General Manager
Company: Americold
Location: Gloucester
Posted on: January 22, 2023
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Job Description:
Overview
Americold provides temperature-controlled warehousing and
transportation to food producers, restaurants, schools and retail
outlets such as grocery stores. We're proud to provide an essential
link in the food industry supply chain and to help put food on
tables around the world.
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Americold owns and operates
temperature-controlled warehouses around the world. We have over
16,000 associates and offer a wide variety of career opportunities
- from warehouse forklift operators and supervisors to accounting,
administration, business development, customer support,
engineering, transportation, and technology solutions
positions.
Responsibilities
Primary Responsibility:
Manage all warehouse functions, including operations,
transportation, personnel and customer service, as directed by
Director of Operations.
Essential Functions:
• Develop annual facility budget and ensure group adherence to
budget.
• Direct and assign work; set performance objectives and monitor
performance of all warehouse departments.
• Manage all warehouse activities, costs, operations and forecasts.
Monitor progress towards goals.
• Provide a safe work environment through personal actions.
Identify any safety concerns, as well as cost saving
opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with all company policies, as well as all
Federal, State and Local OSHA regulations.
• Represent the Company to all warehouse customers. Secure
additional business and maintain positive relationships with
customers.
• Ensure that warehouse concerns are heard at corporate level.
Communicates stated Company goals, objectives and direction to
warehouse staff.
• Negotiate labor contracts with union representatives. Responsible
for desired change in contracts.
• Affect prevention or reduction of property, liability or
personnel loss exposure for the Company.
• Ensure that care, custody and control procedures are in place.
Monitor operational performance.
• Utilize Continuous Improvement Processes (CIP) related to
planning daily facility requirements; complete CIP monthly
reports.
• Promote an open door policy and team environment.
• Support the Company Performance Management Program (PMP).
• Develop/maintain plans for disaster prevention and recovery.
• Other duties as requested.
Qualifications
Qualifications & Experience:
• College degree in business, logistics or management plus 5-8
years in warehousing and/or logistics management or equivalent
combination of education and experience.
• 3 years general supervisory/management experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Skilled in planning, staffing, budgeting, and organizing.
• Ability to develop effective relationships, provide leadership,
and integrate diverse functions and individuals toward
profitability objectives.
• Experienced with AS/400 and Microsoft Office, including Word and
Excel.
• Familiar with WMS and RF.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance
instructions, and procedures manuals.
• Ability to solve complex problems.
Physical Requirements:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing
the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to
stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must
regularly sit, and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally
lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
EOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW.
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