Warehouse Manager - VALUE CITY FURNITURE

At American Signature Inc., we believe everyone has the right to a well-furnished life. Every day, our customers embark upon their personal style journey—an adventure. To that purpose, we are committed to providing our customers with an easy and fun furniture shopping experience. The Warehouse Manager is a key leader working in conjunction with the Assistant Manager to meet that goal. The Warehouse Manager is responsible for people development and the overall warehouse and delivery operations.  This role has a broad range of responsibility in store operations and reports directly to the Assistant Manager.

Some of the functions the Warehouse Manager will perform:

• Embodies our values: Adventure Guides, Serve Others and Own It
• Assists in the hiring, training and retaining of high quality team members who exhibit our values
• Partners with Assistant Manager to ensure a deep talent bench by continuously developing internal talent and attracting external talent
• Leads warehouse team to ensure highest level of customer service standards are executed in home deliveries
• Provides feedback and innovative ideas to supervisor on building a more profitable warehouse operation
• Ensures proper execution of best practices related to delivery preparation and process
• Assists in managing warehouse payroll within budgeted guidelines
• Oversees unloading/loading of inbound and outbound merchandise
• Increases completion of home delivery rate by utilizing best practices

The ideal candidate will have among other skills and abilities:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 2+ years of warehouse, delivery or distribution leadership experience
• Ability to read, write and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers and team members
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Proven experience in strategic and organizational development, including the ability to attract, develop and retain best in class talent
• Proficient in business related technology systems
• Track record of servant leadership; serving others and putting team goals first
• Owners mindset; takes ownership over everything within scope of responsibility while still empowering others to do the same
• Embody an adventure guide; passion for the business, bringing curiosity and innovation to the job
• Proactive approach; identifies and solves problems
• Adaptability; flexible to changing market forces and shifting priorities
• Experience managing change in large and complex environments
• Ability to break down complex ideas and communicate them in simple and easy to understand ways
• Demonstrated ability to coach and develop others to higher levels of performance
• Demonstrated ability to drive results in a leadership role
• Desire to continuously improve

If you are selected for an interview, a formal job description is available.  Your interviewer can answer any questions you may have about your role in our company.