Terminal Manager
$50,000–$60,000 year
On-siteLa Porte, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Coordinate with Traffic Coordinators to meet cutoffs and daily shipment needs while reviewing planning reports for containers, bookings, and rail movements. Conduct weekly cycle counts, investigate discrepancies, and perform housekeeping audits of the terminal grounds. Manage warehouse equipment maintenance, optimize inventory locations, and enforce safety procedures through regular audits and incident documentation. Facilitate inter-departmental communication, resolve conflicts, and supervise warehouse personnel to maintain productivity targets. Participate in Operations Management meetings and assist with terminal projects, audits, and training requirements.
Required Qualifications
- Supervisory duties
- Manage hours & PTO of warehouse personnel
- Mitigate employee conflict
- Problem solving inter-departmental conflicts and communication issues
- Provide technical expertise to functional departments where necessary
- Manage inventory locations to optimally utilize warehouse space
- Keep packaging supplies organized and visibly efficient, complying with FIFO inventory management
- Monitor warehouse labor productivity and plan hours according to volume needs
- Monitor and update, as necessary, the Packaging & Warehouse Shift Schedules, Terminal Project and Priorities, and Operations Training google docs on the Google drive
- Review and understand all procedures & safety requirements that apply to each Terminal
- Audit against those procedures
- Enforce the procedures
- Document any and all safety incidents or near misses on the appropriate incident report and file with the Safety and HR departments
- Document any and all necessary disciplinary action
- Assist in terminal projects, audits, and physical inventories
- Assist in training requirements as provided by the Quality and Safety departments
- Maintain a 3 – 5 day planning horizon
- Facilitate coordination and communication between Packaging, Warehousing, Bulk loading, Transport, and Customer Service departments
- Manage the maintenance and upkeep of all warehouse equipment, including but not limited to forklifts, stretch-wrap machines, dock plates, dock levelers, sweepers, dock bumpers
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