General Manager - Warehouse Facility at World Distribution Services LLC in Linden, New Jersey

Job Description:

WDS is currently looking for a General Manager for our brand new 480,000 square foot Warehouse in Linden, NJ!

Job Purpose

The General Manager is the leader of the operations and customer service teams, providing direction, guidance, corrective action and support to each of the members of the team, with support of the managers and supervisors of the facility or market. The General Manager is responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the warehouse and has a fiduciary duty to the company to ensure client retention, financial health, staff development and budgetary goals are met by the team.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure safe, clean, and efficient warehouse operations


• Ensure quality management system procedures are implemented and followed throughout the facility.


• Oversight and management of both operations and administrative/customer service functions


• Monitors and ensures financial goals are met, providing updates and progress regularly to executive team


• Assists in rate negotiations by supplying pertinent data and customer requirements to management, in addition to overseeing rate filings for local clients


• Works in conjunction with sales team to vet potential business opportunities


• Interviews, hires, terminates, executes corrective action and participates in regular staff conversations


• Conducts annual reviews for exempt/supervisor employees and others if needed


• Recommends and implements salary changes for staff


• Full P&L responsibility


• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• A strong business acumen and experience managing against a budget


• Proven problem solving and analysis skills


• Previous leadership experience with oversight of multiple managers and supervisors


• Teambuilding Skills


• Project management


• Extremely strong communication skills both verbal and written


• Ability to think strategically and make effective decisions


• Must be able to work with a wide range of employees, suppliers and customers


• Strong MS Office skills


• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work under deadlines

• Minimum of 7 years industry experience; Minimum of 5 years management experience


• Some travel required


• Ability to work a flexible work schedule as needed, including planned and unplanned overtime (which may include weekends)


• Prior experience working in an automated / conveyable environment (preferred)

Education

• Bachelor’s degree preferred

Working Conditions

Primarily office environment with daily time spent in warehouse.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to safely perform the essential functions of this job.

• Regularly required to talk and hear


• Ability to sit for extended periods of time


• Ability to perform desk-based computer tasks

Benefits/Perks:

• Competitive compensation


• Benefits package:




• Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision


• Life, AD&D, & Disability insurance


• Employee Assistance Program


• Financial planning


• 401(k) plan with up to 6% company match


• Paid Time Off


• Professional development & growth opportunities


• Tuition assistance


• Casual dress code


• Flexible work arrangements

World Distribution Services is a division of World Shipping, Inc. We leverage over 55 years of market experience from our family of companies dedicated to providing cargo transportation and freight services around the globe.

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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