Warehouse Operations Manager

Position Description

Cognito is seeking an experienced Warehouse Operations Manager with verifiable experience successfully organizing and managing teams, developing and implementing processes and scaling up the capacity, quality, and performance of inventory and fulfillment operations in support of multi-channel sales and distribution production.

Position Responsibilities

The Warehouse Operations Manager is responsible for warehouse organization and operations, including management of all inbound receiving and outbound order fulfillment, inventory, employee training, task assignment, oversight, performance, and improvement.

  • Possess an in-depth knowledge and understanding of warehouse operations, best practices, and associated technologies, including shipping, order processing and fulfillment software, e.g., UPS Worldship, Kubix, Magento II, and QuickBooks Enterprise.
  • Adept at identifying, implementing, monitoring, and reporting KPIs, and making improvements based on the data.
  • Hands-on experience utilizing ERP programs for inventory management, cycle counting, material handling, barcode reading, product staging, equipment maintenance and training.
  • Experienced in successfully negotiating shipping rates, auditing transactions, and finding and implementing cost efficiencies.
  • Skilled communicator and leader, with the demonstrated ability to motivate teammates to think and act conscientiously, strive to mitigate mistakes, and improve performance – consistently.
  • Ability to lead, supervise and cross train a diverse team comprised of warehouse and fulfillment techs, shipping clerks and fulfillment supervisors who perform a variety of warehouse and fulfillment operations, including receiving, counting, inspecting, and stocking, packaging, picking, staging, processing, and shipping.
  • Responsible for the overall safety, work quality and performance and customer experience produced by the team.
  • Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with company policies and procedures.
  • Accountability for meeting and exceeding operational goals.
  • Effective strategic planner, forecaster, and performance appraiser; can reward and discipline employees; resolve problems; and address staffing needs.
  • Train, mentor and develop teammates for career advancement, learning and constant improvement.
  • Ability to develop and share best practices across your team and with cross-functional teams.
  • In charge of the overall appearance, cleanliness, and upkeep of the warehouse and associated equipment.

This position requires a candidate with the proven ability to drive process improvements and to keep pace with our steady growth trajectory, while motivating others to meet the challenges of an extremely deadline-driven operation.

Physical Requirements:

  • Able to stand on concrete floors and walk for up to 8-10 hours without issue.
  • Capable of manually lifting and moving boxed and unboxed product weighing up to 70 pounds.
  • Have unrestricted mobility, including bending, lifting, stretching, and reaching to the floor or lifting overhead.
  • Able to work in environments with variable noise levels, lighting conditions and temperature variation.
  • Cable of accessing all areas of the facility, including climbing and descending stairs, traversing on foot between buildings.
  • Must be forklift certified, with the ability to safely operate all warehouse inventory management and shipping equipment.

Education, Work Experience Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, accounting or a business related major preferred. Candidates with a high school diploma or GED along with considerable, practical on-the-job experience will be considered.
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in warehousing, receiving, inventory control or materials management in a sales and distribution company.
  • Minimum 3 years of designated supervisory and leadership experience.
  • Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), specifically inventory management, order fulfillment and shipping software.

Supervisory Responsibility:

This position manages all employees of the department and is responsible for the performance management and discipline of the employees within that department.

Position Type/Scheduled Work Hours:

This is a full-time position, and hours of work and days are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m., with occasional after hours and weekend work.

EEO Statement

Cognito Motorsports, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Cognito complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Cognito expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Cognito’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

Information about Bakersfield:

Bakersfield has long been known as a stopover for those traveling between Los Angeles and San Francisco. But people who consider putting down roots in the area will find a healthy job market and an affordable place to raise a family. In fact, it's Bakersfield's strong sense of community and family and its booming oil and agriculture industries that keep the region thriving.

In some ways, Bakersfield feels like Texas: Oil rigs dot the horizon, and honky-tonks are easy to come by. But the metro area's location in the fertile San Joaquin Valley has instilled in residents the love of fresh, locally sourced foods, which is at the heart of California culture.

Bakersfield has hundreds of miles of bike paths and lanes and nearly 60 parks, offering locals plenty of opportunities to enjoy the outdoors. Plus, residents are a short drive from the Sierra Nevada Mountains and some of California's expansive national forests.

Bakersfield is more affordable than most other parts of California. Purchasing a home in Bakersfield will cost nearly three times less than in Los Angeles. Additionally, Bakersfield residents spend more than the average American on everyday expenses like food, utilities and transportation, but that amount pales in comparison to what Los Angeles residents spend. As a result, some of L.A. County's workforce opts to live in the Bakersfield area. Bakersfield is home to a multigenerational, multicultural population. Diversity can be seen throughout the region from the wide variety of small mom-and-pop restaurants and shops selling international foods and goods. The metro area is known for its Basque restaurants, which have remained in the area long after people from the Pyrenees region of France and Spain first came to Bakersfield in search of gold.

Much of Bakersfield's population is of working age, with about 10 percent of residents older than 65 and roughly a third of the population younger than 20. Because of high-performing schools, neighborhoods in the northwest part of the metro area are particularly attractive to families.

Bakersfield residents find plenty of ways to enjoy the region's pleasant weather, from parks within the city limits to trails in the nearby Sequoia and Los Padres national forests.

Although major league sports don't have a presence in the area, hometown fans cheer on their minor league favorite, the Bakersfield Condors hockey team. Racing fans can take their pick of asphalt, dirt, autocross or drag racing at nearby tracks.

If museums are more your scene, the award-winning Bakersfield Museum of Art is a must-see, as is the California Living Museum, known as CALM, which exhibits animals and plants native to California.

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Cognito Motorsports