The Assistant Shipping Manager has overall responsibility of the Shipping Department including loading, unloading, processing paperwork and monitoring all equipment operators. Safe operations, accurate paperwork and properly loaded trucks are critical to success in the role. This position includes manual labor.
Essential Functions:
- Ensure all trucks are loaded with the proper contents per the manifest.
- Supervises and works together with other managers well.
- Develops schedules, monitors performance and recommends the proper discipline as appropriate including terminations
- Trains employees in job responsibilities and safe operating procedures.
- Interviews candidates and recommends for hires with HR and Assistant Branch Manager.
- Ensures that employees are picking and processing orders expediently, accurately and timely.
- Picks and processes orders as needed to support goals of Distribution Center.
- Reviews product being picked from stock to ensure order accuracy.
- Reviews staging lanes to ensure all product is loaded properly per store destination.
- Follow load optimization scheme to ensure outbound trucks are at or optimal cube and weight
-Maintains material handling equipment and communicates malfunctioning machines to management.
- Follows program to maintain the cleanliness of the area by a regular maintenance schedule of scrubbing, and pulling out pallets and cleaning underneath.
- Understands the general function of a warehouse management system (WMS) and can follow work instructions well.
- Escalates Warehouse Management System problems and process opportunities to Assistant Branch Manager
- Assures that trash is removed from floor and properly discarded including broken pallets, scraps of wood, corrugated, food and others.
- Makes sure that low stock/out of stock or other inventory related concerns are communicated to the Inventory Controller
- Performs additional duties, responsibilities and projects as assigned.
- Performs weekly self-audits of the staging lanes, loading dock, and checks in with employees during stand up meetings and KPI reviews.
- Supports Distribution Center cleanliness, organization and success.
- Strengthen the knowledge and skills of the entire team ultimately bettering the performance of the Distribution Center.
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Restaurant Depot is a Members-Only Wholesale Cash & Carry Foodservice Supplier. Their mission is to be your one-stop shop for savings, selection, and service, seven days a week. They have been supplying independent food businesses with quality products from large cash and carry warehouse stores since 1990. They became the leading low-cost alternative to other foodservice suppliers by eliminating the overhead of a traditional distributor, focusing on the needs of independent foodservice operators and offering free membership.
