Plan, direct, and coordinate the storage and distribution operations within an organization or the activities of organizations that are engaged in storing and distributing materials and products.
- Dispatcher, Chief I
- Dispatcher, Chief II
- Import-Export Agent
- Manager, Bulk Plant
- Manager, Telegraph Office
- Manager, Warehouse
- Operations Manager
- Superintendent, Ammunition Storage
- Superintendent, Compressor Stations
- Superintendent, Distribution II
- Superintendent, Measurement
- Superintendent, Pipelines
- Superintendent, Water-And-Sewer Systems
- Supervisor, Sewer System
- Supervisor, Waterworks
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- Advise sales and billing departments of transportation charges for customers' accounts.
- Arrange for necessary shipping documentation, and contact customs officials to effect release of shipments.
- Arrange for storage facilities when required.
- Confer with department heads to coordinate warehouse activities, such as production, sales, records control, and purchasing.
- Develop and document standard and emergency operating procedures for receiving, handling, storing, shipping, or salvaging products or materials.
- Develop and implement plans for facility modification or expansion, such as equipment purchase or changes in space allocation or structural design.
- Evaluate freight costs and the inventory costs associated with transit times to ensure that costs are appropriate.
- Evaluate locations for new warehouses and distribution networks to determine their potential usefulness.
- Examine invoices and shipping manifests for conformity to tariff and customs regulations.
- Examine products or materials to estimate quantities or weight and type of container required for storage or transport.
- Inspect physical conditions of warehouses, vehicle fleets and equipment, and order testing, maintenance, repair, or replacement as necessary.
- Interview, select, and train warehouse and supervisory personnel.
- Issue shipping instructions and provide routing information to ensure that delivery times and locations are coordinated.
- Negotiate with carriers, warehouse operators and insurance company representatives for services and preferential rates.
- Participate in setting transportation and service rates.
- Plan, develop, and implement warehouse safety and security programs and activities.
- Prepare and manage departmental budgets.
- Prepare or direct preparation of correspondence, reports, and operations, maintenance, and safety manuals.
- Respond to customers' or shippers' questions and complaints regarding storage and distribution services.
- Review invoices, work orders, consumption reports, and demand forecasts to estimate peak delivery periods and to issue work assignments.
- Schedule and monitor air or surface pickup, delivery, or distribution of products or materials.
- Supervise the activities of workers engaged in receiving, storing, testing, and shipping products or materials.
- Track and trace goods while they are en route to their destinations, expediting orders when necessary.
- adhere to safety procedures
- analyze operational or management reports or records
- analyze organizational operating practices or procedures
- answer customer or public inquiries
- arrange delivery schedules
- assign work to staff or employees
- call on customers to solicit new business
- communicate technical information
- conduct or attend staff meetings
- confer with other departmental heads to coordinate activities
- develop maintenance schedules
- develop policies, procedures, methods, or standards
- develop safety regulations
- direct and coordinate activities of workers or staff
- ensure compliance with government regulations
- evaluate information from employment interviews
- evaluate performance of employees or contract personnel
- examine documents for completeness, accuracy, or conformance to standards
- hire, discharge, transfer, or promote workers
- inspect products or systems for regulatory compliance
- inspect property to determine damages
- interview job applicants
- investigate customer complaints
- maintain safe work environment
- measure, weigh, or count products or materials
- monitor facilities or equipment
- negotiate business contracts
- orient new employees
- oversee execution of organizational or program policies
- prepare reports
- provide customer service
- purchase property management or maintenance equipment or supplies
- resolve customer or public complaints
- schedule air or surface pickup, delivery, or distribution of product
- schedule facility or property maintenance
- schedule work to meet deadlines
- use conflict resolution techniques
- use negotiation techniques
- use oral or written communication techniques
- use weighing or measuring devices in transportation
- write administrative procedures services manual
- write business correspondence
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