Distribution Center Director

Build a Bigger, Better, Bolder Future

Imagine working for a company that measures its success based off the growth of its colleagues, a company that invests in its future by investing in you. Blue Line Distribution is a company where our colleagues make an impact.

Blue Line Distribution, the in-house distributor for Little Caesars Pizza, has been family owned and operated for over 50 years; and is dedicated to leading customized and innovative food service logistics with safety as a top priority. We are now hiring for a DC Director to oversee our facilities in Aurora, Colorado and Salt Lake City Utah.

Your Mission:

As the DC Director, you will be responsible for the operation and the staff of the distribution center to ensure maximum efficiency and profitability. Hires, trains, develops, and evaluates the performance of branch management and hourly colleagues. Manages the customer service aspects of business and the flow of inbound & outbound product, including promotional, small wares and related products. Ensures adherence to all company policies as well as all state and federal laws.

How You'll Make an Impact:

• Manages the customer service aspects of business. Ensures clean deliveries to units. Conducts periodic surveys of customer satisfaction. Provides feedback and goals to staff and measures improvement.
• Monitor’s flow of scheduled inbound product ordered centrally and locally. Reviews all electronic purchase orders and troubleshoots overdue purchase order listing from both vendor and corporate. Assists with maintaining inventory turn ratio, fill rate, and controls shrinkage.
• Hires, onboards, and trains drivers, warehouse, and office staff. Ensures low level of turnover.
• Demonstrates leadership qualities and supervises branch staff through the appropriate use of communication, delegation, follow up, performance evaluation and positive reinforcement to ensure direction is implemented properly. Conducts performance reviews, both formal and informal, to develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the staff. Also conducts driver ride-alongs standard= 1 ride-along with each driver in branch annually: and warehouse visits standard=2 visits to either afternoon or midnight shift per 4-week period.
• Coordinates activities associated with payroll, unemployment, workers compensation, disability and other personnel related matters. Budgets for and develops action plans to achieve budgeted cost controls and profitability goals. Monitors daily, weekly and period-end sales and cost control figures.
• Maximizes truck and labor potential by establishing routes to maintain proper truck utilization and meeting goal for cubes per truck and average load weight. Maintains ideal restaurant processing time. Schedule’s drivers and warehouse personnel according to set labor hours prescribed.
• Maintains work environment that is safe, secure and in compliance with government laws, DOT, FDA, OSHA and company policies. Ensures compliance and use of XATA computer hardware. Ensures all accident report procedures are properly followed. Obtains an excellent rating (3 Star Award Standard 4/ Star Award Goal) from Quality Assurance department and the American Institute of Baking (AIB) for the branch standard=excellent rating; goal=superior rating.

Who You Are:

• Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Business Administration, or related degree with minimum of five (5) years manager-level experience within the transportation/warehouse industry, or equivalent of 8 years managerial experience.
• Possesses a strong understanding of DOT, FDA, OSHA, and CSA compliance requirements, company policies and all national and state regulations and the ability to enforce them.
• Four years of experience in food service distribution industry.
• Excellent communications skills, the ability to lead and motivate colleagues.
• Prior experience forecasting and managing operating budgets as well as communicating variance.

All items listed above are illustrative and not comprehensive.  They are not contractual in nature and are subject to change at the discretion of Blue Line Distribution.  

   
Blue Line Distribution is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to that individual’s race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.                                   
The Company will strive to provide reasonable accommodations to permit qualified applicants who have a need for an accommodation to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a job interview) if so requested.  

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