Assistant Distribution Manager

4 weeks ago


La Porte, United States Airgas Full time

The Assistant Distribution Manager is responsible for maximizing the safe, effective and efficient distribution of product and management of the driving team. This includes delivery order management and shipment routing (inter-company shuttles, trailer, and bulk deliveries), fleet maintenance, record keeping and compliance and overall training and effectiveness of the driving team.


Schedule: M- F, with remote work every other weekend


ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Directly supervise drivers providing leadership regarding safe work habits. Manage the availability of drivers and equipment, including all vehicle maintenance requirements, to ensure that adequate resources are available to meet distribution/customer needs.
  • Control distribution costs and maximizes service response through the balancing of daily routes and overall system optimization.
  • Drives continuous improvement in daily distribution operations. Champions distribution efficiency initiatives for the location, including demand leveling.
  • Reviews and processes daily all Department of Transportation (DOT) documentation; vehicle condition reports and drivers hours of service, route efficiency, and completion.
  • Reviews various processes, including incoming orders for accuracy and unusual requirements, open orders for status and closure, communicating unusual requirements for production planning, reviews returned trips for paperwork accuracy and completeness, and unfulfilled orders.
  • Prepares load sheets, delivery tickets, and manifests and highlights any critical customer requirements. Ensure loads are accurate and complete.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Knowledge of truck routing and shipping of hazardous materials within DOT and FDA Requirements.
  • Working knowledge of SAP and Google Applications
  • Self-starter, self-motivated, independent, well-organized with attention to detail.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to deal effectively with others in favorable and unfavorable situations regardless of status or position. Accepts cultural diversity and establishes effective working relationships.
  • Strong analytical skills with competency for understanding metrics and ability to present and communicate to all levels of the organization and external customers.
  • Must have leadership skills to use available resources for goal accomplishment; establish appropriate courses of action for self and/or others to accomplish specific goals; develop evaluation criteria and tracking systems for monitoring goal progress and accomplishment; and specify objectives, schedules, and priorities.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, logistics management, or related field. (preferred)
  • Minimum of two (2) years of demonstrated leadership experience in a distribution environment.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands 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.

  • The USES category for this position is heavy.
  • The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds, and/or move more than 300 pounds with the aid of material handling equipment.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk or hear.
  • The employee frequently is required to stand and walk.
  • The employee is occasionally required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
  • Employee must have the ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as clothing with fire protection, Safety Shoes, Safety Glasses, Hard Hat, and Metatarsals.



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