Dry Shipping Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary

World Class Distribution is seeking an experienced  Dry Shipping Manager to lead and oversee all outbound shipping operations within a high-volume, fast-paced food distribution center. This leader will be responsible for driving operational excellence, ensuring customer satisfaction, developing high-performing teams, and achieving productivity, safety, and quality goals while maintaining a strong focus on continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader with extensive experience managing warehouse operations, shipping, inventory, and large teams within a food or wholesale distribution environment.

Essential Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership for the Dry Shipping Department, ensuring safe, efficient, and accurate outbound operations.
• Manage and develop supervisors, leads, office personnel, and warehouse associates while fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
• Drive departmental performance by monitoring labor, productivity, quality, service levels, and key operational metrics.
• Develop staffing plans, oversee scheduling, approve PTO, and support performance management, coaching, and employee development.
• Partner with Operations, Inventory, Transportation, Receiving, Quality Assurance, and Customer Service to ensure seamless daily execution.
• Oversee shipping accuracy, trailer utilization, load planning, and on-time customer deliveries.
• Investigate customer concerns, shipment discrepancies, and operational issues while implementing corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with food safety standards, sanitation requirements, company policies, OSHA regulations, and warehouse best practices.
• Utilize Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and operational reporting to analyze trends, improve efficiencies, and support business decisions.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, productivity, inventory accuracy, and customer satisfaction.
• Maintain a visible leadership presence on the warehouse floor while promoting employee engagement and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of warehouse leadership experience within a high-volume distribution environment.
• Previous experience managing shipping, outbound operations, or warehouse departments.
• Experience leading multiple supervisors, leads, and warehouse associates.
• Strong knowledge of warehouse operations, inventory control, shipping, logistics, and labor management.
• Experience with Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), Microsoft Office, and operational reporting.
• Excellent leadership, communication, coaching, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience managing KPIs, productivity, quality, safety, and customer service metrics.
• Food, grocery, wholesale, or cold storage distribution experience strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent leadership experience will be considered

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Epic HR LLC is a privately held woman-owned staffing firm. We value our relationships as well as your time and wish to make the most of all our interactions. We spend time listening to your needs to ensure we fully understand what you are looking for, the challenges you face, and the goals you seek to accomplish by working with us. Our goal is to add value to by sourcing, interviewing, and placing the right person in the right position. We accomplish this by utilizing cutting-edge technology, which enables us to reach out to a larger pool of professionals to identify the best fit. We do not just focus on the academic background and on experience of a candidate, but also on the personality type and the candidate's habits and interests. Our approach allows clients to see and assess the applicants even before they meet the potential candidate. We have a proven track record of success, providing staffing and recruitment services to clients for more than two decades. Visit us at epicpp.com to discover more about our organization. Epic Personnel Partners, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

Company Description

Epic HR LLC is a privately held woman-owned staffing firm. We value our relationships as well as your time and wish to make the most of all our interactions. We spend time listening to your needs to ensure we fully understand what you are looking for, the challenges you face, and the goals you seek to accomplish by working with us. Our goal is to add value to by sourcing, interviewing, and placing the right person in the right position. We accomplish this by utilizing cutting-edge technology, which enables us to reach out to a larger pool of professionals to identify the best fit. We do not just focus on the academic background and on experience of a candidate, but also on the personality type and the candidate's habits and interests. Our approach allows clients to see and assess the applicants even before they meet the potential candidate. We have a proven track record of success, providing staffing and recruitment services to clients for more than two decades. Visit us at epicpp.com to discover more about our organization. Epic Personnel Partners, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.