Distribution Manager jobs in Arizona

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Staff management responsibilities include but are not limited to interviewing, selecting, hiring, coaching, counseling, and disciplining associates while enforcing company policies, procedures, and productivity standards.
• Contributes to strategic planning, direction, and goal setting for the department or function.
• Develops and implements policies, practices, and procedures that have a significant impact on the organization; ensures vendor managed inventory activities meet quality standards and service level agreements for goods or materials while company costs are minimized.
• Leads on-going functional and/or system-related process improvement initiatives that contribute to the profitability of the company.
• Collaborates with the Flexible Procurement Solutions team to ensure that VMI areas are set up in accordance with new customer expectations and Vallen standards.
• Formulate techniques to ensure a symbiotic relationship with customers to eliminate or minimize supply chain inefficiencies as they relate to vendor managed inventory.
• Liaises with sales to ensure inventory levels, new items for stock and new item setup forms and prior to submission to procurement.
• Establishes the replenishment frequencies within assigned market, schedule operations to ensure productivity is maintained.
• Facilitate the training of VMI leaders on vending machine repair and maintenance; ensuring that staff demonstrate the ability to assess issues with vending machines and take appropriate actions.
• Evaluate the third party administrator (TPA) to ensure that Vallen's standards are maintained; ensuring driver qualifications are in accordance with Federal and State Department of transportation regulations.
• Performs other duties as requested.

Job Qualifications:

Education requirement: Bachelor's degree in SCM or related field and a minimum of 3 years of relevant warehouse, inventory (cycle) counting or delivery, experience. Associated degree in SCM or related field and a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience. High School diploma or equivalent (GED) and a min of 10 years of relevant VMI, warehouse, inventory (cycle) counting or delivery, experience.

• Knowledge of system dynamics, bullwhip effect and vendor managed inventory principles.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the various warehousing functions, such as loading, unloading, picking, packing, shipping, and moving goods throughout a distribution center/warehouse environment; or demonstrated knowledge of various manufacturing operations functions, such as machine operations, materials management, production testing, engineering, and/or quality assurance and control.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, work orders, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Strong communication skills, effective problem-solving skills, demonstrated use of sound judgment, good organizational skills, and the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
• Demonstration of basic mathematical skills (add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units to measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals); ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent preferred.
• Ability to compile routine reports and write correspondence.
• Ability to work in a team environment and be self-motivated to accomplish assigned tasks and goals.
• Valid driver's license that complies with Vallen's standards.

Work Environment & Physical Demands:

Reasonable accommodations will be evaluated and may be implemented to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position.

• May be required to handle hazardous materials and wear various forms of protective equipment (shoes, gloves, protective eyewear, etc.).
• Required to properly operate and control a motor vehicle; specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand and may include little to no advanced notice.
• Sitting, standing, walking, squatting/kneeling, reaching, grasping, pushing/pulling, twisting/bending, lifting/carrying multiple times per shift, fingering, talking, hearing, and seeing.
• May be required to lift and carry up to 75 pounds; must have the ability to handle physical inventory that requires hand dexterity.
• May work in extreme hot or cold environments; various facilities may have dusty conditions.