What are the responsibilities and job description for the Warehouse manager position at GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER DETROIT?
Essential Job Functions
- Effectively manage the logistics of incoming and outgoing donations and purchased goods.
- Responsible for ensuring operating cost are within specific financial budget.
- Responsible for the receiving and verification of new goods and donated goods deliveries.
- Complete routing of new goods, seasonal donations, and supplies.
- Effectively manage the flow of product between stores and warehouse.
- Make quality and routing decisions on furniture and other donations as specified.
- Responsible for inventory control and rotation of donations and purchased goods.
- Schedule and assign various tasks to effectively execute daily production in the most efficient manner possible.
- Ensure that all incoming and outgoing shipments are documented properly, loaded or unloaded within time requirements and properly loaded following appropriate loading procedures.
- Responsible for researching and connecting with new salvage dealers to maximize revenue for outgoing salvage product.
- Responsible for professional level of communication with brokers and business partners concerning sales, distribution, purchasing and partnerships.
- Oversee the scheduling of home pick-ups and/or other donation events.
- Oversee and maximize the productivity and revenue of the e-commerce area, to include books and on-line sale operations.
- Ensure that established production goals are strived for and met on a regular basis.
- Responsible for ensuring safety compliance for all warehouse operations to include staff and building compliance.
- Safely and efficiently operate a Hi-Lo.
- Fill in as needed for coverage during staffing shortages.
- Other related duties as assigned.
JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES:
- Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills for work with others through phone, e-mail, and meetings.
- Strong computer skills.
- Strong organizational skills to manage donation inventory and logistics.
- Analytical and planning skills needed to provide projections for storage needs, gaylords, skids, trailers, and sort of donations.
- Ability to lead and manage people effectively.
- Ability to read, understand, develop and analyze reports.