Sr. DC Manager - Food Distribution

Job Description

Job Description

Senior Distribution Center Manager
Sacramento, CA
$90,000 – $95,000 per year | Full-time, Exempt

About the Role
Epic is looking for a Senior Distribution Center Manager for a large food distribution company. You’ll run the day-to-day operations of a busy distribution center and report to the General Manager. You’ll be responsible for hitting the site’s financial and operational goals, and you’ll lead a team of managers and supervisors.

What You’ll Do

• Lead 4–12 managers who run each department, and through them their supervisors and hourly teams
• Plan warehouse layout and storage based on how fast product moves, item size and weight
• Build and run the production plan for the whole warehouse
• Manage the warehouse’s financial reporting
• Oversee inventory accuracy, cycle counts and special inventories, and fix discrepancies
• Find slow-moving, excess or unusable stock and recommend what to do with it
• Set work procedures and schedules, and keep work flowing on time
• Standardize procedures to make the team more efficient
• Train, coach, evaluate and develop your team, and resolve employee concerns fairly
• Make sure everyone follows company policy, safety rules and the law

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree, or 3–5 years of related distribution center or warehouse leadership experience (or an equivalent mix)
• Strong knowledge of DC operations: receiving, storage, inventory control and shipping
• Experience leading managers and large, diverse teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication, and comfort working with every level of management
• Strong organization and the ability to meet tight deadlines
• Bilingual in English and Spanish is a plus

Work Environment

• A distribution center environment where temperatures vary
• Long periods at a computer, climbing stairs and occasionally lifting up to 10 lbs
• Reasonable accommodations are available