Qualifications

• Grade/Level: High School or Equivalent Amount of Travel Required: 10%


• Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions


• Adaptability - Ability to adapt to change in the workplace


• Autonomy - Ability to work independently with minimal supervision


• Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word


• Creative - Ability to think in such a way as to produce a new concept or idea


• Customer Oriented - Ability to take care of the customers’ needs while following company procedures


• Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task


• Energetic - Ability to work at a sustained pace and produce quality work


• Enthusiastic - Ability to bring energy to the performance of a task


• Friendly - Ability to exhibit a cheerful demeanor toward others


• Motivation - Ability to inspire oneself and others to reach a goal and/or perform to the best of their ability


• Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task


• Patience - Ability to act calmly under stress and strain, and of not being hasty or impetuous


• Presentation Skills - Ability to effectively present information publicly


• Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy


• Self-Motivated - Ability to be internally inspired to perform a task to the best of one’s ability using his or her own drive or initiative


• Time Management - Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines


• Working Under Pressure - Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations


• High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED)


• No experience necessary


• Computer Skills


• Basic Skills


• Subject to pre-employment background and drug screening

Benefits

• M-F 7:30am-4:30pm None

Responsibilities

• Department: Distribution Job Status: Full Time


• FLSA Status: Exempt Reports To: Store Manager


• Manage all aspects of the DSD channel in our stores


• Interface with the promotional manager and the convenience coordinator and drive sales and margins in the convenience and conventional chains


• Responsible for the entire process through the supply chain


• Grow contribution to net profit via sales or margin increases in specific vendor by vendor categories


• Manage costs and retails internally and through IT to retail for all lines


• Move a designated number of vendors to the backdoor receiving system each year


• Schedule and monitor air or surface pickup, delivery, or distribution of products or materials


• Create a communication vehicle to inform the retail outlets of key initiatives


• Measure ROI on significant promotional activity


• Respond to customers' or shippers' questions and complaints regarding storage and distribution


• Inspect physical conditions of warehouses, vehicle fleets and equipment, and order testing,


• Develop and document standard and emergency operating procedures for receiving, handling,


• Examine products or materials to estimate quantities or weight and type of container required for storage or transport


• Negotiate with carriers, warehouse operators and insurance company representatives for services


• Issue shipping instructions and provide routing information to ensure that delivery times and locations are coordinated


• Examine invoices and shipping manifests for conformity to tariff and customer regulations


• Prepare and manage departmental budgets


• Prepare or direct preparation of correspondence, reports, and operations, maintenance, and safety manuals


• Arrange for necessary shipping documentation, and contact customs officials to effect release of shipments


• Advise sales and billing departments of transportation charges for customers’ accounts


• Evaluate freight costs and the inventory costs associated with transit times to ensure that costs are appropriate


• Participate in setting transportation and service rates


• Track and trace goods while they are in route to their destinations, expediting orders when necessary


• Arrange for storage facilities when required


• Develop and implement plans for facility modification or expansion, such as equipment purchase or changes in space allocation or structural design


• Evaluate locations for new warehouses and distribution networks to determine their potential usefulness

Job #618446