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Advanced Drainage Systems

Advanced Drainage Systems is hiring: Manager Distribution Center in Wahpeton

Advanced Drainage Systems, Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States


Overview

At ADS, no idea is off limits, and we celebrate creativity and bold moves.

For more than 50 years ADS has been manufacturing a variety of innovative and environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional materials.

Headquartered in Hilliard, Ohio, we are a multi-billion dollar stormwater management company, manufacturing pipe and ancillary products. What does that mean? When it storms, we capture rain with our drain basins, convey it with pipe, store it using chambers and finally treat it with our water quality products, before safely returning water back to the environment. We handle, what we call, the entire lifecycle of a raindrop. Our products help prevent flooding, which increases quality of life for people living in large cities, suburbs, and rural towns. We also believe in creating a circular economy and are the largest plastic recycling company in North America. We use plastic shampoo and detergent bottles to create pipe, diverting over 500 million pounds of plastic from landfills every year. ADS operates a global network of over 60 manufacturing plants and 30 distribution centers.

We have amazing stories to tell, and we need your help getting our story out there.

To learn more about ADS, please visit our website at

www.adspipe.com.

Responsibilities

The Distribution Center (DC) Manager reports directly to the Regional Distribution Center Manager. The DC Manager is responsible for all daily activities within the Distribution Center.

The DC Manager shall also be responsible for all department personnel.

This position reports directly to the Regional Distribution Center Manager and requires the flexibility to work weekends.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:Understand and use as guidance the ADS core valuesCommunicating with freight common carriersMaintain metro market same day, next day serviceLoading and unloading of all trucksCommunication with other ADS facilities,sales and corporate personnelOrganizing daily loading sequenceEnsuring payload efficienciesCustomer order managementConducting and leading month end cycle-counts as well as fiscal year end countsRMA and B/O managementReleasing and confirming customer ordersProper maintenance of files for entire D.C.Ensuring company policy complianceFacilitating meetings/communicationManagement of yard organization & layoutManagement of product rotationFacilitation of Loader Cert. Program & trainingAssistance with CPU’s as requiredMaintain yard vehicle maintenance schedule and filesManage and meet annual budgetsMaintain safety culture, including training, documentation and ensure compliance

Job Skills:This position should possess the following skills/knowledge:

Leadership skillsCommunication skillsMathematics skillsBasic computer skillsOracle Order functionsOracle Inventory functionsInventory managementFreight managementADS product knowledge

Physical Requirements:The employee will be required for a specified time and must be able to work either days or nights.Must be able to perform the frequent pulling or rolling of freight weighing up to and/or creating a resistance force of more than 100 lbs, as well as the occasional pulling or rolling of freight weighing up to and/or creating a resistance force of more than 200 lbs with or without mechanical aidThe employee will be using the same motions throughout the day and must be able to perform repetitive motion to include arms, legs and feetMust be able to perform the frequentcarrying of freight weighing up to 75 lbs of varying shapes and sizes a distance of

20 feet but usually no more that 50 feetMust be able to perform frequent squatting to handle, position and secure freightMust be able to frequently reach for freight at waist level and frequently reach for freight above shoulder height or below waist levelMust be able to occasionally reach above shoulder level, at waist level, and below waist level for maneuvering and directing the controls to operate a fork-lift.Must be able to frequently load and unload full or partial trailer loads of finished goods, raw materials and/or tooling.

This could involve either the mechanical release or assisted pushing of product and materials that could weigh in excess of 800 lbs.Must be able to enter and exit the vehicle’s (fork-lift)cab as many as 45 times per day or more.

Cab floor levels are generally from 36 to 66 inches above ground level, with entry and exit achieved with the assistance of various configurations of steps and handholds; also requires frequent bending, twisting, climbing, squatting, crouching and balancingMust be able to spend at least 30% of the day standing and 30% of the day walking on surfaces such as concrete, asphalt, wood, metal, loose or packed dirt and sometimes slippery, wet and uneven surfacesMust be able to perform the frequent pushing or rolling of freight weighing up to and/or creating a resistance force of more than 100 lbs, as well as the occasional pushing or rolling of freight weighing up to and/or creating a resistance force of more than 200 lbs with or without mechanical aidMust be able to hook/unhook various commercial vehicle combinations, manually lower and raise landing gear, operate fifth-wheel release lever, lock and release load securement straps, open and close cargo doors, climb into and out of vehicles, fuel vehicles and check engine and coolant levels

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