Warehouse Operations Manager

NXTPoint Logistics; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with company matching

Weekly pay

PTO & holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

The Suddath Companies is recruiting a Warehouse Operations Manager to lead freight movement, staffing, and program development in a busy onsite environment. You will drive performance, coach a high-performing team, and partner with customers to deliver exceptional service across warehousing and transportation functions.

Responsibilities include budget management, KPI implementation, vendor coordination, and continuous improvement initiatives to meet service and cost objectives.

Qualifications

• Broad management skills with emphasis on leadership, problem-solving and planning.
• Ability to interface across supply chain partners and senior executives.
• Experience deploying resources to achieve objectives with KPI focus.
• Strong vendor relationship and cost-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage all functions of freight movement into and out of warehouses.
• Train and supervise staff toward departmental and company objectives.
• Develop warehousing programs meeting cost and service goals.
• Ensure timely processing of freight claims and collections.
• Forecast costs, equipment, and service levels; recommend corrective actions.
• Establish KPIs for on-time delivery, shipping costs, inventory, and productivity.
• Lead problem resolution for transportation and warehousing issues.
• Maintain budgets and provide senior management with reports.
• Build customer relationships and drive service improvements.
• Ensure compliance with federal and state regulations.

Skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Communication

Planning

Cross-functional teamwork

Vendor management

Analytics

MS Office

Excel

WMS

TMS

Education

Bachelor’s degree in logistics, supply chain, transportation or related field

Tools

WMS

TMS

MS Office

Excel

Job description

Why Choose Suddath to “Move” your Career to the Next Level?

At Suddath, you can be part of something special and inclusive! Join a team that has a 100+ year reputation for excellence as an innovative, growing and financially stable company that is dedicated to promoting a culture that thrives on inclusion and diversity. From numerous awards to being recognized as one of the best places to work, Suddath offers a caring, family environment while providing relocation and logistics services to people and companies all around the world.

What We Offer

• A competitive wage with a comprehensive benefits package, including a 401(k) plan with company matching


• Weekly pay for hourly‑paid employees. Biweekly pay for salaried employees.


• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid company holidays


• A tuition reimbursement plan where employees are encouraged to continue their education and development


• For more information on our benefit offerings, please visit https://suddath.com/about/careers/ and scroll down to view our employee benefits.

We’re looking for a Warehouse Operations Manager who thrives in an onsite environment and enjoys partnering with high‑touch, complex customer accounts. You’ll support daily problem‑solving and process improvement, be the go‑to resource for our client, and lead and develop a high performing team to drive both exceptional customer and employee experiences.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing all functions relating to freight movement into and out of the warehouse(s), maintaining prescribed service levels while keeping cost controls in place.


• Training and supervising employees to ensure meeting departmental and company objectives. Interfaces with Transportation Operations to resolve any problems associated with scheduling and dispatching.


• Maintains and develops appropriate warehousing programs that meet cost and service objectives and production and customer needs. Recommends programs that improve the operations function.


• Maintains and directs the implementation of procedures to ensure that freight claims are processed and collected in a timely manner.


• Forecast, identifies and analyzes costs, equipment availability and service levels, making recommendations and instituting corrective action.


• Establishes and measures KPIs to drive performance for on‑time in‑full delivery performance, shipping costs for all forms of transit (land, air, sea), warehouse inventory management, warehousing productivity and quality, and workforce planning requirements.


• Investigates cause analysis issues for problem reconciliation and lead corrective action for complaints related to transportation, logistics handling and warehousing of finished product.


• Maintains and develops fiscal budgets and ensures effective management within budgetary guidelines. Provides senior management with periodic reports as designated.


• Establish and maintain relationship with customers, serving as a resolve to escalations and conflict, and proactively working to identify service improvement opportunities.


• Ensures staff cohesively support strategic customer care service objectives, coach front‑line management to enhance staff and team skills and competencies, and establish team performance objectives.


• Ensures the operations is in compliance with Federal and State regulations.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• A broad range of management skills is required with particular emphasis on leadership, problem‑solving, motivation, communication, innovation and planning. Must value diversity and exhibit a leadership style that empowers, coaches, mentors, and fosters a cohesive team environment.


• Will work independently and be comfortable working with complex and cross‑functional teams at all levels, both internal and external. Must be able to interface and communicate effectively within the organization and with partners across the supply chain. Strong verbal and written communication skills with a demonstrated experience engaging and influencing senior executives.


• Must be successful in managing effective deployment of resources, systems and personnel to enable achievement of organizational objectives. Extensive sourcing, negotiation and human relations skills are required. Experience building, executing and managing vendor strategy and operations through KPIs, audit mechanisms and flawless execution.


• Demonstrated ability to work cross‑functionally with engineering, sales, operations and other stakeholders to deliver and manage products/services. Demonstrated ability to think strategically with the ability to build and manage equally compelling operations. Proven ability to successfully thrive in an ambiguous environment.


• Strong analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and drive actions.


• Strong working knowledge of MS Office Suite, advance level Excel. A working knowledge of warehouse and transportation management systems is a must.


• Strong team player, is an owner, and ultimately focused on delivering results with high standards.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in logistics, supply chain, transportation or a business‑related field.


• Minimum 8+ years of direct experience in a similar industry


• Working knowledge of regulations relating to transportation and warehouse operations, coupled with experience with a variety of logistics sourcing strategies.


• Demonstrated skills associated with building vendor relationships, hands‑on experience with the development and deployment of departmental metrics, and experience monitoring the quality, quantity, cost and efficiency of logistics networks.


• Financial acumen and budgeting experience.


• Experience in Lean, Six Sigma and other continuous improvement initiatives, including ISO applications.


• Knowledge of industry standard applications for transportation and warehousing (WMS).

Working Conditions

• Warehouse working environment


• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate

Physical Activity Level

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.


• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.


• The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms.

The Suddath Companies is a multifaceted group of companies that specialize in worldwide corporate employee relocations, household moving, warehouse and logistics management and specialized transportation services.

The Suddath Companies provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.