Regional Distribution Center - Area Manager

American Tire Distributors; Illinois; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

American Tire Distributors is seeking an Area Manager to lead daily warehouse operations in Illinois. This role oversees associates, ensures safety, manages inbound/outbound logistics, and maintains quality and compliance across the distribution center.

You will conduct shifts, coordinate with management, onboard new hires, and drive performance while maintaining inventory accuracy and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• High School or GED degree.
• 5 years of related experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Champion safe working conditions and ensure compliance with safety protocols.
• Conduct daily huddles to communicate work expectations and foster engagement.
• Coordinate warehousing activities and provide logistics tracking updates.
• Ensure adherence to quality, health and safety, legal, and environmental policies.
• Onboard, coach, and evaluate associates; address performance issues as needed.
• Maintain facility, equipment, and inventory control systems for efficiency.
• Lead warehouse teams across shifts; supervise forklift and material handling operations.
• Plan and drive warehousing activities with management to meet daily goals.
• Provide day-to-day leadership and ensure productivity targets are met.
• Recruit, select, train, and mentor associates for growth within the DC.
• Maintain records via warehouse management systems for receipt, storage, and distribution.

Skills

Policy & Procedures

Storage

Traffic and Vehicle Planning

Verbal Communication

Health and Safety

Inventory Management

Work Scheduling

Education

High School or GED degree

Job description

Are you looking for an opportunity to turn your ambition and your people skills into a rewarding career with an industry leader? Join our team at American Tire Distributors! As the nation’s premier tire distributor, ATD’s coast-to-coast distribution network provides approximately 80,000 customers across the U.S. and Canada with rapid and frequent delivery of high quality tires, custom wheels and shop supplies.

Position Description:

The Area Manager monitors and effectively leads the daily routines and specific tasks of assigned shifts and associates, as instructed by the Operations Manager. He/she manages a team of associates to ensure the facility meets and integrates with Company’s requirements for quality management, effective loading/unloading of trailers and containers, compliance with health and safety, legal requirements, environmental policies, and general care of duties. Coordinates all assigned warehousing activities with management and administration. Champions safe working conditions and monitors associates to ensure safe operation of power industrial equipment.

Key Responsibilities

• Champion safe working conditions, monitor associates to ensure compliance with safety protocols, and promote the safe operation of equipment within the distribution center.


• Conduct daily huddles to communicate work expectations, deliverables, and foster engagement, promoting the iCare culture among associates.


• Coordinate warehousing activities with management and administrative staff, providing logistics tracking updates to inbound coordinators through daily production reports.


• Ensure adherence to quality standards, health and safety regulations, legal requirements, and environmental policies within the distribution center.


• Facilitate onboarding for new associates; coach, motivate, and evaluate team members; investigate complaints or performance issues, and implement disciplinary actions in consultation with field human resources.


• Manage maintenance of the facility, product handling equipment, and inventory warehousing control systems to ensure operational efficiency.


• Manage warehouse associates in organizing labor for loading/unloading, operating forklifts and industrial equipment, picking materials, staging products, conducting periodic inventory checks, and ensuring proper shipment via third-party carriers.


• Plan and lead warehousing activities in collaboration with management and administration to achieve daily production goals and ensure quality delivery.


• Provide leadership and manage day-to-day activities for warehouse associates across different shifts, ensuring operational standards and productivity goals are met.


• Recruit, select, train, and mentor associates to foster their development and growth within the distribution center.


• Supervise and maintain records via warehouse management systems for the receipt, storage, and distribution of equipment, supplies, and specialty items within the distribution center.

Competencies

• Collaboration- Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives


• Communicates Effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.


• Customer-Focused - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions


• Drives Results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.


• Ensures Accountability - Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.


• Health and Safety - The ability and skill to manage and apply safe systems of work.


• Inventory Management - The ability and skill to design, implement and manage inventory control systems.


• Optimizes Work Processes - Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.


• Plans & Aligns - Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.


• Policy & Procedures - The ability and skill to monitor, interpret and understand policies and procedures and ensure their alignment with organizational strategies and work objectives.


• Storage - The ability and skill to ensure the optimum storage of warehouse, plant, equipment, materials and supplies.


• Traffic and Vehicle Planning - The ability and skill to ensure the optimum deployment and utilization of vehicles and moveable plant including proficiency in required software package/s and databases.


• Verbal Communication - Ability to express ideas, request actions, formulate plans, & policies by means of clear and effective verbal communications.


• Work Scheduling - The ability and skill to ensure the optimum scheduling of work and material resources to meet planned performance targets including proficient use of aligned software / systems

Qualifications

• High School or GED degree
  5 years of related experience preferred

Skills

• Policy & Procedures


• Storage


• Traffic and Vehicle Planning


• Verbal Communication


• Health and Safety


• Inventory Management


• Work Scheduling

Physical Demands/Working Conditions

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk, hear, taste and/or smell; the employee must occasionally lift products weighing up to approximately 50 pounds. Handling of tires (e.g., rolling, destacking, team lifting) greater than approximately 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Travel required: 5% of the time

Our people are passionate about what they do, the product they sell, and the customers they serve. If you’re looking for an opportunity to be a part of a work family that values collaboration, innovation and dedication, we’re the right company for you.

Build a challenging and rewarding career with us!

American Tire Distributors is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace

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