Supply Chain Manager - Outbound Transportation

• Decides and approves equipment and material purchases according to the authority level and subsequently advises the direct leader.
• Decides on contracts within the scope of their responsibilities and in alignment with the direct leader.
• Ensures the training, development, and performance of their team’s staff to retain a motivated, professional workforce that achieves their career objectives.
• Recruits and recommends qualified employees for their team’s staff positions.
• Establishes, communicates and evaluates job responsibilities and performance expectations to their team to ensure mutual understanding of desired results.
• Understands the overarching company strategy while communicating and modeling the core values of the organization to create a sense of teamwork and membership among employees.
• Works closely with other senior members of staff and subject matter experts to develop and contribute to speeches, presentations, videos and other communication materials relevant to current business opportunities.
• Communicates relevant information and knowledge across multiple departments to help drive and develop sales and profitability for the business.
• Supports crisis communications.
• Reports any significant changes in their area of responsibility to their direct leader, with recommendations of action to be taken.
• Consults with direct leader in terms of dismissal, transfer, promotion and suspension of employees.
• Consults with leadership on the development of their team's strategy.
• Advises leadership to source external vendors for applicable services when appropriate.
• Liaises with applicable areas of the business to ensure timely and efficient communication flow.
• Consults with the business to effectively design and streamline applicable processes within the organization.
• Keeps up-to-date on external best practices and relevant changes to their field/area; communicates updates to leadership.
• Participates in special committees as required to establish best practices and business consistency.
• Anticipates, mediates and deescalates conflicts proactively.
• Checks and approves the expense sheets of their employees.
• Provides coverage for colleagues where necessary.
• Maintains an efficient and well-organized filing system for their area of responsibility and ensures that all documentation in their area is archived and disposed of properly.
• Ensures accurate and appropriate correspondence is treated in the strictest confidence.
• Checks the payroll of staff in his/her area of responsibility.
• Manages their team by driving projects and tasks to completion through effective prioritization, work planning, resource allocation, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Identifies cost-saving opportunities and potential process improvements.
• Serves as the primary link between their team’s staff and leadership to ensure understanding of company goals, objectives, and opportunities for improvement.
• Complies with ALDI privacy and security requirements and policies if job responsibilities include possible access to confidential and/or sensitive information.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Consistently demonstrates the ALDI Acts Competencies as outlined for the role.
• Ability to recommend, interpret, and/or apply company policies and procedures.
• Gives attention to detail and follows instruction.
• Ability to develop rapport, trust, and open communication that enhances the growth and job performance of direct reports.
• Understands the history, strategy, organizational authority, interdependence of job duties, products, systems, and services of the company.
• Conflict management skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain Management or a related field required.
• A minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in business and retail operations required.
• Or, a combination of education and experience providing equivalent knowledge.
• Supervisory experience preferred.

• Work may be performed in an office, remote office or a combination of both where a computer and office equipment may be used as needed to perform duties.
• Regularly required to sit, reach, grasp, stand and move from one area to another.
• Constantly and repeatedly use keyboard/mouse.
• Occasionally required to push, pull, bend, lift and move up to 25 lbs.

• Local travel required.
• Up to 10%.

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