MAU is hiring an Assistant Distribution Center Manager for our client in Cedar Rapids, IA. As an Assistant Distribution Center Manager, you will oversee inside sales and warehouse management, ensuring efficient shipping, inventory control, and customer engagement. This is a direct-hire opportunity.
Benefits Package:
- 401k
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid time off
Shift Information:
- Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Required Education and Experience:
- 3+ years of forklift experience
- Valid driver's license and an acceptable driving record
- 5+ years of experience supervising or managing operations in a distribution center
General Requirements:
- Strong speaking and active listening skills
- Coordination and critical thinking abilities
- Ability to monitor and assess performance for improvements
Essential Functions:
- Serve as the primary contact for sales quoting, order management, and confirmations
- Develop relationships with new and existing customers
- Acquire deep product knowledge to assist and educate customers
- Upsell accessory products to maximize sales
- Advise customers on market trends and changes
- Gather market intelligence and leverage customer relationships for competitive negotiations
- Achieve optimal pricing for products
- Prepare and submit weekly Pulse Reports
- Perform additional duties as assigned
- Supervise a team of 6-10 warehouse employees
- Select, develop, and motivate warehouse personnel
- Promote teamwork to meet productivity targets
- Conduct daily safety walk-throughs to ensure a clean and safe warehouse
- Enforce company policies related to conduct and safety, initiating disciplinary action when necessary
- Lead monthly safety meetings and quarterly driver safety meetings
- Maintain inventory accuracy through daily cycle counts
- Identify and resolve causes of product loss
- Implement and maintain a bin location system for inventory management
- Assist warehouse employees in loading and unloading trucks
- Control costs through efficient personnel and storage utilization
- Optimize warehouse layout and truck loading to minimize loading times
- Ensure vehicles, machinery, and equipment meet OSHA and Federal DOT safety standards
- Manage PeopleNet system to monitor drivers' hours and compliance with Federal DOT regulations
- Plan and organize delivery routes for efficiency and profitability
- Perform additional duties as assigned
Physical Demands:
- Regularly required to sit, use hands, reach with arms, talk, and hear
- Specific vision requirements include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
- Ability to safely lift up to 50 pounds as needed
- Requires flexibility, strength, and manual dexterity for handling objects
MAU Workforce Solutions is an innovative global company with extensive experience providing solutions for success in staffing, recruiting, technology and outsourcing to our clients, employees, and applicants. Headquartered in Augusta, GA since 1973, MAU is a family and minority-owned company offering better processes and better people to create efficiencies and greater profits for our clients. Our relationships with world-class companies, our training programs and our culture of family allow MAU to offer better results, better jobs, and better lives to those who work with us.
All Applicants must submit to background check and drug screening
Disclaimer: This job description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required of the position
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