Warehousing - Indirect COGS- Warehouse Manager-DGM

OVERVIEW

Support the business development organization in meeting the revenue growth goals of the organization through both direct assistance and by ensuring the plant-level personnel prioritize and execute accordingly.

Summary

Oversee receiving, warehousing, and distribution and molding operations. Manages the warehouse to include receipt of materials and control of inventory.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• overall responsibility of planning, organizing and coordinating plant molding and warehouse activities in keeping with effective operations and cost factors
• Coordinates production activities with procurement, maintenance, planning and quality to control activities obtain optimum production and utilization of human resources, machines and equipment
• Maintains physical condition of the warehouse by planning and implementing new design layouts; inspecting equipment; issuing work orders for repair and requisitions for replacement.
• Review and analyze production, quality control, maintenance and operational reports to determine causes of nonconformity with product specifications and production problems
• Develop and implement operating methods and procedures designed to eliminate operating problems and improve product quality
• Achieves financial objectives by preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Produce reports and statistics regularly (IN/OUT status report, dead stock report, inventory accuracy, inventory adjustments, etc.)
• Initiate, coordinate, and enforce optimal operational policies and procedures.
• Controls inventory levels by conducting physical counts, reconciling with ERP system.
• Comply with federal, state, and local warehousing, material handling, and shipping requirements by studying existing and new legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions.
• Assure that facilities are maintained in a clean, safe and orderly condition
• Leads the production team in all continuous improvement and lean efforts to establish a true lean culture
• Working with engineering to determine suitable metrics. As appropriate, effectively communicate learnings.
• Manages communication, information flow between engineering departments, tooling departments and planning supply chain partners.
• Lead team in addressing manufacturing non conformances and implement effective corrective and preventative actions with root cause investigations with traceability to production as part of continuous improvement initiatives.
• Oversee production and warehouse teams, trains, motivates and shares information, conducts appraisals, coaching and feedback, and delegates work to ensure the development of people while enhancing organizational capabilities.
• Manage and monitor operational KPIs, adjusting measurement methods, goals, metrics and monitoring frequency as necessary to meet changing company needs.
• Control production process development, quality systems, purchasing and EH&S.
• Perform other assignments as directed by source of supervision

QUALIFICATIONS

• 8+ years’ experience in manufacturing management
• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Empowerment and Teamwork
• Kaizen
• Standardized Work
• Problem Solving
• 5S
• Quality Improvement Tools
• Kan Ban Systems
• Lead-Time Reduction
• Set-Up Time Reduction
• Process Flow Improvement and Small Lot Production
• Knowledge of And Ability to Manage Department Budget Costs