Center Manager Jobs in Kansas City, MO

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Position Description:

The Distribution Center Operations Manager oversees and supervises daily operations, focusing on transportation and/or warehouse management. They lead assigned shifts and employees, directly managing warehouse associates and/or drivers. The DC Ops Manager collaborates closely with the General Manager to ensure the facility meets safety, compliance, quality, and delivery goals while coaching and developing their team. Additionally, they contribute to deploying and executing supply chain strategy, driving continuous improvement within the distribution center.

Key Responsibilities

• Adhere to ATD’s quality standards, health and safety, legal compliance, environmental policies, Standard Operating Process deliverables, and general care of duty
• Effectively manage team by selecting, recruiting, training, and mentoring employees for development
• Investigate employee relations or performance concerns in a timely manner; implement disciplinary action as needed and in consultation with human resources.
• Lead daily huddles at the DC to ensure employees understand work tasks expectations and deliverables along with creating engagement and building the values-based culture
• Onboard and train team members; Coach, motivate, and manage performance
• Provide leadership and manage the day-to-day activities for warehouse associates and/or delivery associates assigned to different shifts.
• Provide leadership support for the DC General Manager

Competencies

• Action Planning - The ability to review and evaluate recommendations and requirements and to develop appropriate plans or deliver actions required.
• Action-Oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Adaptive Mindset - Adapts existing tools and techniques to existing situation~Adapts to changing goals / objectives~Entrepreneurial spirit~Focuses on simplicity when addressing the customer
• Balances Stakeholders - Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders.
• Business Insights - Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals.
• Communicates Effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Data Collection and Analysis - The ability and skill to determine and analyze trends from data that is collected to assist in compiling reports that will help in decision-making including proficient use of aligned software (e.g., Tableau, etc)
• Decision Quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
• Drives Results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Instills Trust - Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
• Inventory Management - The ability and skill to design, implement and manage inventory control systems.
• Nimble Learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.
• Planning & Organizing - Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and oversee activities to efficiently meet objectives.
• Plans & Aligns - Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
• Policy & Procedures - The ability and skill to monitor, interpret and understand policies and procedures and ensure their alignment with organizational strategies and work objectives.
• Review and Reporting - The ability and skill to create reports, and review reports created by others, for various audiences as relevant, in a lucid and effective manner, keeping in mind the purpose of reports.
• Work Scheduling - The ability and skill to ensure the optimum scheduling of work and material resources to meet planned performance targets including proficient use of aligned software / systems

Qualifications

• High School or GED degree Bachelors.
5 years of related experience including 2-3 years of supervisory experience preferred

Skills

• Develops Talent
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• Communicates Effectively
• Decision Quality
• Data Collection and Analysis
• Demonstrates Self-Awareness
• Drives Results
• Ensures Accountability
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• Optimizes Work Processes
• Review and Reporting
• Traffic and Vehicle Planning
• Plans and aligns
• Planning and Organizing
• Collaborates
• Policy and procedures
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Physical Demands/Working Conditions

Physical Demands Category: Warehouse

Physical Demands/Work Environment/Travel Requirements: • Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk, hear, taste and/or smell; the employee must occasionally lift products weighing up to approximately 50 pounds. Handling of tires (e.g., rolling, destacking, team lifting) greater than approximately 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 is usually moderate. • Travel required: 5% of the time

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