Manager, Warehouse and Distribution

Ajinomoto

  • Ontario, CA
  • $115,000-125,000 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 6 days ago
Job Description:Position SummaryThis position is responsible for supporting the Sr. Manager, Warehouse & Distribution, by acting as a Warehousing subject matter expert. Will assure that our warehousing needs are covered, track, analyze, report financial and service metrics, ensure proper procedures are established and FSQA requirements are adhered to allow for the company’s products to be handled optimally and that service and cost levels required are attained. The scope of the Warehousing responsibilities includes all finished products warehousing facilities, distribution locations and support manufacturing warehouse locations as required. This position will ensure prompt and efficient storage and deployment of the products to and from the warehouses is achieved.
Position Essential Duties and Responsibilities
  • Support contract negotiations with 3PL partners to ensure the necessary storage and deployment capacity for our operations is covered.
  • Maintain the necessary documentation regarding such contracts, audit certifications, certificates of insurance, contact lists, FDA audits, procedures and rates.
  • Coordinate with Planning, Sales, Inventory, and Warehouse Departments to ensure optimal production requirements, lead times, and inventory levels are met.
  • Collect, analyze, and share sales data with all pertinent departments to aid and enhance manager decision making.
  • Support our IT department as well as the 3PL’s in developing solutions to the information needs on both sides, knowingly but not limited to item databases synchronization, reporting, EDI/JDE driven processes and updates.
  • Reporting on operations status, financial and budget periodic KPI’s, occupancy, etc. as needed.
  • Manage service issues as they arise using continuous improvement tools to find solutions for customers, both internal and external.
  • Manage communication with peers, supervisors and other departments like Customer Service and Sales as needed.
  • Support our plant managed warehouse managers (dotted line reporting to this position).
  • Communicate with accounts on existing and future orders and create production requests, taking inventory level of each product into consideration.
  • Accurately review and approve Warehouse invoices within Intellichief.
  • Training and developing the Team on his/her area of expertise.
Position Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university or related field(s) and/or a minimum of seven years in a warehouse supervisory / administrative role, with progressive responsibilities and experience in inventory, distribution, shipping or receiving.
  • Deep knowledge of WMS (Warehouse management system) operations.
  • Experience with computer application systems related to inventory, distribution, shipping or receiving, especially JDE. Must have advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Excellent management, organization skills, and negotiating skills.
  • Self-starter who can make changes and improve processes.
  • Daily user of continuous improvement tools & methodologies.
  • Ability to manage through or escalate issues.
  • Ability to learn and utilize various types of software / information systems.
  • Range of pay $115,000 - $125,000 per year. Plus, annual bonus.
  • Location: Ontario, CA
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