Title
DIRECTOR OF DISTRIBUTION
Location
Savannah, GA
Company
Manufacturing company specializing in cosmetics, ethnic relaxers, maintenance and hair color products
Package
Competitive compensation package offered
Primary Accountabilities and Responsibilities
- Responsible for receiving orders from the Sales
organization and placing them on the computer
system
- Coordinate with the Credit department to make sure
that orders are in compliance with the credit
policy of the corporation
- Process customer orders internally and provide
feedback to Sales personnel regarding the order
status
- Manage the function for shipping finished goods to
customers, agents and distributors
- Organize customer pick-ups, common carrier shipments,
and freight forwarder communications to achieve
lowest delivery costs and full customer
satisfaction
- Through the Traffic Manager, negotiate freight rates
for domestic and international shipments and
handle the export shipping documentation
- Assure that the company's numerical customer service
objective of achieving on-time, complete
delivery is met
- Receive materials and record appropriate inventory
transactions in an accurate and timely manner
- Responsible for storing materials in an orderly manner
to minimize damages
- Responsible for accurate inventory in all appropriate
warehouse storage areas
- Conduct cycle counts and work with Finance to conduct
physical inventories
- Responsible for management duties including:
selection, training, performance reviewing,
salary administration, and motivation in
accordance with the organization's policies and
applicable laws
Credentials / Knowledge / Skills Preferred
- Bachelors degree from an accredited four-year
college/university
- Five to ten years of experience in distribution
management, including supervision/management of
shipping, traffic, and customer service
- Experience in negotiating traffic/shipping costs and
developing and monitoring customer service
measurements
- Proven track record in developing subordinates
- Previous warehouse experience, in a leadership
capacity, covering at least 300 sku's
- Repackaging experience desirable
- Computer literacy a plus