What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager - Assistant Warehouse Manager position at Eastern Metal Supply?
Position Summary:
Fulfills a critical leadership role in support of the Warehouse, Fabrication, and Shipping/Transportation Departments. The AWM role is highly visible and therefore is critical to set the standard and model the expectation for associate behavior.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
The following duties are typical of those performed by employees in this job title; however, employees may perform other related duties, and not all duties listed are necessarily performed by each employee in the job title:
- Train new hires
- Retrain current associates, coach and develop
- Develop and deliver personal improvement plans for team members, as necessary
- Lead projects in new warehouse technology
- Cover for Supervisors, as necessary
- Cover for scheduled absences of the Warehouse Manager
- Identify quality, housekeeping and safety concerns and report them to the Warehouse Manager
- Ensure machines are operating properly and safely
- Complying with and upholding all EMS policies
- Communicate and collaborate with Supervisors to identify areas needing improvement
- Evaluate processes and provide recommendations for improvement
- Employ a positive attitude and serve as a role model for employees
- Comply with Company and OSHA policies; participate in safety and accident preventative meetings
- Wear safety equipment at all times and MUST wear hardhat at all times during work hours in the warehouse
- Assist with scheduling and assignments for team members
- Drive productivity in all aspects of the operation
Qualifications:
- Possess expert knowledge of all processes associated with receiving, inventory control, fabrication, and shipping
- Five years of manufacturing or warehouse supervisory experience
Experience/Skills/Abilities Required:
- Excellent organizational and planning skills
- Computer and internet research skills
- Ability to prepare and adhere to a budget
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Extremely resourceful and ability to show initiative; use internal resources to achieve desired results
- Able to work independently
- Able to exercise effective judgement, sensitivity, creativity to changing needs and situations
- Able to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with people in course of work
- Good professional appearance
- Must be flexible with schedule and hours
Work Environmental/Physical Demands:
- Lift and carry heavy material at least 75 lbs.; climb on and off a flatbed trailer
Note: The responsibilities are not limited to the list above. Duties will change as required for the position.
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