Regional Distribution Superintendent

Regional Distribution Superintendent

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required with some post-secondary education
• Requires a minimum of 10 years managerial experience
• Experience with distribution and warehousing
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Hands-on experience with departmental metrics, experience monitoring the quality, quantity, cost and efficiency of shipping operations
• Familiarity with MS Excel and MS Office suite
• Ability to travel 15%

Responsibilities

• Directly supervise multiple shipping locations in the Westcoast
• Carries out supervisor responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies, code of conduct and applicable laws
• Leads and motivates staff to perform duties in a safe and efficient responsible manner applying rules, regulations and policies with fair and consistent practice
• Leads internal efforts in developing implementation of best practices throughout the shipping operation
• Drives continuous improvement efforts across all locations, with a continued focus on achieving operational excellence across the distribution network
• Defines KPI’s across the network and holds each site accountable on meeting or exceeding those targets
• Manage day-to-day shipping operations, measures performance for on time, in-full delivery performance, shipping costs for all forms of transit, warehouse inventory management, warehousing productivity and quality, and workforce planning requirements
• Performs root cause analysis for problem reconciliation and leads corrective action for complaints related to transportation, logistics handling and warehousing of finished products
• Directs staff to support strategic customer care service objectives, enhance staff, team skills and competencies, and establish team performance objectives
• Ensures that all carriers comply with legal, quality and safety standards
• Confers with department heads to ensure coordination of warehouse activities with activities of other functions such as production, sales, quality control and purchasing
• Defines and forecasts needed skills, tools and equipment to meet project objectives
• Define the needed skills, tool and equipment to meet shipping department objectives
• Carries a safety focused mindset. Leads and drives safety initiatives across the network to ensure a zero-incident safety culture
• Develops warehousing strategies for new products, assists Logistics in the preparation of RFPs to evaluate potential suppliers and makes appropriate recommendations to senior management

Preferred Qualifications

• JDE/SAP/AX experience preferred
• Experience working/maintaining WMS system