DC Operations Leader: Safety, Lean & Growth

Genuine Parts Company; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401K

Excellent benefits and growth

Job summary

Genuine Parts Company is seeking a General Manager of Operations for our Salt Lake City distribution center. The role leads the facility's management team, driving safety, productivity, and cost controls in a fast-paced environment.

You will establish objectives, improve processes, and partner with senior leadership to meet budgets and service levels, while developing leaders and fostering a culture of accountability and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience.
• 5 years’ experience handling inventory/operational tasks.
• 5 years' management experience in a Distribution Center / Fulfillment Center environment.

Responsibilities

• Hires, trains, develops, motivates, and supports the distribution center salaried and hourly teams.
• Develops and monitors production plans for the DC and ensures that the optimal level of staffing is being allocated to the available work.
• Manages associates keeping those safe work practices as first priority, making sure they are followed to support a safe work environment.
• Oversees the DC’s P&L and works with salaried managers to maximize productivity and deliver budgeted targets.
• Establishes sound process improvement initiatives that drive year over year improvement, as well as streamline and optimize day-to-day operations.
• Partners with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to identify and lead DC network projects that contribute to total logistics cost and operational effectiveness.
• Collaborates with other operational and support leaders in the network to drive standardization of processes, share ideas and support one another in their implementations.
• Supports operational strategy and innovation to drive business goals for revenue, operational performance (e.g., safety, quality, service, cost), and profitability.
• Develops leaders to be capable of coaching, counseling, and motivating associates to attain optimum safety standards, customer service, productivity levels, and associate engagement.
• Ensures communication and teamwork among staff to aid in the accomplishment of the department objectives.
• Ensures that all company and HR policies and practices are communicated to department associates and practiced consistently.
• Monitors operational policies and procedures to ensure the most efficient and effective processing of delivery orders; control of damages, errors and mis-picks; and excellence in customer service levels.
• Helps develop and maintain inventory/security controls to prevent shrinkage and shortages.
• Ensures effective communications; up, down and across the business.
• Manages multiple priorities in a face-paced environment with effective communication and thorough follow through.

Skills

Leadership

Management

Inventory control

P&L management

Operations excellence

Lean/Six Sigma

Communication

Safety compliance

Education

Four-year degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Genuine Parts Company is seeking a General Manager of Operations for our Salt Lake City distribution center. The role leads the facility's management team, driving safety, productivity, and cost controls in a fast-paced environment.

You will establish objectives, improve processes, and partner with senior leadership to meet budgets and service levels, while developing leaders and fostering a culture of accountability and teamwork.