Plan, direct, or coordinate the storage or distribution operations within an organization or the activities of organizations that are engaged in storing or distributing materials or products.
<ul><li>Supervise the activities of workers engaged in receiving, storing, testing, and shipping products or materials.</li><li>Plan, develop, or implement warehouse safety and security programs and activities.</li><li>Inspect physical conditions of warehouses, vehicle fleets, or equipment and order testing, maintenance, repairs, or replacements.</li><li>Respond to customers' or shippers' questions and complaints regarding storage and distribution services.</li><li>Develop and document standard and emergency operating procedures for receiving, handling, storing, shipping, or salvaging products or materials.</li><li>Monitor inventory levels of products or materials in warehouses.</li><li>Review invoices, work orders, consumption reports, or demand forecasts to estimate peak delivery periods and to issue work assignments.</li><li>Develop storage and distribution models that include factors such as warehouse locations, customer locations, or available transportation modes to maximize operational efficiency or sustainability.</li><li>Track and trace goods while they are en route to their destinations, expediting orders when necessary.</li><li>Prepare and manage departmental budgets.</li><li>Participate in setting transportation and service rates.</li><li>Issue shipping instructions and provide routing information to ensure that delivery times and locations are coordinated.</li><li>Evaluate locations for new warehouses or distribution networks to determine their potential usefulness.</li><li>Examine products or materials to estimate quantities or weight and type of container required for storage or transport.</li><li>Interview, select, and train warehouse and supervisory personnel.</li><li>Prepare or direct preparation of correspondence, reports, and operations, maintenance, and safety manuals.</li><li>Advise sales and billing departments of transportation charges for customers' accounts.</li><li>Confer with department heads to coordinate warehouse activities, such as production, sales, records control, or purchasing.</li><li>Arrange for necessary shipping documentation and contact customs officials to effect release of shipments.</li><li>Arrange for storage facilities when required.</li><li>Examine invoices and shipping manifests for conformity to tariff and customs regulations.</li><li>Evaluate contractors or business partners for operational efficiency or safety or environmental performance records.</li><li>Negotiate with carriers, warehouse operators, or insurance company representatives for services and preferential rates.</li><li>Evaluate freight or inventory costs associated with transit times to ensure that costs are appropriate.</li><li>Develop or implement plans for facility modification or expansion, such as equipment purchase or changes in space allocation or structural design.</li><li>Develop or implement plans for storage and distribution activities that emphasize technological solutions for sustainability, such as investment in smart or eco-friendly containers, dynamic distribution networks, warehouse renovations, or fuel efficient fleets.</li><li>Schedule or monitor air or surface pickup, delivery, or distribution of products or materials.</li><li>Plan or implement environmental training programs and activities.</li></ul>