Manager-Warehouse (Winnipeg)

Groupe Touchette inc.; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the distribution sector is seeking a Warehouse Manager to lead their team and optimize operations. This role involves implementing strategies for customer satisfaction, managing costs, and ensuring safety measures are followed. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills, business acumen, and a deep understanding of distribution center operations.

Qualifications

• 5 to 8 years of experience in managing a distribution center.
• Valid material handling equipment license for Reach Truck and Order Picker is a valuable asset.

Responsibilities

• Implement customer satisfaction strategies and manage logistics.
• Establish operational objectives and ensure health and safety measures.
• Coach employees and improve operational processes.

Skills

Leadership

Business Sense

Analytical skills

Technical knowledge

Area-savvy

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

The Warehouse Manager assumes leadership of the team by being an ambassador for good practices. Their sound business sense allows them to make informed decisions regarding the use and optimization of material and budgetary resources of the distribution center in order to achieve the objectives of productivity and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Implement customer satisfaction strategies by setting high standards of operational quality regarding the receiving, shipping and logistics management of tires;
• Elaborate strategies to control the operational costs and the cost of labor in order to meet KPI targets and financial budgets;
• Establish operational objectives to be achieved on a daily, weekly and monthly basis;
• Ensure that the health and safety measures established by the company are properly put into practice;
• Coach and participate in the development of your employees;
• Assist and physically support the team in the various daily tasks in the warehouse;
• Proactively improve operational processes to achieve higher levels of effectiveness and evaluate their performance;
• Act as an ambassador for the company’s high standards, policies and values to the employees;
• Constantly adjust the workload according to priorities, last minute requests or unforeseen situations;
• Protect, secure and maintain company assets;
• All other related tasks.

Success factors

• Leadership: You are a natural ambassador of good business practices and know how to make difficult decisions that are necessary for the prosperity of operations, while reassuring, at all times, the members of your team;
• Business Sense: Your 5 to 8 years of experience in managing a distribution center have helped you to understand business strategies and develop tools to optimize operational productivity and control the costs of financial and material resources;
• Analytical skills: You know how to pose clear diagnoses and guide your solutions towards strategic business goals and the optimisation of work processes within a distribution center;
• Technical knowledge: Your mastery of Microsoft Office, especially Excel, as well as your ability to use warehouse management tools, allow you to improve existing processes and increase operational efficiency;
• Area-savvy: in addition to having a valid driver’s licence, your knowledge of the region will allow you to save time and be more strategic in the planning of itineraries;
• Ability to focus self and DC team on consistently exceeding customer satisfaction expectations;
• A valid material handling equipment license for Reach Truck and Order Picker, is a valuable asset.