Yard Operations Manager

Yard Operations Manager

Bluewater Home Hardware Building Centre. Sarnia, ON
Is a proudly Canadian, locally owned Home Hardware Building Centre.

Responsibilities:

Key Requirements and Experience

• A team player with positive attitude and strong work ethic.
• Valid driver’s license and clean drivers abstract.
• Forklift experience.
• Warehouse, inventory, and personnel management experience is necessary.
• Customer service experience is necessary.
• Strong mathematical skills.
• Effective communication skills (verbal and written)
• Positive and professional attitude with a flexible mindset
• Welcoming and Driving Change to support our continued evolution.
• Accountability and dependability.
• Time management skills and prioritization skills with a deadline-oriented mindset
• Ability to thrive in a demanding environment and take initiatives. (Challenge-seeking attitude)
• Excellent people skills required to interact with a wide variety of individuals and personalities
• Organized with a keen attention to detail and accuracy
• Observe all aspects of warehouse health & safety with the goal of preventing injury, accidents, and near-misses through training, communication, and skills development and hazard assessment.

Key Responsibilities

• Day to day management of the lumberyard and personnel.
• Motivate, lead, guide, and train employees under your supervision.
• Assist in recruiting staff for the department.
• Determine work schedule to ensure customer needs are met.

· Make sure that all customers benefit from exceptional customer service in a pleasant and safe environment.

• Ensure customer deliveries are loaded and scheduled efficiently.
• Ensure inventory system accuracy by monitoring delivery manifests for incoming and outgoing product, observe the condition of incoming products, and complete paperwork with attention to accuracy
• Managing damaged or culled product.
• Control and maintain inventory and ensure product availability.
• Oversee the Efficient and safe loading and unloading vehicles.
• Other reasonable duties as assigned by the management team

Logistics:

• Manage shipping and receiving personnel to ensure deliveries are loaded and routed for fast, efficient service.
• Ensure all delivery trucks leave at a consistent time every day to give our customers the highest consistent rate of service.
• Manage warehouse staff to organize warehouse and yard duties (picking orders, receiving, inventory control, shipping, stocking, and organizing)
• Follow Health and safety awareness practices (e.g., safe material handling practices, secure loading, knowledge, and application of proper ergonomics)

Who are we looking for?

• A dedicated individual looking for long-term employment
• An individual who can perform physically demanding work (must be able to move products that weigh 10 – 50 pounds, be able to walk, climb, balance, twist, lift and bend safely and regularly
• An individual that will encourage, and motivate employees and will assist employees regarding work performance on an ongoing basis and apply corrective measures if required

Why work with us?

• A supportive culture with opportunity for a long-term career
• Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
• Comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental, out of country/province travel, long-term disability, accidental death, and dismemberment coverage.
• Employee pricing on products.
• Co-operative team environment with the unified goal of providing customers with the best experience.
• Equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Accommodations are offered during the application process upon request

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Store discount
• Vision care
• Wellness program

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Overtime
• Weekends as needed

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Sarnia, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Lumber Yard Managementt: 3 years (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2024-03-29