Summary
Full profit & loss responsibility for all business operations, both internal and external, for a full- service wholesales building supply regional distribution facility.
PURPOSE OF POSITION:
Effectively manages the regional distribution center (RDC) and staff to ensure the timely and profitable wholesale distribution of building material—within the standards of the company’s financial budget; the company’s operating and financial policies/procedures; and the company’s service quality objectives—to fulfill the company’s business (sales, marketing, finance, administration, safety, logistics and human resources) objectives and goal.
Complies with all Diamond Hill Plywood Company established business operation, financial, logistics and safety procedures.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Responsible for the daily managing and scheduling of the branch’s personnel, trucks, and equipment to ensure the proper selection, distribution, shipping, and receiving of products at the branch in a productive and cost-efficient manner.
- Directly responsible for (including profit & loss responsibility) the following branch functions: maintenance, inventory control, purchasing, customer service, credit/collections, product sales, security, and risk management.
- Insures accuracy, completeness, and full compliance with all company, local, state, and federal procedures and regulations-such as federal & state employment law, OSHA, DOT, workman’s compensation, etc.
- Implements required safety programs, safety meeting, makes inspections, and monitors work behavior of employees to provide a safe work place in compliance with OSHA and local/state regulations and company policies.
- Works with vendors/suppliers and customer base to create partnerships in the profitable sales and delivery of building material products.
- Responsibility for providing functional guidance and evaluation of sales and marketing activities and for managing the outside sales team, the inside sales team and the territorial sales manager.
- Designs and implements logistics strategies to profitably process and control product movement and deliveries; to maximize inventory turns/earns; and to ensure the efficient space utilization of the branch warehouse capacity.
- Implements methods to improve associate productivity within established payroll and expense budgets.
- Responsible for staffing needs of the distribution center, in compliance with established manpower policies and procedures.
- Makes decisions, recommendations and actions regarding:
a) Internal operational procedures
b) Budget and planning areas
c) Priority establishment of inventory movement and turns
d) Establishes work activity volume plans and personnel needs assessments
e) Facility maintenance projects
f) Fleet management
g) Sales and marketing personnel and strategies - Regulates fuel purchases and usage.
- Reviews all branch related expense reports and vehicle mileage reports; maintains accurate branch bank account; maintains past and present branch records/documents.
- Perform other related duties and assignments as required to meet the profitable operational needs of the branch manager and the overall company.
Supervisory Responsibilities
This position is responsible for supervising all staff positions.
Education, Qualifications and Experience
- Minimum formal education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or equivalent of education and experience.
- Minimum job content knowledge: Knowledge of wide variety of building material products; facility operations; planning & budgeting; financial statements and human resources processes. Sound interpersonal skills and distribution management background. Ability to manage people in high-stress situations. Proven good written and oral communications skills.
- Minimum experience: Requires four to five years previous management experience in a large wholesale type distribution center.
Physical Demands
Job requires frequent periods of intense mental and visual application. Requires some travel. May require lifting of twenty-five pounds.
