Distribution Center Warehousing Manager

Overview

Amer Sports is a dynamic, global sports company offering passionate achievement-oriented professionals the chance to succeed and flourish in an international environment. Our globally recognized brands include Salomon, Wilson, Atomic, Armada, and Arc’teryx.  We are a company where ambitious, competent and motivated people can make their mark. All our team members are ready to strive for the best of the company and to win together. Just like our customers, we are dedicated to an active lifestyle and sports.  Join us.

What You'll Do

This facility processes and distributes our outdoor and winter sports equipment, footwear, and apparel with the latest in high tech material handling and storage equipment.  Reporting directly to the Director, Warehousing of Americas, the Distribution Center (DC) manager is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the Ogden Amer Sports warehouse facility to ensure the timely dispatch of our products to the customers; including receiving goods, storing inventory, picking and packing orders, and outbound shipping to customers.  The leader will optimize and secure customer service and quality levels, lead and manage a team of up to 240 employees and keep focus on a high standard of health and safety, quality, inventory control and efficiency/cost control levels.

 

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following areas of focus:

 

DC capacity planning and operations

• Plan DC activities and resources.
• Make the required storage capacity available.
• Track performance cost, service, quality, safety and drive and communicate corrective actions including focus on customer claims management.
• Ensure that operational procedures are in place and updated.
• Ensure compliance with national and professional regulations (security, safety, customs, SOX, OSHA).
• Work with the inbound global transportation team on inbound scheduling and focus on storage capacity and outbound throughput optimization by streamlining the workload and avoiding month end peaks.
• Proactively compiles the activity forecast information and anticipates seasonal and promotional peaks as well as maintain high efficiencies during low activity periods.
• Put a quality control system in place using problem solving approach, root cause analysis, corrective actions and error proof devices.
• Purchase and manage the inventory level of consumable material necessary for the DC activity.
• Responsible for leading the annual physical stock taking.

 Manage, organize and develop the team

• Put an organization in place where team leaders or experts are responsible for the main DC activities as inbound, outbound, storage, Value-Added Services (VAS), carrier management, customs, lean/continuous improvement activities, IT/SAP, data analytics, maintenance.
• Perform regular activity reviews with the leadership team to ensure internal communication flow for communication of the KPI, issues and actions, etc.
• Organize the team and standardize all functions (set clear job descriptions and measurable objectives) according to business and organizational needs.
• Ensure Standard Operating Procedures are well documented and maintained.
• Improve job flexibility (rotate the team members within different functions)
• Organize training plans for the team members and prepare their future development to ensure people retention and coverage of critical skills.
• Plan the vacations of the team end ensure that the standard functions are maintained during absence.
• Put in place, drive and follow up with team members on accountability and responsibility on adherence to the personal conduct and warehouse policies.
• Coach and support change management and mental well-being within the team.
• Lead and supervise a team of warehouse supervisors including delegation, hiring, training, performance evaluations, and corrective actions.
• Foster a positive work environment and promote employee engagement.

Budget and cost control

• Collaborate with the respective brands stakeholders and finance controllers to define and maintain the annual budget for the DC.
• Review with the finance controllers the monthly results and yearly forecast.
• Ensure regular consistency check with i-3PL targets, analyze deviations and take corrective actions.
• Drive actively productivity initiatives and ensure the timely follow-up.
• Provide forward-looking analysis and proactive communication in case of issues.
• Set, improve, and achieve operational goals to optimize warehouse efficiency.

Continuous improvement and productivity initiatives

• Drive