Assistant Warehouse Manager

Overview

Parts Authority, founded in 1973, is a leading national distributor of automotive replacement parts, tools/equipment and transmissions. Headquartered in Long Island, New York, Parts Authority is rapidly expanding, and today has more than 300 locations servicing customers in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC and Wisconsin.

Parts Authority has grown through both organic initiatives and acquisitions. Over the past several years Parts Authority has acquired over a dozen companies as part of its expansion strategy. Parts Authority’s catalog of over 3 million parts covering more than 125 million applications, ensures our customer partners receive the parts they want, when they want them.

What makes Parts Authority different is OUR TEAM. Parts Authority has a team of professionally trained, experienced counter people to assist in finding the right parts and the right brand for each application.

Parts Authority carries the best brands in the business for domestic and import vehicles. AC Delco, Motorcraft, Denso, Bosch, KYB, Monroe, Gates, Dorman and Exide are just a few of the more than 400 suppliers from around the world, that Parts Authority partners with to bring our customer partners the best parts.

Each team member plays a vital role in our success. We are rapidly expanding and looking for candidates to join our family! So, if you enjoy full‑time employment with the opportunity for advancement, look no further. Join our Parts Authority Team today as an Assistant Warehouse Manager.

The Assistant Warehouse Manager is responsible for supporting the Warehouse Manager and assists in all activities relating to warehouse operations for the assigned location, including implementation of strategic departmental initiatives and meaningful metrics to effectively manage, perform, and monitor all aspects of warehousing, logistics, and inventory management. If you have previous warehouse leadership experience and work well in a fast‑paced environment, we want to hear from you.

Directly assist in the effort to achieve a high level of productivity, efficiency and customer service:

• Act as facility manager in the absence of the primary Warehouse Manager;
  Supervise Outbound and Inbound Warehouse Managers when necessary
• Verify customer service goals are continuously met
• Help receive, analyze and react to daily status reports across all distribution center functional areas
• Facilitate routing of deliveries to customers and stores to find the most efficient route. Plan routes for shuttles that travel between (hub) warehouses and stores (spokes)
• Aid in the analyzing of data on deliveries and transportation between hub warehouse and stores and recommend/implement improvements
• Communicate and collaborate effort of ensuring dock to stock for most lines within 72 hours
• Audit and adjust processes and oversee employee productivity metrics
• Formulate and enforce picking goals for each area/zone of the warehouse
• Work with purchasing to develop and implement procedures for unloading orders from vendors and stocking them on our shelves
• Ensure trucks/ trailers are efficiently and accurately loaded/ unloaded to support the efficient movement of goods and materials to their destinations to fulfill commitment to our customers and support sales objectives
• Work with dispatchers and outbound production team to enhance customer service via delivery vehicles

• Lead and supervise a team of managers to include supervision of Outbound and Inbound Warehouse Managers in absence of the primary Warehouse Manager
• Recommend adjustments for staffing across multi-functional platforms when timelines are in jeopardy and plan staffing/workflow according to dynamic market changes
• Assist in assigning staff to individual warehouse jobs, and help develop and implement improvements in job staffing, including incorporating time studies.
• Identify, motivate, mentor and develop high performers
• Train, develop and motivate all team members
• Provide…