Join a Global Industry Leader and Demonstrate Your Coaching and Leadership Skills as You Supervise a Large Team of Permanent and Temporary Associates 

If you combine a strong warehousing or distribution center background with solid supervisory experience and the ability to coach and lead a shift team, the role of 1st Shift Distribution Supervisor offers you some compelling opportunities. You will:

• Join a strong team of leaders. Most of our supervisors have been with us for more than five years, with top management having 10+ years of experience with FGX. People enjoy working here and tend to stay.
• Prove yourself and earn opportunities for advancement. We'll help you create a career and development plan, as we helped many of our leaders advance from other levels, including entry-level associate
• Earn competitive compensation, an excellent benefits package, including a 401k and stock purchase program, work/life balance and more. 
• Enjoy a vibrant local culture along with the stability and resources of FGX International and our global parent company EssilorLuxottica -- the world's largest player in the eyewear industry.
• You will help us fulfill an outstanding mission of improving lives by improving sight.

FGX International, an Essilor company, is the world's leading designer and marketer of non-prescription reading glasses, optical frames and value priced sunglasses, with a portfolio of established, highly recognized eyewear brands including Foster Grant®, Sight Station®, Magnivision®, Gargoyles®, Corinne McCormack® and SolarShield®. FGXI is headquartered in Smithfield, Rhode Island.

To meet the basic qualification for this role, you will have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship. In addition, to be a good fit for the Distribution Supervisor opportunity, you will have:

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5+ years of experience within a warehousing or distribution center environment
• 2+ years of previous supervisory experience, ideally working with teams of 15-20+  Quick question for you - click here
• Outstanding leadership qualities including assertiveness, enthusiasm, planning and accountability
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with intense peak seasons
• Proven ability to effectively communicate across all levels of an organization
• Excellent verbal, written, and analytical skills
• A proven work ethic including reliability
• Proficient computer skills and experience with Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite
• Bilingual Spanish preferred
• Previous WMS system experience preferred
• Previous labor tracking system experience helpful

You will work our first shift, from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM, Monday through Friday. Additionally, you may be asked to work some Saturdays, especially during peak seasons. Saturday work is rotated between supervisors. 

Reporting to the Distribution Manager, you will be responsible for the daily, weekly and monthly planning for the 1st shift Distribution team. You will monitor, coach and direct the team, including a lead and approximately 20 temporary (the majority) and permanent associates, to achieve department and Distribution Center goals. You will regularly and effectively communicate with associates, evaluate and plan the workload and assignments, coordinate with other departments and stakeholders, coach performance and more. Specifically, you will:

• Maintain the department labor budget, planning, and resource requirements while ensuring adequate staffing to meet departmental goals.
• Oversee picking accuracy while ensuring customer ship dates are met and products are accurately unloaded and stocked.
• Control shrink with continuous analysis and improvement of all department processes and procedures.
• Develop associates to achieve performance goals and objectives via on-the-job training, coaching, and continuous feedback on performance.
• Promote excellent communication and teamwork amongst associates through open communication and daily start-up meetings.
• Create and maintain a safe work environment; ensuring associates have the proper equipment to perform their job function and provide education on proper techniques. 
• Ensure associates meet their required daily rates in the labor management system. Coach each employee to foster continuous improvement. 

This description is intended to give you a general overview of the position and is not an exhaustive listing of duties and responsibilities.

Pictured: Gargoyle sunglasses are built for running.

Strong training
You will enjoy outstanding training and support at FGX, from great tools to strong mentorship from your supervisor, to ongoing support. You bring a positive attitude and drive to learn and we'll ensure you have the training and tools needed to thrive and succeed. 

Professional development
Because of the wide scope and fast pace of this role, you are bound to learn quickly and enhance your skills. You'll work with a variety of experts and ad value through your strong ideas and creative insight. Prove yourself in this role and you can continue to advance your career, perhaps stepping up to a brand manager.

Global market leadership
With worldwide brand recognition, international corporate locations, and sales spanning the globe, FGX International maintains a global presence and continues to expand into new locales. Our parent corporation, Essilor International, manufactures optical lenses under the Varilux®, Crizal®, Transitions®, and other brands, and Essilor products are worn by one billion people daily. Essilor's recent merger with Luxottica has created the world's largest player in the eyewear industry.

Excellent compensation
We offer competitive compensation and attractive benefits, including comprehensive medical and dental care, life insurance and 401K programs, and the opportunity to work on some of the most famous brands in our industry.

Pictured: Making a difference in the lives of others is part of our daily focus at FGX International. We participate in a number of programs designed to provide support to organizations dedicated to improving our way of life, on a local and national level.

This role requires a strong mix of competencies from communication and employee engagement to planning and goal achievement to analytical reasoning and problem-solving. Upon joining us, you'll dedicate yourself to learning our business, your department and its processes and procedures. Once you have the baseline, you'll maintain a continuous improvement mindset. In addition, to be an outstanding Distribution Supervisor, you will:

• Effectively direct others
  • Establish clear directions and set progressive objectives
  • Distribute the workload appropriately and in a well-planned and organized manner
  • Clearly communicate; maintain a two-way dialogue, actively coaching, guiding and listening; bring out the best in people
• Plan
  • Accurately scope out the length and difficulty of tasks and projects
  • Set goals and objectives and break work into the process steps
  • Develop schedules and task/people assignments
  • Anticipate and adjust for problems and roadblocks
  • Measure performance against goals and evaluating results
• Problem solve
  • Use rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions
  • Probe all fruitful sources for answers
  • Provide honest analysis. Look beyond the obvious and don't stop at the first answers, uncover hidden problems
• Demonstrate, uphold, support and model the Essilor values
  • Working Together
  • Innovation
  • Respect & Trust
  • Entrepreneurial Spirit
  • Diversity