Head of Warehouse Operations & 3PL Excellence

The Everest Search Group; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

The Everest Search Group is seeking a General Manager for a Southern California distribution facility. You will direct operations, drive safety, quality and productivity, and manage the facility P&L with a focus on cost control and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities include developing and maintaining operations plans, ensuring warehousing activities from receiving to shipping, and collaborating with port management for drayage.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 10+ years of experience in a fast-paced warehousing/distribution environment.
• Experience in a 3PL environment managing multi-client warehousing and distribution facilities.
• Experience in transportation management, pick-up and delivery, dray, etc.
• Solid financial, analytical and P&L experience.
• Familiarity with Lean techniques and continuous improvement models.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains operations business plans, productivity and standards to include all customer/company requirements, labor hours, equipment, facility costs, and human resource decisions to enable organization to reach goals and focus on continuous improvement
• Ensures operational procedures are followed for activities such as verification of incoming and outgoing shipments, handling disposition of materials, and keeping warehouse inventory current
• Reviews operating reports, identifies and directs the resolution of operational and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays
• Responsible for financial analysis and aggressive management of operational expenses; manages the facility P&L
• Work closely with port management to ensure smooth facilitation of drayage services
• Ultimately accountable for outcome of key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Distribution focus: oversight of shipping/receiving, picking/packing, inventory and VAS activities.
• Experienced in rapid carton throughput – import deconsolidation/domestic consolidation
• Domestic pickup and delivery functions
• Leverages continuous improvement methods to enhance labor productivity and process accuracy while maintaining a clean and safe work environment
• Bachelor’s Degree including 10+ years of experience in a fast paced warehousing/ distribution environment with increasing responsibilities
• Demonstrated expertise in a 3PL environment managing multi-client warehousing and distribution facilities.
• Experience in transportation management, pick-up and delivery, dray, etc.
• Experience supporting negotiations for new or increased customer contracts.
• Experience implementing and managing key performance indicators throughout operations and holding management and employees accountable for performance metrics.

Tools

WMS/TMS/YMS

Job description

The Everest Search Group is seeking a General Manager for a Southern California distribution facility. You will direct operations, drive safety, quality and productivity, and manage the facility P&L with a focus on cost control and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities include developing and maintaining operations plans, ensuring warehousing activities from receiving to shipping, and collaborating with port management for drayage.