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Job Description
Plan, direct, or coordinate the storage or distribution operations within an organization or the activities of organizations that are engaged in storing or distributing materials or products.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 11-3071.02
Also Known As…
- Warehouse Manager
- Stores Supervisor
- Shipping Supervisor
- Shipping Manager
- Load Out Supervisor
- Distribution Operation Manager
- Distribution Manager
- Distribution Center Manager
- Customer Service Manager
- Cold Storage Supervisor
- Waterworks Supervisor
- Water and Sewer Systems Superintendent
- Warehouser
- Warehouse/Distribution Manager
- Warehouse Supervisor
- Warehouse Operations Manager
- Warehouse Foreman
- Telegraph Office Manager
- Supply Requirements Officer
- Supply Officer
- Supply Controller
- Substation Manager
- Storage Manager
- Station Manager
- Shipping Receiving Manager
- Shipping Coordinator
- Sewer System Supervisor
- Service Delivery Manager
- Receiving Manager
- Print Traffic Manager
- Pipelines Superintendent
- Parking Lot Manager
- Parking Garage Manager
- Operations Manager
- Measurement Superintendent
- Marine Oil Terminal Superintendent
- Logistics Supply Officer
- Logistics Manager
- Locker Operator
- International Trade Specialist
- Importer Exporter
- Import-Export Agent
- Import Manager
- Import Export Manager
- Import Coordinator
- Head of Physical Distribution and Logistics
- Head of Import Coordination and Production
- Distribution Superintendent
- Distribution Coordinator
- Distribution Center Supervisor
- Dispatcher
- Dispatch Manager
- Delivery Manager
- Compressor Stations Superintendent
- Bulk Plant Manager
- Building Supervisor
- Ammunition Storage Superintendent
Tasks for “Storage and Distribution Managers”
- Evaluate contractors or business partners for operational efficiency or safety or environmental performance records.
- Examine products or materials to estimate quantities or weight and type of container required for storage or transport.
- Inspect physical conditions of warehouses, vehicle fleets, or equipment and order testing, maintenance, repairs, or replacements.
- Develop and document standard and emergency operating procedures for receiving, handling, storing, shipping, or salvaging products or materials.
- Prepare or direct preparation of correspondence, reports, and operations, maintenance, and safety manuals.
- Negotiate with carriers, warehouse operators, or insurance company representatives for services and preferential rates.
- Participate in setting transportation and service rates.
- Advise sales and billing departments of transportation charges for customers' accounts.
- Develop or implement plans for facility modification or expansion, such as equipment purchase or changes in space allocation or structural design.
- Interview, select, and train warehouse and supervisory personnel.
- Examine invoices and shipping manifests for conformity to tariff and customs regulations.
- Prepare and manage departmental budgets.
- Identify and implement carbon minimization activities to offset carbon emissions, such as by planting trees, purchasing carbon credits, or purchasing green technologies, such as air filtration or alternative energy vehicles or power.
- Develop storage and distribution models that include factors such as warehouse locations, customer locations, or available transportation modes to maximize operational efficiency or sustainability.
- Evaluate the environmental implications of new warehouses or distribution networks.
- Plan, develop, or implement warehouse safety and security programs and activities.
- Arrange for storage facilities when required.
- Plan or implement environmental training programs and activities.
- Confer with department heads to coordinate warehouse activities, such as production, sales, records control, or purchasing.
- Supervise the activities of workers engaged in receiving, storing, testing, and shipping products or materials.
- Evaluate freight or inventory costs associated with transit times to ensure that costs are appropriate.
- Schedule or monitor air or surface pickup, delivery, or distribution of products or materials.
- Select modes of transportation for the distribution of goods that minimize pollution, such as carbon output or other environmental impacts.
- Issue shipping instructions and provide routing information to ensure that delivery times and locations are coordinated.
- Arrange for necessary shipping documentation and contact customs officials to effect release of shipments.
- Develop or implement plans for storage and distribution activities that emphasize technological solutions for sustainability, such as investment in smart or eco-friendly containers, dynamic distribution networks, warehouse renovations, or fuel efficient fleets.
- Respond to customers' or shippers' questions and complaints regarding storage and distribution services.
- Evaluate locations for new warehouses or distribution networks to determine their potential usefulness.
- Review invoices, work orders, consumption reports, or demand forecasts to estimate peak delivery periods and to issue work assignments.
- Track and trace goods while they are en route to their destinations, expediting orders when necessary.
Related Technology & Tools
- Wireless communication and satellite positioning tools
- Personal computers
- Global positioning systems GPS
- Forklifts
- Radio frequency identification RFID devices
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Cell phones
- Pallet jacks
- Barcode scanners
- Radio frequency handheld terminals
- Desktop computers
- Radio frequency truck-mounted terminals
- Laptop computers
- Barcoding labels
- Digital cameras
- Microsoft Access
- Oracle E-Business Suite Financials
- IntelliTrack Warehouse Management System
- Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software
- Iptor Supply Chain
- Spreadsheet software
- DSA Foxware Warehouse Management
- Infor ERP Baan
- SAP
- Integrated Decision Support Corporation Netwise Supply Chain
- Radio Beacon WMS
- RedPrairie DLx Warehouse
- Scanlon Associates LogPak
- ABOL Manifest Systems
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Microsoft Outlook
- SSA Global Warehouse Management System WMS
- CA Erwin Data Modeler
- Cadre Technologies Cadence Warehouse Management System
- Microsoft Word
- Integrated Decision Support Corporation Swap Advice
- Aljex Inventory
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- WorkForce Software EmpCenter Time and Attendance
- Hewlett Packard HP-UX
- Logility Voyager WarehousePRO
- HighJump Software Warehouse Advantage
- Graphics software
- Supply chain event management software
- IBM Lotus Notes
- Sentai Pinpoint
- Microsoft Office
- TECSYS EliteSeries
- QUALCOMM ViaWeb
- Catalyst International CatalystConnect
- Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software
- MRA Technologies MRATrack Warehouse Management System
- TECSYS PointForce Enterprise
- IBM i2 Transportation Manager
- IBM Power Systems software
- Infosite Technologies DM Warehousing
- QUALCOMM QTRACS
- Integrated Decision Support Netwise Enterprise
- IBM Notes
- Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
- Veritas NetBackup
- Integrated Decision Support Netwise Frontline