Distribution Center Manager
Location: Lithia Springs, Georgia
Country: United States
Category: Operations
Workplace Location: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract To Hire
Posted Date: May 5, 2026
Job ID: 646734
Job Description
Job Title: Distribution Center Manager
Location: Lithia Springs. GA
Contract length: 6 months
Schedule: Fulltime (36 hr work, 40 hour pay), Fri, Sat, Sun from 7a to 7p
Pay: $2,000/week to $2,307.69/week
Job Responsibilities:
- Support all safety programs ensuring a safe work environment
- Review forecasts and determine labor needs to meet daily, weekly, and monthly objectives
- Meet with team on a daily basis to balance labor, ensuring that you are operating a balanced and efficient shift while meeting daily deadlines
- Foster an environment that harbors continuous improvement and the elimination of non-value added activities
- Ensure proper training of staff in order to effectively and efficiently meet customer demand
- Support, mentor, and motivate your hourly workforce
- Ensure materials are received from proper vendors, delivered to inventory and finished goods, packaged according to specification, and shipped in a timely manner
- Ensure quality objectives are met while operating within the allocated budget and meeting delivery deadlines while being flexible and working efficiently
- Manage inventory control to ensure accountability of materials and goods
- Establish appropriate communications (content and frequency) with the team to align focus and efforts with organizational and customer needs.
- Establish and/or modify operational methods and procedures as needed
- Recommend changes to policies and procedures to improve area of responsibility or organization as a whole
- Maintain documentation and prepare reports that reflect the effectiveness and efficiency of department activities
- Establish and manage goals for self and/or team that meet or exceed departmental objectives
- Collaborate with peer group, senior management, and field personnel to problem-solve and/or resolve issues among functional areas, other sites, or customers and the company
- Manage and sustain product traceability systems, utilizing WMS/Oracle, to support customer and quality requirements
- Ensure health, safety and cleanliness of the work environment overseeing that inspection and maintenance of equipment is done on a regular basis
- Other tasks and responsibilities as assigned
Required Qualifications & Experience:
- Minimum 10 years of experience in a warehouse/distribution environment
- Minimum 3 years of supervisory experience
- Must have demonstrated experience in implementing inventory control systems, distribution operations programs, and continual improvement programs
- Strong familiarity with MS Office applications
- Prior WMS experience
- Knowledge and understanding of federal and local OSHA safety regulations related to warehousing and shipping environments
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Must possess a customer-centric commitment to build and maintain customer relationships
- Energetic, self-motivated, and quick-thinking with a positive attitude
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree (B.A.) preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Experience with Oracle or comparable Supply Chain/Logistics systems
- Experience with a Warehouse Management System
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