Distribution Operations Manager

At a Glance

Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Distribution Operations Manager to join the Logistics Distribution Center Leadership Team in Fort Mill, SC . The Operations Manager is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the distribution center, ensuring efficient processes, monitoring performance against operational goals, and high levels of customer satisfaction. The role focuses on continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity, reduce costs, and improve service quality.

What Will You Do?

• Foster a safety first culture through associate awareness, training, and accountability. Prioritize safety above all metrics.
• Ensure continuous review and improvements of operational processes to ensure accuracy and compliance; oversee daily monitoring efforts to ensure productivity objectives meet company/departmental standards.
• Effectively manage labor resources to meet customer demands and cost measures while maintaining awareness of the business context and company profitability, including budgetary control issues.
• Develops relationship with business leaders to help support customer excellence. Ensure primary business contacts are developed for each brand. Confirm all shipping and picking deadlines and priority cut-off times are met.
• Plan, manage, and maximize all inventory functions in collaboration with the Inventory Control Manager.
• Develop and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to track success and/or recurring problems using Legrand Way. Ensure accountability for performance exists at all levels.
• Directly manage Distribution Supervisors across multiple shifts; indirectly manage hourly staff; reviews overall team and individual performance and administers performance management actions as necessary. Develop leaders to grow logistics bench strength.
• Supports the coaching, training, and development of hourly staff to ensure a crosstrained, motivated, agile, and high-performing team. Creates a culture of employee engagement.
• Collaborates with HR on employee performance and disciplinary issues, executing plans and actions as necessary.
• Supports Legrand CSR goals and initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education: Bachelors Degree in Logistics Management, Distribution Logistics/Transportation or related degree or equivalent experience.

Experience: Preferred 5-7 years Distribution Center experience.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:

• Leadership skills to lead key function
• Operation & Management of DC personnel is a must.
• Well rounded knowledge of logistics terms and concepts.
• Proficient MS Office skills, specifically Excel
• Effective team player
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Embraces change
• Highly organized with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and with cross functional teams
• Must have flexibility to manage across multiple shfits
• Knowledge of warehouse and inventory management systems
• Lean and six-sigma are a plus

About Legrand

Legrand is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Our comprehensive offering of solutions for residential, commercial, and data center markets makes us a benchmark for customers worldwide. We harness technological and societal trends with lasting impacts on buildings with the purpose of improving life by transforming the spaces where people live, work, and meet with electrical and digital infrastructures and connected solutions that are simple, innovative, and sustainable. Legrand is a global, publicly traded company listed on the Euronext (Legrand SA EPA: LR). For more information, visit www.legrandgroup.com/en

About Legrand North and Central America

Legrand, North & Central America (LNCA) is a leader in the AV, Lighting & Controls, Electrical, and Data Center markets. LNCA offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as distinctive benefits like a high employer 401K match, paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay, short-term and long-term disability benefit plans, above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave, bonus opportunities in accordance with the Companys incentive plans, paid time off to volunteer, and an active/growing Employee Resource Group network. For more information, visit legrand.us

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