General Manager
Job No:
117243
Location:
Southern California
- Don't miss this opportunity to take on a pivotal leadership role with a rapidly growing organization
- Receive extensive benefits, four weeks vacation, and a competitive salary of $120,000 to $150,000 based on skills and experience
- Enjoy working in a collaborative and supportive team environment
About NRI Distribution
Founded with a mission to become the most valued brand in our industry, NRI Distribution is a specialist in providing North American logistics services to apparel, footwear, equipment, and accessories manufacturers in the outdoor, action sports, fashion, and lifestyle industries. At NRI we pride ourselves on our services that go above and beyond the normal offerings of a distribution company by providing custom e-commerce fulfillment, single order pick & pack capabilities, and even the handling of returns, warranty, and repairs.
At NRI we're equally passionate about the individuals that make up our staff and drive the success of our brand. We've maintained a fun work culture where our employees can thrive and build a life long career thanks to the values our leaders live and breath. Our leadership values are that we live with integrity, lead through action and deliver excellence; creating harmony and sustainability for all. If you think you could embody our leadership values then we want to hear from you.
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About the Opportunity
Currently, NRI is looking for multiple passionate General Managers to help maintain our continued growth and success while overseeing the day to day operations of our facilities in Fontana CA.
As one of our new General Managers, you will work to drive improvement within our facilities across multiple KPIs. As a member of the leadership team, you will also have a voice in the overall direction of the Operations team and be a key stakeholder in change initiatives within the facilities that you are accountable for.
More specifically your responsibilities will include:
- Ensuring the positive overall performance of assigned facilities as defined by key performance indicators.
- Maintaining a perspective on the operational goals of the business and prioritizing workloads accordingly.
- Making required staffing, process, and facility changes or alterations in order to increase organizational efficiencies and meet client goals as well as NRI's service level agreements.
- Creating and maintaining meaningful relationships with clients and NRI team members.
- Determining the feasibility of projects by factoring costs, available space, schedule limitations, organization goals, technical requirements, and economic factors.
- Ensuring resource commitments for projects are in place and acting as the sponsor to ensure the proper level of support is in place for the tactical execution of projects.
- Providing guidance, training, mentoring, development, and support to your direct reports which will be the DC Managers of assigned facilities.
- Participating in the performance review process and approving any wage increases.
- Planning, coordinating, and authorizing all annual vacations for direct reports by ensuring proper coverage.
- Driving continual improvement programs alongside the leadership team.
- Ensuring that all projects include a sustainability component and drive adherence at multiple levels within the organization by utilizing integrated process audits, floor-level dashboards, and management scorecards.
- Analyzing contractual commitments, client specifications, design changes, and other data in order to drive continuous improvement and meet or exceed the expectations of our clients.
- Performing cost/benefit tradeoff analysis and developing ROI business cases for recommended projects involving process, system, or technology change.
In order to qualify for this role, you must have 10 years of relevant work experience along with a Bachelor's degree in Business, Logistics, or a related field. Excellent technical capabilities that are inclusive of tier-one WMS experience are also required as is 3PL experience.
As a leader within NRI, you'll be a highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills and a track record of leadership success. Your aptitude for stakeholder management will combine with your empathetic nature allowing you to thrive while you work towards many competing demands and deadlines. Your passion for the work that you do, your desire to continuously learn and grow, and your ability to build quality relationships with co-workers, vendors, and contractors will set an example for those working with you and foster a positive and fun work culture.
Above all, you'll be an enthusiastic and strategically minded individual who's keen to remain hands-on while undertaking operational management responsibilities.
About the Benefits
In return for your hard work and dedication, you will be awarded an industry competitive salary of $120,000 to $150,000 based on skills and experience along with a wide host of benefits including:
- Health and Dental Coverage.
- Four weeks vacation on joining.
- Huge amounts of training provided.
- A staff purchase program allowing you to buy from our clients at wholesale cost.
- Huge opportunities for career progression, we prefer to promote internally and allow our staff to build a life long career.
- Bi-annual feedback days allowing everyone to have a chance to make positive changes. The feedback is then actioned through an action plan by a steering committee.
- Frequent staff events including internal competitions, summer BBQs, pot lucks, and big holiday parties.
This position presents an opportunity to enter a pivotal leadership role and influence the growth and development of NRI Distribution. As part of our team, you will enjoy the opportunity to further develop and refine your leadership skills in a collaborative and supportive environment.
Don't miss this unique opportunity to take on a pivotal leadership role with a rapidly growing organization!