E-commerce (B2C), Shipper, On-Site Logistics Management
Our client’s mission is to transform the $8-12T fragmented and outdated logistics industry, and build an intelligent, asset-lite network that enables any online seller to offer fast, affordable fulfillment.
Job Type: Full-time
Sr. Distribution Operations Manager
Our client is making 1-day shipping a possibility for their merchants by building a network of sortation centers designed to inject packages into the network of their carrier partners. With daily increasing shipping volumes they have high expectations for 2021 and a need to scale their operations. It’s a huge challenge, which is why our client is looking for someone with a passion for managing remote partners, identifying process failings, conducting root cause analysis, and implementing and driving improvements.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the main point of contact for warehouse partners to mitigate risks and resolve issues.
- Be an integral part of our client’s Operations team, acting as a primary manager to a subset of our client’s external warehouse partners.
- Own performance reporting for warehouse partners, including on-time receiving and shipping, inventory accuracy, and packing quality.
- Consistently hold warehouse partners to strict SLA expectations, providing clear and concise verbal and written reports of performance, and action plans when needed.
- Coordinate all warehouse partner management tasks and communication between warehouse partners and our client’s teams.
- Actively engage with site and regional operations leadership to implement new operational improvements and new services.
- Facilitate troubleshooting with relevant parties for warehouse partner related problems.
Experience:
- 4-7 years of professional experience in supply chain, fulfillment, e-commerce, vendor and/or partner management.
- 2-4 years of professional experience in developing, leading, and implementing continuous improvement experience.
- 1+ year of experience Lean Six Sigma problem solving methodologies such as Gemba, Daily Management, A3 Problem Solving, and Leader Standard Work.
- Experience working with SQL, creating and running reports is a plus.
- A successful Senior Operations Manager will be proficient at solving complex logistics and process challenges as well as possess a strong desire to move quickly and deliver results
- Ability to travel onsite to meet with warehouse partners within your region approximately 50% of the time.
- Demonstrated collaboration with internal and external business partners to deliver greater operational performance, efficiency, and quality.
- Precise communication around external partner decisions, issues, risks and new processes.
- Keen ability to distinguish internal versus external problem causes to properly focus the correct resources to resolve issues quickly.
- Exceptional prioritization skills to ensure timely resolutions that are appropriate for the severity and impact of the situation.
- Ability to adapt in a rapid growth, startup environment.
- Strong computer literacy skills, including usage of Google Sheets/Excel.
- Incredibly hardworking and willing to do what it takes for us to reach our goals.
- Must have reliable transportation for frequent travel to visit warehouses.
This position offers a competitive base salary.
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