effective management and supervisor skills
- Effective communication skills, both oral and written
- Experience with QAD ERP or similar enterprise resource planning systems required
- Ability to apply technical knowledge or experience to define problems, generate alternatives, and execute solutions
- Strong basic math and measuring skills
- Ability to read, comprehend, and respond to general instructions, direction, and correspondence, both oral and written
- Ability to work cooperatively with members of various departments
- Basic familiarity with Microsoft office programs and related products
- Maintain accurate records and documentation for all distribution activities
- Knowledge of continuous improvement/lean principles preferred
- Bilingual (Spanish/English) a plus
Position Requirements
- Personal protective equipment is required
- Continuous participation in company safety training
- Company forklift operation and certification
Physical Demands/Work Environment
- Work environment is comparable to outdoor temperatures
- Regularly stands, bends, and reaches for extended periods
- Regularly moves about the facility
- Regularly lifts and moves materials up to 50 pounds
- Regularly uses hand and finger dexterity to adjust and manipulate controls, tools, and objects
- Occasionally required to move up to 100 pounds by pushing, pulling, or sliding material. Assistance provided as needed
- Visual inspection of material quality requires
- Must be able to work in hot and cold environments without climate-control
- In-person attendance is an essential function of the job
Reports To:
- Distribution Manager