About This Role
This managerial role involves overseeing the entire operation of a warehouse, encompassing administrative tasks, ensuring net profit, and managing the property. The Terminal Manager is also responsible for budgeting, personnel management, and scheduling and staffing.
Responsibilities
- Plan, implement, and oversee the work of staff members to ensure efficiency and compliance with organizational requirements and company procedures
- Monitor and direct all dispatching activities
- Conduct ongoing safety audits, meet with individual staff members, attend company safety meetings, and participate in or direct other work activities designed to promote work safety and encourage continuing education among staff members
- Implement changes to transportation services, policies, or scheduling as needed
- Ensure staff members fully and consistently comply with safety rules, administrative procedures and policies, and government regulations
- Collaborate with staff members and fellow managers to create, modify, and implement goals, procedures, policies, and objectives when the opportunity presents itself
- Establish and conduct monthly, quarterly, or annual employee training sessions on a variety of subjects, including quality improvement, hazardous material handling, computer use, and employee orientation
Requirements
- Strong leadership and team-building skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Effective organizational and multitasking skills
- High school diploma, GED, or equivalent required
Nice to have:
- Associate degree
- 3-5 years of logistics experience
Important Details
- Physical requirements: Prolonged periods (8 hours daily) standing, bending, reaching, and twisting; ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects weighing up to 50 pounds repeatedly; ability to work in extreme heat and cold temperatures
