What are the responsibilities and job description for the Distribution Manager (Housewares) position at CORT?
Overview
Do you have prior experience as a "hands-on" manager leading warehouse operations teams? CORT Furniture Rental, a Berkshire Hathaway company, provides furniture rental solutions to a wide variety of customers in their homes and offices. We're looking for a full-time Distribution Manager to lead our warehouse operations team and ensure that our product meets quality standards and arrives where it needs to.
Pay: $65,000 - $75,000 / year based on experience. This position is also eligible for CORT's Performance Sharing Plan (PSP) bonus plan.
Schedule: Standard is 5:30am, Monday-Friday; some flexibility and Saturdays may be required.
What We Offer
- Promote from within culture
- Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision) available on the first of the month after hire date
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Paid vacation, sick days, and holidays
- Company-paid disability and life insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee discounts and perks
- Growth and mentorship opportunities
Responsibilities
- Responsible for proper staging, loading and unloading of all products. Assures proper preparation of product for shipment through assembly, substitution, loading, unloading, checking and placement back into inventory. Supervises “staging” of product for next day delivery.
- Manage and control the condition and security of inventory including its proper storage, handling, disposal, transferring, cleaning and repairing.
- Responsible for the cleaning, maintenance and security of the warehouse
- Supervise all production/warehouse/distribution employees
- Responsible for insuring accurate and timely cycle counts, as well as other procedural operations to account for inventory
- Ensures that safety standards are adhered to in all areas of the warehouse
- Conducts monthly safety meetings and reports
- Provides other management reports as necessary
Qualifications
- Minimum 3 years of experience as a production or warehouse/distribution manager
- Prior supervisory experience
- Practical knowledge of Lean Six Sigma preffered
- Passion for improvement
- Ability to self-direct and work independently
- Must have valid state driver’s license
- Must have reliable transportation
- Ability to speak, read and write English (bilingual a plus)
- Ability to use PC Systems and software
- Basic proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and Bar Code Systems
- Physically able and willing to frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
About CORT
CORT, a part of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, is the nation's leading provider of transition services, including furniture rental for home and office, event furnishings, destination services, apartment locating, touring and other services. With more than 100 offices, showrooms and clearance centers across the United States, operations in the United Kingdom and partners in more than 80 countries around the world, no other furniture rental company can match CORT's breadth of services.
For more information on CORT, visit https://www.cort.com.
Working for CORT
EEO/AA Employer/Vets/Disability
Pursuant to the Fair Chance Hiring Ordinance for participating locations, CORT will consider all qualified applicants to include those who may have criminal history records. Check your city government website for specific fair chance hiring information.
For more information on career at CORT, visit https://careers.cort.com.
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis; there is no set deadline to apply to this position. When it is determined that new applications will no longer be accepted, due to the positions being filled or a high volume of applicants has been received, this job advertisement will be removed.
Salary : $65,000 - $75,000
