Supervisor, Warehouse

Simpson Strong-Tie is a leader in engineered structural connectors, software, and solutions for the building industry. We maintain a reputation as a trusted manufacturer, partner, and corporate citizen committed to our customers and employees.

Our founder, Barc Simpson established 9 Principles of Business we live out as company values and have made Simpson Strong-Tie an inspiring place to work since 1956. Our team of talented people are dedicated to our shared mission: to provide solutions that help people design and build safer, stronger structures.

Learn about our company culture directly from our team.

YOU

As a Warehouse Manager, you will oversee and lead the warehouse operations including managing staffing, equipment requirements, incentive programs, and inventory.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING (% of Time)

Develop and manage meaningful key performance indicators to enhance the effectiveness of the department, and create plans for improvement based on priority. (40%)

Provide leadership for supervisors/Leads of the warehouse while assisting with hiring, training, directing, disciplining and counseling employees. (30%)

Oversee daily warehouse operations, review daily performance and address issues as required. (20%)

Oversee cycle count inventory and audits throughout the year. (5%)

Responsible for startup of new warehouse facilities and planning expansions and additional storage racks (5%)

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

If you can do everything listed above, you have what it takes. Perhaps some of the following would be helpful too:

• Bachelor’s degree in business management or an equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.
• 5 years’ experience in warehouse and logistics management required
• 3 years utilizing Lean manufacturing tools preferred
• Understanding of financial components of Cost of Goods Sold, and the ability to relate department costs to organization’s profitability preferred
• SAP, or similar ERP system experience preferred
• Project Management experience preferred
• Safety: Consistently exemplify the highest of safety standards and monitor others to the same standards.
• Reading Comprehension: Read, analyze, and interpret business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and related correspondence. Able to write work procedures and instructions.
• Writing: Write routine reports, safety bulletins and procedure manuals
• Problem Solving: Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Analysis/ Reasoning: Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Communication:  Effectively communicate in-group settings and one-on-one, with all departments and at all levels within the organization.
• Action Oriented - Builds an environment that emphasizes taking initiative and acting quickly. Models the enthusiasm and can-do attitude for the organization. Helps the organization respond quickly to opportunities. Leads the organization on bold challenges.
• Builds Effective Teams - Builds a cohesive leadership team that drives the goals and success of the organization. Creates a culture with systems and processes that enable cross-functional teamwork. Instills a common mindset and team spirit across the organization. Models teamwork by working effectively with other leaders throughout the organization.
• Collaborates - Exemplifies collaborative leadership by inviting a wide variety of perspectives to the discussions. Creates a climate where people communicate fearlessly. Builds a culture of collaboration and teamwork across organizational boundaries. Removes organizational barriers to collaboration.
• Customer Focus - Creates a sense of urgency throughout the organization on the importance of meeting customer needs. Ensures that organizational resources and support are focused on meeting customer needs. Establishes organizational alliances or partnerships with key customers. Fosters a customer-focused environment.
• Decision Quality - Creates an environment that promotes cross-functional analysis and decision-making. Holds leaders accountable to push decision making down to the most appropriate level. Requires that organization-level decisions be based on data and sound reasoning. Willingly makes tough decisions and difficult trade-offs on behalf of the organization.
• Develops Talent - Creates a culture that emphasizes ongoing learning and development and reinforces its val