Genuine Parts Company
Distribution Center General Manager of Operations
US
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About the role
- You will foster a "safety first" culture through awareness, training and accountability.
- You'll have the autonomy to innovate with new approaches to process and methods, all in the name of more efficiency and implementing future process flow optimization.
Responsibilities
- Hires, trains, develops, motivates, and supports the distribution center salaried and hourly teams
- Develops and monitors production plans for the DC and ensures that the optimal level of staffing is being allocated to the available work.
- Manages associates keeping those safe work practices as first priority, making sure they are followed to support a safe work environment
- Oversees the DC's P&L and works with salaried managers to maximize productivity and deliver budgeted targets.
- Establishes sound process improvement initiatives that drive year over year improvement, as well as streamline and optimize day-to-day operations.
- Partners with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to identify and lead DC network projects that contribute to total logistics cost and operational effectiveness.
- Collaborates with other operational and support leaders in the network to drive standardization of processes, share ideas and support one another in their implementations
- Supports operational strategy and innovation to drive business goals for revenue, operational performance (e.g., safety, quality, service, cost), and profitability
- Develops leaders to be capable of coaching, counseling, and motivating associates to attain optimum safety standards, customer service, productivity levels, and associate engagement
- Helps develop and maintain inventory/security controls to prevent shrinkage and shortages
Requirements
- Experience managing and improving operational P&L performance in the area of distribution management and logistics.
- Organizational skills, with the demonstrated ability to multi-task.
- Ability to make decisions using strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- You will quickly establish yourself as an engaging and inclusive leader with ownership for the team's ability to maximize its productivity, growth and development.
- Your ability to find root causes to problems will be well supported by an environment of calculated risk and testing.
Nice to have
- Four-year degree or equivalent experience·5 years' experience handling inventory/operational tasks·5 years' management experience in a Distribution Center / Fulfillment Center environment
- Demonstrated leadership ability, with the ability to engage and motivate others
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
- Good reasoning, conflict-management, and analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience with activity-based performance metrics, process improvement, and Lean thinking with a track record of delivering 'best in class' operations and performance
- A working knowledge of OSHA and DOT regulations
- A willingness to learn and being able to go above and beyond is a must
- HS Diploma or equivalent required.
Benefits
- Outstanding health benefits and 401K
- Curiosity & Courage - Demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.
- Experience, Education, and Abilities:
Company info
- We are a Parts Store and SO much more and we are looking for even more great talent to join our NAPA family!
- Culture Champion - Models our GPC values to foster our culture; holds oneself and others accountable; and supports our commitment to communities, social justice, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability; maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance.
Visa & Work Authorization
- GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information,
This listing is sourced directly from Genuine Parts Company's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.