Position summary: The Distribution Supervisor will lead an hourly team and influence the entire distribution team to do the fast-paced work required to run the distribution center as efficiently, safely and productively as possible. This role will handle management responsibilities for the team members under his/her supervision. This role is responsible for ensuring prompt, efficient and accurate handling of merchandise as well as developing and implementing team goals. This role is responsible for evaluation, development, discipline, and termination of hourly associates. This role has management responsibilities for 10 hourly associates.

Position responsibilities:

• Warehouse Distribution Experience is a must.
• Managing Process: Ensures all operations procedures are followed effectively, and identifies and recommends needed changes to Director of Logistics on the standardized processes for the functional area.
• Evaluates and analyzes current work methods and recommends ways to eliminate inefficiencies.
•  Coaching and Developing Associates: Guides associates in daily operations, and monitors to ensure a high degree of productivity, safety, service and quality.
•  Responsible for the training, coaching and feedback of hourly associates, and performs regular evaluations of associates through factual data and subjective observations.
• Uses discretion to provide coaching and counseling to associates regarding job performance, methods of performing job tasks.
• Resolves associate relations issues that arise in assigned functional area.
• Responsible for hiring, compensation, discipline and terminations of hourly associates in assigned department.
• Investigates operational errors to determine the cause and recommends corrective action where needed.
• Drives Results: Maintains inventory accuracy and control; reviews reports identifies area of improvement for key metrics including productivity, accuracy, quality, and expenses.
• Business Planning: Coordinates and monitors operations with the functional area to ensure performance production rates are consistent with business plan and pattern, reducing irregularities and damages.
• Reviews reports and business metrics to analyze and plan staffing needs for optimum department operations.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Job description can be changed at any time.

Essential skills and experience:

• Reading, writing, numeracy, oral communication, problem solving.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Computer skills in software including Microsoft Office
• Experience with Warehouse Management Systems
•  3 years supervisory experience in a related field

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Competencies:

• People Management: Assesses skills and manages the work and productivity of others while coaching and developing talent.
•  Financial Acumen: Utilizes fundamental concepts of finance to assist with managing budgets, forecast labor, and provide information to account for the financial impact of decision-making.
•  Creative Thinking: Demonstrates originality and imagination in thinking while developing a solution to a problem.
•  Business Communication: Writes, speaks, and presents clearly across a variety of communication settings and adjusts communication style to the audience.
•  Conflict Management: Views conflict as an opportunity to find common ground and gain cooperation from all parties.
• Reads situations quickly, actively listens, and settles disagreements and disputes equitably.
• Operations Systems: Understands and uses systems and tools used for day-to-day operation of a facility.

Additional Qualifications:

• Flexibility to work various shifts.

SQF Requirements/Responsibilities:

• Support SQF requirements by maintaining food safety plan and food quality through completing job tasks and maintaining the work area in a sanitary manor to ensure compliance with FDA, USDA, and Kosher product requirements.
• Report food safety problems to personnel with authority to initiate action and or Food Defense issues to the Food Safety and Quality Department.

Safety Responsibilities:

• Safety is vitally important not only at our facility but also from a personal standpoint. Employees are responsible for understanding and following all safety procedures. Likewise, food safety is a key performance indicator. Understanding this, GMP and housekeeping procedures are to be followed as part of any job at our facility.

Reporting to this position:

• No direct reports

Physical demands and work environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment requires mandatory use of ear plugs.