What are the responsibilities and job description for the Warehouse Supervisor position at Blue Buffalo?
OVERVIEW
Blue Buffalo (BLUE), is one of the strongest and most recognized pet food brands in America, and the undisputed leader in Wholesome Natural pet food, the fastest growing segment of the market. At over four times the size of the next largest brand in this segment, BLUE has become the new mainstream brand that’s delivering products that pet parents are looking for, and connecting with them in a true, authentic way.
BLUE thinks of dogs and cats as family members, and believes their food should be natural and healthy. In fact, this was the motivation for the Bishop Family’s decision to create the Blue Buffalo Company. When the beloved Bishop family dog, Blue, faced a variety of health issues, Bill and his two sons, Billy and Chris, set out to create a pet food that was made with only the highest quality natural ingredients—the kind of things a family member deserves. Twenty years later BLUE has, in many ways, accomplished what the Bishops set out to do—help our dogs and cats live happy, healthy lives. BLUE has a broad portfolio of natural pet foods, enabling pet parents to satisfy their pet’s specific dietary, lifestyle and life-stage needs, offering them no-compromise product solutions.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Monitoring the quality, quantity, cost and efficiency of the movement and storage of goods through 3PL management and metrics
- Responsible for leased building to include maintenance and local services as required
- Identify, implement, and execute Holistic Margin Management opportunities to reduce warehousing and logistics costs
- Effectively managing monthly budgets that meet our internal cost to serve metrics
- Aid in the implementation and development of health and safety
- Manage internal KPIs that support overall service to customer
- Manage L3 Business Process Management Run at their location
- Communicate DC performance metrics, actions, escalations at weekly L4 RUN meetings and provide assessments of risk and other opportunities at their site
- Where applicable, lead Improve initiatives or charter Improve initiatives that could drive high value for Blue
- Contribute to the DC Supervisor community and team by leading Ways of Working initiatives to continue to streamline and improve the ways we work and support the business
- As the Blue Buffalo representative for the DC, build positive working relationships with 3PL leadership, Customers, and other parties as needed
- Additional duties as assigned
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree
- 5 years of management experience within a warehouse and distribution environment
- Understanding of warehouse policies and procedures in regard to shipping, receiving and inventory control
- Proficiency using Microsoft office applications including but not limited to MS Outlook, Word and Excel
- Highly self-motivated
- Ability to travel up to 10%
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Previous experience working with external partners
- Well-developed conceptual, analytical and decision-making skills
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to drive change
- Working knowledge of accounting and finance terminology along with best practices
- Project Management experience
- Current Good Warehousing and Distribution Practices
- Experience utilizing WMS, ERP/ SAP, and TMS systems
- Pet enthusiast preferred
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
- International relocation or international remote working arrangements will not be considered.
- Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis. General Mills will not sponsor applicants for this position for work visas.
