Director, Distribution Center Warehousing

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At Crawford, the #1 electrical distributor across Texas and Louisiana, successful associates drive and promote our mindset of Adapt, Dare and Learn. We are focused on building customer centric strategies, inspiring, empowering, and developing our associates who adapt to change and drive and deliver results.

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If you are looking for a company who is committed to building a relationship with you, who encourages having fun at work, who is powered by difference, and who is passionate about your future, it’s time to apply at Crawford Electric Supply. Known in the electrical distribution industry for being a great place to work and build a career, Crawford prides itself on being a business partner rather than just an electrical supplier to its customers. Each day, Crawford associates provide the best customer experience while at the same time offering the widest variety of electrical products on the market. For the past 30 years, Crawford has built a culture of growth, opportunity, innovative thinking, and stability for its employees by truly living up to the company motto of, “Whatever it Takes!”  through our mindset competencies below:

 

Adapt: Effectively embrace new situation and people

Dare: Appropriately challenge the status quo

Learn: Learn from others, from mistakes, and self-improve

 

Responsibilities

 

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP

Director of Logistics

VP Operations
 

PURPOSE:

The Director – Distribution Center Warehousing has accountability for driving all distribution center and warehouse operational staff planning, performance, continuous improvement, safety, and training/development. This role has responsibility for strategy and execution in areas of performance, inventory control, cost management, talent development and customer service standards. This person will also participate in the duties and responsibilities listed below.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES

• Strong communication skills – written, verbal and with an emphasis on timeliness.
• Leadership capabilities that support ongoing talent development initiatives.
• Participate in and support recruiting, hiring, performance management and associate evaluations.
• Support direct-report managers in effective staffing of associates to align with facility peak times/seasons.
• Develop/support the scaling of operational processes to align with Company and facility growth.
• Establish performance goals and support facility leadership in developing and carrying out plans to achieve mutually agreed upon goals.
• Effective P&L management and understanding.
• Understand and effectively manage automation systems and approaches to optimize facility performance.
• Act as forward-facing representative of the operation with company peers, leadership, branch managers, sales associates and our customer and vendor partners.
• Foster healthy working relationship with Sales Leaders to develop short and long-term strategies that support growth and customer satisfaction.
• Work with Transportation Team to create/promote best-in-class logistics platform.
• Work with other Operations teams within Crawford and SUSA to share best-practice and process improvement.
• Project manage facility-related construction projects, expansions, reconfigurations, process implementations, etc.
• Use multiple software systems to manage transactional accounting, reporting, data analysis and other management functions.
• Enforce all Sonepar business and operational policies, ensure that controls are in place and operating as planned.

 

 

Qualifications

 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• College degree in a Supply Chain, Operations or Logistics field with 5+ years related experience and/or training.
• Proven experience leading a larger distribution center environment (150,000 – 350,000 SF or 100+ HC).
• Strategic thinker and hands-on problem solver that possesses integrity and leadership.
• High level of business acumen, including creating and managing a budget, planning, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient use of MS Office applications; Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Power BI, and Internet. Exposure to Eclipse ERP, warehouse management systems and/or prior experience with automation systems is preferred.

 

 

Environment 

• Long and varied hours are required occasionally.
• Ability to work in an extreme hot or cold environment.
• Frequent use of phone, computer, and period