Warehouse Manager

Parts Authority, founded in 1973, is a leading national distributor of automotive replacement parts, tools/equipment and transmissions. Headquartered in Long Island, New York, Parts Authority is rapidly expanding, and today has more than 300 locations servicing customers in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC and Wisconsin.

Each team member plays a vital role in our success. We are rapidly expanding and looking for a professional, self motivated individual to fill the role of Warehouse Manager.

Responsibilities:

The Warehouse Manager is responsible for all activities relating to warehouse operations for the assigned location, including developing strategic departmental initiatives and meaningful metrics to effectively manage, perform, and monitor all aspects of warehousing, logistics, and inventory management If you have previous warehouse leadership experience and work well in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you.

• Maintain a high level of productivity, efficiency and customer service :
• Ensure customer service goals are continuously met
• Receive, analyze and react to daily status reports across all distribution center functional areas.
• Oversee routing of deliveries to customers and stores to find the most efficient route. Plan routes for shuttles that travel between (hub) warehouses and stores (spokes).
• Analyze data on deliveries and transportation between hub warehouse and stores, and recommend/implement improvements.
• Ensure dock to stock for most lines within 72 hours.
• Audit and adjust processes and oversee employee productivity metrics.
• Formulate and enforce picking goals for each area/zone of the warehouse.
• Work with purchasing to develop and implement procedures for unloading orders from vendors and stocking them on our shelves.
• Ensure trucks/ trailers are efficiently and accurately loaded/ unloaded to support the efficient movement of goods and materials to their destinations to fulfill commitment to our customers and support sales objectives.
• Work with dispatchers and outbound production team to enhance customer service via delivery vehicles.

Staff Management:

• Lead and supervise a team of managers.
• Adjust staffing across multi-functional platforms when timelines are in jeopardy and plan staffing/workflow according to dynamic market changes.
• Assign staff to individual warehouse jobs, and develop and implement improvements in job staffing, including incorporating time studies.
• Identify, motivate, mentor and develop high performers
• Train, develop and motivate all team members
• Provide valuable and actionable feedback to team members during review periods and ongoing for consistent team growth.
• Hold team members accountable to high productivity metrics; coach for improvement as needed.
• Ability to work as part of a team

Oversee Operations:

• Review and maintain warehouse budget, control operating expenses and project capital expenditures (as necessary).
• Maintain 5S warehouse principles are administered and followed on a routine basis
• Maintain a meticulous standard for cleanliness, organization, and safety throughout the warehouse.
• Maintain a safe working environment. Ensure that safety and compliance practices meet DOT and OSHA standards
• Frequently communicate with executive level management.
• Manage carrier (FedEx, UPS, USPS, etc.) and local (contract) delivery relationships
• Performs additional duties as assigned
• Maintain and promote workplace safety
• Securing and transferring cash or other assets.

Qualifications:

• Proven ability to maintain high levels of productivity, efficiency, and customer service in a fast-paced distribution or warehouse environment.
• Strong analytical skills with experience reviewing daily operational reports and taking corrective action across multiple functional areas.
• Experience planning and optimizing delivery routes, including hub-to-store shuttle schedules, to improve transportation efficiency.
• Ability to analyze delivery and transportation data and implement process improvements based on findings.
• Demonstrated success ensuring timely dock-to-stock performance (within 72 hours or similar KPIs).
• Experience auditing, adjusting, and improving warehouse processes while managing employee productivity metrics.
• Proven track record setting, communicating, and enforcing picking goals by area or zone.
• Experience collaborating with purchasing teams to streamline vendor unloading and stocking procedures.
• Strong knowledge of loading/unloading best practices to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and safe movement of goods.
• Experience working with dispatch and outbound teams to enhance delivery performance and customer service.

Some of the benefits of being a part of our growing Parts Authority family:

• Medical Coverage
• Pharmacy Coverage
• Dental Coverage
• Vision Coverage
• Basic Life and AD&D
• Short Term Disability Coverage
• Voluntary Short Term Disability Coverage
• Voluntary Long Term Disability Coverage
• Flexible Spending Account
• Commuter Expense Reimbursement Account
• Health Savings Account
• Health Reimbursement Account
• Accident Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• ID Theft Insurance
• Legal Plan Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid Holidays, Sick and Vacation
• Profit Sharing/401 (k) Plan
• Employee Discounts on Merchandise

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, presence of a non-job-related medical condition or handicap, or any other legally protected status. “We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.”