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Yard Manager

Employer
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Location
Buxton, North Dakota (US)
Salary
DOE

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Job Details

The successful candidate must bring high level of ethical, intellectual, professional, and personal values that complement the team 

  • Strategic Mindset – anticipates future trends and implications accurately
  • Decision Quality – relies on a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment when making decisions
  • Customer Focus – identifies opportunities that benefit the business
  • Business Insight – keeps up with current and possible future policies, practices, and trends in the organization, function, and in the marketplace
  • Plans and Aligns – breaks down objectives into appropriate initiatives and actions
  • Optimizes Work Processes – seeks ways to improve processes, from small tweaks to complete reengineering
  • Ensures Accountability – establishes clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results
  • Collaborates – works cooperatively with others across the organization to achieve shared objectives
  • Develops Talent – develops others through coaching, feedback, exposure, and stretch assignments
  • Builds Effective Teams – forms teams with appropriate and diverse mix of styles, perspectives, and experience
  • Drives Vision and Purpose – talks about future possibilities in a positive way
  • Courage – faces difficult issues and supports others who do the same

Responsibilities

The Yard Manager supervises and directs the work activities of all Yard personnel involved in the shipping, receiving and handling of product. This position provides leadership and direction in loading and unloading techniques, receiving procedures, yard organization, inventory handling and control, yard vehicle maintenance and the promotion of a safe working environment. A Yard Manager generally supervises a department of up to 15 Yard Loaders. The Yard Manager is involved with all plant personnel including hiring, employee development, terminations and disciplinary actions.  This position requires the flexibility to work 40+ hours per week and weekends as required. The Yard Manager reports directly to the Plant Manager.
 
Primary Job Responsibilities:

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

 

  • Practice proper PPE compliance and maintain a safe working record and environment

  • Facilitation of departmental communication and meetings

  • Immediately communicate unsafe conditions, acts or injuries to Plant Manager

  • Conducting cycle-counts

  • Practice proper forklift and yard vehicle operation and preventive maintenance

  • Management of product rotation

  • Maintain yard housekeeping, organization and layout

  • Assurance of maximized payloads

  • Maintain and build job skills through company training programs

  • Ensuring departmental policy compliance

  • Communication with Dispatcher regarding relative issues

  • Management of departmental training

  • Organization of daily loading sequence

  • Department personnel administration

  • Yard vehicle maintenance schedule compliance

  • Maximization of departmental labor efficiencies

  • Minimization of loading errors

  • Coordination of DOT stock lots

  • Minimization of departmental overtime

  • Finished Goods quality inspections

  • Management of product conversions

  • Confirmation of customer orders (ASN)

  • Management of yard organization, layout and map

  • Management of L/MH certification programs

  • Management of CPU’s and RMA’s

  • Understand and practice ADS CORE VALUES

  • Promote a positive and transparent work environment

  • Ensure proper management of operating supply purchases via the internal PO system or company credit card
     

Job Skills:

This position should possess the following skills/knowledge:

  • Professionalism  and leadership skills

  • Familiarity with BOM products

  • Time management and organizational skills

  • Operating system functions including inventory & order entry procedures

  • Communication skills

  • Basic computer skills

  • Knowledge of all ADS products

  • Familiarity with miscellaneous & resale products

  • Freight management

  • Inventory management

  • Receiving procedures

  • Mathematical skills

  • Knowledge of local shipping regulations

  • Forklift & OTR vehicle driving skills

Educational Requirements:

 

High School Diploma or equivalent
Vocational or Associates Degree preferred
 

Preferred Experience:

  • 3-5 years experience as an ADS Yard Loader

  • Supervisory experience 

Physical Requirements:

 

  • Ability to repeatedly lift 75 pounds to a height of 6 feet

  • Ability to stand and be mobile for a minimum of 8 continuous hours

  • Ability to perform physical labor for extended periods of time in temperature extremes

  • Ability to use hands, arms and legs to physically handle and transport finished goods

  • Position requires full range of body motion including twisting, bending, reaching, squatting and ability to mount/dismount industrial equipment and vehicles

EEO

Company

Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS) is a leading industrial growth company that delivers a comprehensive suite of water management products and superior drainage solutions for use in the construction and infrastructure sectors.  ADS operates a global network of 58 manufacturing plants and 29 distribution centers. 

Why choose ADS?  We seek out the best talent and provide you with resources for career development, support and the chance to lead something big.  We offer tremendous opportunity for individuals who want to advance in the industry through innovation and leadership.  Choosing a career with ADS means joining a great company and being part of a great family.

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