Sr. Mgr., Distribution & Warehouse

The Krusteaz Company is looking to add a new Senior Distribution and Warehouse Manager to the company! This role is responsible for optimizing service and cost for storage, distribution, and delivery of finished goods. While leading the site Logistics, Inventory Control, Deployment, and Material Coordinator Teams, this position strategically partners with Supply Chain Planning, Logistics, Customer Service, Quality and Sales. This individual leads company wide warehouse and inventory management best practices and continuous improvement efforts.

This role will be based out of the Pontoon Beach, IL/Edwardsville, IL surrounding areas.

Essential Functions
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Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time.

• Manage end-to-end operations including Oversee inbound, storage, staging, and outbound operations to ensure efficiency, accuracy, and compliance adherence.
• Recruit, train, mentor, evaluate warehouse staff and subordinate supervisors. Sets expectations, tracks results, and manages accountability for all areas of logistics.
• Enforce OSHA guidelines, conduct risk assessments, and maintain site security and emergency protocols.
• Inventory Control:
  Monitor stock levels, oversee cycle counts, reconcile system data, and minimize loss or shrinkage.
• Analyze performance metrics (KPIs) and report to senior leadership on financials, volume, and operational bottlenecks. Provides leadership and strategic focus within our supply chain to reduce cost and inventory levels as well as improve service levels.
• Manages financial performance, including budgeting, costing, tracking of expenses and direct labor, and results feedback.
• Manages Deployment function to meet network wide service and inventory targets.
• Develops and executes company wide plans to improve warehouse operation systems including raw materials and finished goods handling, storage, inventory management, product quality, space utilization, shipping, equipment management and labor management. This is achieved by collaboration with Plant Managers and DC Managers.
• In collaboration with Customer Logistics Team, understands all customer shipping expectations and requirements.
• Consistently meets or exceeds shipping measures for both the company and our customers.
• Works closely with Customer Logistics to optimize freight (both inbound and outbound) and plan outside storage requirements.
• Develops a collaborative/integrated effort with Manufacturing to achieve targeted Site productivity metrics.
• Coaches, teaches and coordinates programs for team members to develop technical, business, and interpersonal skills.
• Systematically solves problems and implements effective solutions to root causes of problems
• Manages operations to comply with HR regulations and company policies and guidelines

Position Requirements: 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 qualified with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Thorough working knowledge of supply chain interactions and dynamics
• Effective team member, builds collaboration across broad and varied functions
• Computer applications involving inventory control, production scheduling, and warehouse management
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral
• In-depth understanding of industry and company best practices for the warehouse
• Strong interpersonal skills, i.e. influencing, listening, training, coaching, facilitating, conflict resolution
• Sets expectations, tracks results, and manages accountability; develops people to higher levels of performance
• Results oriented, able to manage multiple priorities with effective results in all KPI’s
• Leadership: able to make decisions and provide clear direction to a work team.
• Integrity: honest and trustworthy, treating others with dignity, respect, and fairness.
• Systematic problem solver: implements effective solutions to root causes of problems.
• Proactive: anticipates needs for change and plans for them.
• Effective developer of people: serves as a…