Warehouse Logistics Manager

Holman is a global automotive leader that serves both commercial and consumer clients The Holman Way by always doing the right thing for our people, our customers, and the community since 1924. The Holman story began nearly a century ago as a single Ford dealership in New Jersey. Today, Holman, headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, is one of the largest family-owned automotive service organizations in North America with more than 6,500 employees across North America, the UK, and Germany.

Holman delivers a unique range of automotive-centric services including industry-leading fleet management and leasing; vehicle fabrication and upfitting; component manufacturing and productivity solutions; powertrain distribution and logistics services; commercial and personal insurance and risk management; and retail automotive sales as one of the largest privately owned dealership groups in the United States. Guided by its deeply rooted core values and principles, Holman is continuously Driving What’s Right.

• Plan and direct the operations of all logistics related activity including warehousing, vehicle movement and scheduling of sublet vendors.
• Establish priorities for logistics schedules based on production scheduling, vehicle availability and materials supply.
• Monitor daily logistical activity to ensure production quotas are met and targeted deadlines are achieved.
• Understand performance metrics; analyze trends to understand performance opportunities and to close gaps.
• Provide necessary support during new product development and rollout, and startups of new processes within the production environment.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory and company policies and procedures, programs and practices.
• Anticipate the needs of the customer, plant and department in order to provide goods and services at the highest quality and the lowest cost.
• Monitor and manage department budget and spending.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to logistics Supervisors.
• Responsible for the hiring, development, discipline and termination for logistics employees.
• Develop manpower requirements based on production and warehousing guidelines.
• Work with department heads to ensure coordination of purchasing, production, service and delivery with the sales function.
• Champions safety for the department while influencing plant wide safety performance.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with local, state and federal regulations including, air, water and other environmental emission standards.
• Perform all other duties and special projects as assigned

Education and/or Training:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent work experience
• Additional education, certifications, or other distinctions are a plus
• Proficient in various desktop tools including MS Office Programs (i.e. Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, SharePoint etc.)

Relevant Work Experience:

• 3-5+ years’ experience, including 5+ at a leadership level
• Breadth and depth of technical or functional expertise in own area of responsibility or department; may be acquiring knowledge of other related areas of departments
• Developing and implementing processes, methods, and tools to increase efficiency and accuracy
• 5+ years of previous management experience required.
• 5+ years of previous experience within a warehousing/logistics environment.
• Intermediate skills of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Technically oriented, comfortable around machinery and plant environment.
• Must be able to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing with individuals at all levels of the organization.
• Able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Interpret a variety of technical information in mathematical and/or narrative form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Able to think strategically while understanding the big picture.
• Work well under pressure with multiple projects and deadlines.
• Proven ability to prioritize and execute upon aggressive goals, objectives, and action items
• Aid in creating and maintaining effective quality standards related to vehicle movement, storage and post production delivery.
• Maintain and report on all applicable KPIs.
• Actively participate in the development of direct reports via 1on1 sessions and consistent coaching.
• Participate in monthly budgeting operations for the site.
• Host and inform customers and potential customers on our capabilities and competencies related to their needs.
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