Position Type: Full-Time Average Hours: 45 hours per week Starting Salary: $90,000 per year Salary Increases: Year 2 $95,000 | Year 3 - $100,000
Duties and Responsibilities: Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Establishes and modifies daily work schedules considering warehouse needs. • Coordinates job activities and tasks of direct reports on a daily and/or extended basis, in addition to the timing and location of those tasks. • Oversees the daily receiving of product and/or oversees the daily selection and shipping of product to stores. • Monitors processes for inbound and outbound deliveries to ensure compliance with established guidelines. • Develops and implements action plans to improve operating results. • Establishes and communicates job responsibilities and performance expectations to their direct reports to assure mutual understanding and desired results. • Models the company strategy as well as communicates the core values of the organization to create a sense of teamwork and membership among employees. • Interacts effectively with peers through ongoing communication and exchange of information and operates in accordance with shared warehouse management objectives. • Collaborates with other divisional and national operational areas and communicates relevant information allowing them to fulfill their duties. • Communicates with District Managers and store management as appropriate. • Provides input and recommendations to their direct leader regarding changes to improve the operation. • Monitors all companies providing service within the warehouse to ensure acceptable performance. • Ensures communication with the dedicated carrier of daily schedule changes and needs. • Monitors the competitive environment within the community and informs management regarding adjustments necessary to maintain the company’s competitive position. • Recommends personnel for advancement and termination as appropriate. • Addresses warehouse issues, escalates and/or refers concerns to peers, 3rd parties, or other management as appropriate; consistently upholds established standards to ensure equitable treatment of warehouse personnel. • Oversees the activities of warehouse personnel, ensuring effectiveness and efficiency of day-to-day operations. • Leads, plans and facilitates regularly scheduled warehouse personnel meetings. • Trains and develops direct reports to achieve their maximum professional potential to retain a motivated and productive workforce. • Observes and evaluates employees’ work performance; provides feedback and coaching as appropriate, including completion of annual performance review. • Supervises the timely, accurate and efficient storage of product, supplies and equipment. • Supervises warehouse teams to ensure compliance with food safety, sanitation, maintenance and operational safety guidelines and procedures. • Oversees warehouse personnel to ensure compliance with federal, state and local regulations. • Monitors and manages controllable expenses; provides appropriate inventory and efficiency results and makes employee payroll adjustments as necessary. • Supervises shipping plan as established by transportation management and facilitates order changes as needed for requested product, equipment and supplies. • Determines involuntary termination of warehouse staff and informs warehouse operations manager of circumstances prior to conducting the termination. • Ensures a safe environment by identifying and rectifying hazards, ensuring proper ergonomics, and maintaining equipment in proper working order. • Manages direct reports to ensure they comply with established policies and procedures, including but not limited to those outlined in the Employee Handbook, Procedures Manuals. • Other duties as assigned.
Job-specific Competencies: Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
• Consistently demonstrates the Mindsets, ALDI Acts Competencies and Professional Skills (M.A.P.) as outlined for the role. • Ability to recommend, interpret, and apply ALDI operating policies and procedures. • Knowledge of products and services of the company. • Ability to manage direct reports relating to training, development, motivation, retention and discipline. • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite. • Ability to evaluate work performance and motivate behavior change among direct reports when necessary. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. • Prepares written materials to meet purpose and audience. • Ability to develop rapport, trust, and open communication that enhances the growth and performance of direct reports. • Works cooperatively and collaboratively within a group. • Ability to facilitate group involvement when conducting meetings. • Develops and maintains positive relationships with internal and external parties. • Negotiation skills. • Conflict management skills. • Problem-solving skills. • Ability to stay organized and multi-task in a professional and efficient manner. • Gives attention to detail and follows instructions. • Establishes goals and works toward achievement.
Education and Experience:
• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred. • Bachelor’s Degree preferred. • Previous management experience preferred. • Or, a combination of education and experience providing equivalent knowledge.
Physical Requirements:
• Frequently work in varying temperatures, hot and cold (including outdoor temperatures and refrigerator/freezer environments). • Continuously standing; frequently required to sit, bend, reach, grip, push, pull, lift, carry and walk throughout the warehouse. • Frequently required to lift and place product weighing up to 45 pounds on pallets at various heights.