Associate Logistics Manager

Kulzer, one of the world’s leading dental companies for more than 80 years, is looking for an experienced Associate Logistics Manager to join our Operations Department. In the role of Associate Logistics Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing our department’s hourly workforce, managing freight carrier relationships, and addressing customer service and software-related issues to elevate customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.

What We Offer

Kulzer offers an exciting work environment with flexible work/life balance schedules, competitive salaries, and superior benefits. Featured benefits include:

• Fair and competitive pay
• Premium benefits package including health, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance plans.
• Health savings account
• 401k with 100% company match of up to 5% of your pay.
• Excellent paid time off
• 10 paid holidays
• Medical opt-out benefit.
• Company paid long term disability, short term disability and life insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Paid Training
• Referral bonus program
• Wellness Program including employee assistance program, gym reimbursement, and more!

What We Are Looking For

Kulzer Dental is looking for an Associate Logistics Manager to join our team and play a vital role in driving excellence within our Distribution Center. In this multifaceted position, you will be at the heart of our daily operations, overseeing a spectrum of functions including administration, processing, traffic management, customer service, and technical system oversight. Your mission is to streamline operations for maximum efficiency, productivity, and cost-effective product delivery.

• Responsible to assist in managing the daily administrative and hourly processing activities within the Distribution Center to ensure accurate and timely shipments meeting the performance guidelines and cost efficiencies for the areas.
• Responsible to assist in leading the hourly employees in the designated areas following the Quality guidelines for the area to ensure timely and accurate shipments to customers within the areas of control while always improving output and quality levels.
• Responsible to recommend and implement approved Distribution processes to improve or enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the distribution functions, looking to surpass external benchmarks as it relates to quality output and cost effectiveness.
• Responsible to coordinate customer complaints for the areas of control as it pertains to the reprocessing or correcting of the order/issue.
• Responsible to participate in the implementation and coordination of key performance indicators (KPI’s) and performance programs within the department to measure, react and improve, and obtain company objectives.
• Responsible to manage and ensure compliance of all Company policies, practices, and procedures as they apply to the department (i.e. Email, Code of Conduct, EEOC, personnel practices, etc.)
• Qualifications / Skills:
  • Must be able to communicate, train, and motivate employees to higher levels of productivity, quality, and cost control.
  • Knowledgeable in distribution, warehousing, and transportation areas of a business
  • Ability to coordinate daily activities.
  • Ability to resolve day-to-day conflicts.
  • Able to recommend and implement approved concepts to increase productivity, probability, compliance, quality, safety, and delivery to the customer on a regular basis.
  • Strong expertise in distribution management software and other PC programs is preferred.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, with a focus on Excel and Word.
  • Experienced in using Operating Software, such as SAP for business processes and data management.
• Education and/or Experience:
  • Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Distribution, or Logistics, preferred.
  • Hazmat certification / must be willing to achieve Hazmat certification.
  • Minimum of 3-5 years direct experience within a warehousing/distribution function, required.
  • Knowledgeable with UPS WorldShip Software preferred.

For additional information about this and other roles and their requirements, please visit https://www.kulzerus.com/en-us/en-us/company/career/career.html

Who We Are

As one of the world’s leading dental companies, Kulzer has been a reliable partner for all dental professionals for over more than 80 years. Whether aesthetic or digital dentistry, tooth preservation, prosthetics, or periodontology – Kulzer stands for trusted and innovative dental products. With optimal solutions and services, Kulzer aims to support its customers in restoring their patients’ oral health in a safe, simple, and efficient way. For this purpose, 1500 employees work in 26 locations in the field of research, manufacturing, and marketing.

Kulzer, headquartered in Hanau, Germany, with their North American offices located in South Bend, Indiana, is part of the Mitsui Chemicals Group. The Japanese Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (MCI) based in Tokyo owns 131 affiliates with more than 13,400 employees in 27 countries. Its innovative and functional chemical products are as much in demand in the automotive, electronics and packaging industries as in environmental protection and healthcare.

Both a medium-sized company and part of a major international corporation, Kulzer combines the best of both worlds, with reliable jobs, diverse tasks, and exciting creative freedom.

If your goal is to work for a company that provides a great work-life balance, exceptional benefits package, and great pay… submit your resume and salary requirements today to: hr-department-kna@kulzer-dental.com.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.