What You'll Do
• Implement corporate and departmental policies, procedures, and service standards in conjunction with management
• Work with General Manager to develop annual departmental budget
• Develop work schedules according to budgets and workloads
• Provide employees with guidance in handling difficult or complex problems and in resolving escalated complaints or disputes
• Research, compile, and prepare reports, manuals, correspondence, and other information required by management or governmental agencies
• Resolve customer complaints and answer customers' questions
• Review records and reports pertaining to activities such as production, payroll, and shipping to verify details, monitor work activities, and evaluate performance
• Keep informed of provisions of labor-management agreements and their effects on departmental operations
• Discuss job performance problems with employees to identify causes and issues and to work on resolving problems
• Evaluate employees' job performance and conformance to regulations and recommend appropriate personnel action
What Experience and Education You Need
• Five to eight years office experience in warehousing and/or logistics
• 4+ years general supervisory/management experience
• HS Diploma or equivalent
• Experience in HRIS and ATS systems preferred
What Could Set You Apart
• Ability to manage supervisors and employees
• Ability to work in fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment
• Ability to communicate effectively with variety of individuals
• Ability to reason, negotiate, instruct, persuade, or speak with others
• Ability to pay close attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills and judgment in communicating with staff
• Willingness to develop a mentoring relationship in order to contribute experience, skills, and wisdom to subordinate employees for their development
• Receptive to management development suggestions and willing to seek additional knowledge to facilitate job growth
• Must have strong relationship skills, be able to provide and model leadership behaviors including the ability to defuse conflict. Relate to other people beyond giving and receiving instructions: they must get along with others without exhibiting behavioral extremes; perform work activities requiring reasoning, negotiating, instructing, persuading, or speaking with others; and respond appropriately to criticism
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Proven ability to juggle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to interpret HR regulations, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedures manuals
• Ability to solve complex problems
• Ability to manage multiple sites
• Must have very strong customer service orientation with high sense of urgency in meeting objectives and deadlines
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel
• Proficient in WMS
Physical Requirements
• Requires the ability to sit for long periods of time, with frequent interruptions
• Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, and reaching, or bending
• Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work
• Talking, hearing, and seeing are important elements of completing assigned tasks
• May require travel by automobile and airplane up for business
• May require a visit facility operations in temperatures at or below freezing
• May carry loads related to travel and occasionally lifts, carries, positions, or moves objects weighing up to 20 pounds
• Requires the use of various electronic tools
• Requires the ability to relate to others beyond giving and receiving instructions: must partner with colleagues without exhibiting behavioral extremes
• Requires the performance of work activities including reasoning, negotiating, instructing, persuading, or speaking with others; and respond appropriately to constructive feedback from executive management
Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and complies with applicable employment laws.
EOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW.