Assistant Warehouse & Logistics Manager

Assistant Warehouse & Logistics Manager

Thacker Caskets is the largest family owned and independently operated funeral supply company in the United States and has been in business over 80 years! Thacker is a wholesaler of caskets and funeral supplies selling to a consistent customer base of licensed funeral homes its distribution areas. Thacker operates over 19 distribution centers in over 20 states serving thousands of customers on an annual basis. It’s a great opportunity to come onboard with a growing company who can provide consistent and stable work!

Thacker is currently looking to add an Assistant Warehouse & Logistics Manager position. In this position, you will have responsibility of shipping funeral supply products to funeral homes within the warehouse’s assigned geographic region. In addition, you will assist to lead and manage a small team of typically five drivers, inspecting the products prior to shipment and asssist the Warehouse Manager coordinating your team’s routes for the day. This position will be in charge of delivering shortest routes as well. Within this position it is important to have a proactive and positive leadership style.

The position is located in Monrovia, MD distribution center.

Duties of the position include:

• Leading a team with a positive approach.
• Manage drivers and their daily routes to ensure timely deliveries.
• Manage drivers and their routes, routing deliveries around geography and time constraints.
• Making sure your team delivers a positive delivery service experience.
• Delivering caskets on an as-needed basis.
• Ensuring all vehicles (15 ft. box trucks) are DOT compliant.
• Inspecting outbound products to funeral home using 10-point inspection process.
• Repairing any small issues and flaws found in products prior to delivery.
• Unloading and receiving inbound shipments on tractor trailers.
• Processing all shipping, receiving and return paperwork timely and accurately.
• Keeping a clean and organized distribution center facility and vehicle fleet.
• Train new drivers.
• Interfacing with the operations, customer service and sales teams in a collaborative manner.
• Follow Warehouse Manager instrucctions.

Required Qualifications & Characteristics:

• Strong leadership skills
• Ability to lift heavy products; over 50 lbs.
• Over the age of 21.
• Minimum of two years driving experience.
• DOT compliant; if not, DOT physical will need to be completed as part of the hiring process.
• Reliable form of transportation to and from work.
• minimum of 2 years of Warehouse Management experience.

Preferred Qualifications & Characteristics:

• Previous experience in operating large vehicles.
• Previous training in inspecting and repairing products.
• Forward thinking and proactive in nature.

We look forward to receiving your resume, but request that you take the required assessments as a part of the consideration for an interview. If interested, please act promptly as we are looking to add this position to our team immediately!

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $23.00 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 40.0 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Work Location: In person