Job Description

Homewerks Worldwide, LLC, a leading import distributor of home improvement products for major retailers is seeking a Distribution Leader, Inbound and Production to join our Distribution Center team. Homewerks Worldwide develops, sources, and markets bathroom, kitchen, and plumbing products for home and commercial use. Since its formation in 2006, Homewerks has shown consistent sales growth fueled by a proven track record of bringing innovative, efficient, and high-quality product solutions to homes. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as the opportunity to contribute to a fast-growing organization. Our office is located in Lake Bluff, IL and we have Distribution Centers in both Lake Bluff, IL and Libertyville, IL.

Position Summary

The Distribution Leader, Inbound and Production will oversee the inbound and production operations in Lake Bluff, IL. This individual will be tasked with ensuring productivity is maintained, orders are processed accurately and on schedule, assisting with labor planning, and providing guidance and leadership to distribution center employees. The Distribution Leader, Inbound and Production will report to the Distribution Site Leader. This individual will need to be flexible with overtime as required.

Responsibilities

• Inbound operations, including receiving, put-away, and replenishments.
• Production operations, including promotional builds and work order completion.
•  Lead a team of 15-25 people. Develop team to deliver unparalleled performance.
• Maintain safety and high levels of accuracy in daily operations; maintain a clean and organized operating environment.
• Core areas.

General

• Drive employee safety and engagement.
• Meet customer requirements and exceed customer expectations.
• Be passionate about inventory accuracy.
• Be proficient with WMS (warehouse management system) and TMS (transportation management system).
• Set priorities, plan labor, and assign work.
• Hire, train, promote, terminate, and task.
• Develop and coach team members who sustain highly repeatable

processes, while identifying and escalating opportunities for improvement.

• Ensure order completion in all inbound, replenishment, and production operations.
• Periodically audit product moves and how team members perform standard work.
• Drive floor.

Inbound

• Inbound operations, including receipt and put-away.
• Accurate and timely receipt and put-away of inbound.
• Schedules inbound loads.
• Audit product moves.
• Researches and resolves discrepancy issues.

Replenishment

• Make accurate and timely bin-to-bin transfers.
• Maintains reserve and fixed locations.
• Execute proactive and reactive replenishments; execute bin-to-bin transfers.
• Create bin openings through bin consolidations.
• Pick fill from reserve picks
• Audit product moves.

Other

• Production – promotional builds, assembly, and conversions.
• Executes work orders.
• Build/ship promotional displays.
• Pallets/supplies execution, including receiving and put-away.
• Manages pallets and supplies kanban.
• Manages rubbish and pallet accumulation.
• Complete Wrike tasks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Operations, Supply Chain, or Logistics or equivalent experience.
• 7 years of operations experience in a distribution center with progressive responsibilities
• 3 years leadership with a demonstrated ability to coach and mentor others, enabling personnel development and reliable and accurate execution
• Warehouse equipment experience a plus.
• Systems – Experience with ERP, Infor M3 a plus and a WMS and TMS required
• Utilization of standard processes & metrics is required.
• Structured problem solving – Lean, Six Sigma / DMAIC, Root Cause Analysis and related counter measures.

Required Skills

• Transformative Leadership – collaborative, inclusive and engaging while instilling a culture of accountability.
• Process & Metric oriented – strive to develop structure for consistency and optimization through the use and audit of process standards while also utilizing metrics to demonstrate effectiveness.
• Utilizes metrics to drive performance in safety, quality, service, and cost.
• Demonstrates top-tier performance, and ability to solve and prevent issues through process improvement.
• Lean & Continuous Improvement mindset to enable greater customer service and reduced waste.
• Capacity planning and workflow management.
• Plan and manage labor with demonstrated ability to sustain and improve productivity.
• Plan budgets. Manage costs.
• Passion for facility organization/housekeeping to enable a safe and productive work environment.
• Collaborative – working with internal and external individuals, departments, and companies.

Preferred Skills

• Bilingual – English and Spanish.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and color vision for safety reasons.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401k Safe Harbor Plan with 3% Company contribution
• Generous PTO plans
• 10 paid company holidays per a calendar year
• Annual paid volunteer day for non-profit or charity of your choice
• Company provided life insurance, short-term disability and long-term disability coverage.
• Off-site events to encourage team building
• Company performance based bonus plan

Homewerks Worldwide, LLC is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

Salary Range: $75k - $95k

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