Job description
Job Description
Distribution Manager Trainee
Kontoor Brands, Inc. (NYSE: KTB) is a global lifestyle apparel company with a portfolio of some of the world’s most iconic consumer brands: Wrangler® and Lee®. We design, manufacture and distribute superior high-quality products that look good, fit right, and are crafted with sensitivity to our planet to give people around the world the freedom and confidence to express themselves.
With a presence in more than 60 countries and a heritage spanning a combined 200 years, our global community of more than 14,000 employees fosters a culture of integrity, collaboration, performance and entrepreneurial spirit. We are looking for inclusive, humble, creative and forward-looking employees with a passion for creating innovative apparel products, accessories, and solutions that are both meaningful and purposeful for consumers and employees.
Distribution Manager Trainee: Become the Newest Member of Kontoor Brands
This entry-level manager position is responsible for providing leadership and direction to drive distribution efforts for the distribution centers. This position is responsible for managing the overall distribution process to ensure that products are shipped accurately and timely to meet customer needs along with providing visible and dynamic leadership to positively impact key initiatives. The Distribution Manager Trainee is to learn all aspects of the distribution center while rotating to various departments providing leadership and supervision of employees. Will learn all Distribution procedures, processes, equipment and systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Rotate between various departments providing leadership and supervision to employees. Maintain department employee engagement and morale, coaching & developing others, enforcing policy & procedures, employee life cycle activities, and performance management.
- Acquires in-depth and a complete knowledge of the workflow within the distribution center.
- Follows a logical program from receipt of product in the DC, receipt of customer orders to the shipment of product to our customers.
- Develops an understanding and firsthand knowledge of the different operations performed in the distribution center.
- Becomes familiar with policies and procedures within the distribution center
- Becomes familiar with Kontoor’s safety structure and policies
- Will be required to perform various warehouse processes during the training period and required to learn the expectations of all warehouse operations.
- Works with Engineering and Distribution Management to develop knowledge of training principles, methods, and work measurement. Will be key personnel in implementation of new warehouse systems.
- Other projects as assigned
Skills for Success:
- Strong Interpersonal Skills and the ability to communicate with employees at all levels
- Strong Communication Skills (Oral, Written, Presentation)
- Proficiency in or knowledge of using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, Power Point)
- Strong Analytical ability
- Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
Experience/Education:
- Prior supervisory experience preferred but not required
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, or Engineering required.
Special Physical and/or Mental Requirements: None
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