Company Summary

Irby is one of the ten largest electrical distribution companies in the United States, with nearly $1 Billion in annual sales and over 900 employees across more than 60 branches in 25 states. Irby has experienced incredible growth over the past 5 years. This presents many outstanding career & development opportunities throughout the country in various locations, including cities such as: Jackson, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Orlando, Syracuse, Nashville, Denver, Minneapolis and Oklahoma City.

Irby was a pioneer in the early days of the electrical business, founded in 1926, and continues to be an industry leader in philanthropic involvement and community activity. Irby is also part of the Sonepar family of operating companies, consisting of the finest locally managed electrical and industrial distributors throughout the United States. Sonepar is the world leader in electrical distribution.

Job Summary

The Regional Warehouse Manager is responsible for overseeing the warehousing operations and supervision of warehouse managers and supervisors across the assigned region, which includes planning and coordinating workers and warehousing activities for Company by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors with eight (5) or more employees.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for all warehouse workers’ conformance to Company operational procedures of warehouse activities (verification of incoming and outgoing shipments, handling and disposition of materials etc.).
• Set up work day hours and schedule tasks to determine priorities of warehouse employees. Able to adjust work schedules as needed.
• Responsible for new employee interviewing, selection and training schedules of employees within the assigned region.
• Responsible for training employees on the effective and safe use of equipment and machinery while adhering to Company’s safety policy and procedures.
• Conducts employee reviews and makes pay rate or promotion requests to Branch Operations Manager.
• Provide employee coaching/counseling while handling employee complaints and disciplining subordinates.
• Responsible for overall maintenance of the Warehouse Operations Dashboard system to measure, monitor, evaluate and report on warehouse performance to goal while being responsible for delivery performance to meet Company productivity goals.
• Overall responsibility for transportation logistics including scheduling of deliveries, establishing delivery routes, and selecting the most appropriate method for delivery to meet customer service objectives while utilizing company owned vehicles and drivers, parcel carriers (UPS and Fedex) and LTL carriers as required to meet customer service objectives and minimize total delivery costs within the assigned region.

• Tracks customer complaints, questions and inventory problems presented by branch personnel. Leads cross functional branch team to educate branch on quality concerns and resolve errors. Monitors error rates and customer complaints. Develops and implements solutions to improve performance.
• Inspects physical condition of warehouse and equipment. Prepares work order for repairs and requisitions for replacement of equipment within the assigned region.
• Confers with department heads to ensure coordination of warehouse activities with activities of other functions such as production, sales, and purchasing.
• Transmits administrative information, policies and procedures, decisions, changes, etc. to subordinates.
• Compiles and prepares reports for Branch management regarding area operations and financial matters.
• Organizes annual inventory counts for assigned area/division.
• Manages property control system; assignment of numbers, tags and ensures appropriate documentation of location, description and other data.
• Maintains inventory levels; purchases equipment, materials, furniture or other supplies in accordance with budget and priorities; works with appropriate staff and vendors to obtain required items and resolves questions or conflicts.
• Determines disposition of used or damaged property and handles accordingly.

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge of shipping/receiving practices, policies and techniques.
• Knowledge of merchandise handling and production methods.
• Knowledge of supervisory practices and principles.
• Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
• Ability to effectively communicate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Typical environments include offices, light industrial, commercial, utility and manufacturing. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

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