Job Details

Overview:

About Kirby Corporation: Kirby Corporation is the premier tank barge operator in the United States, transporting bulk liquid products throughout the Mississippi River System, on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, along all three U.S. Coasts, and in Alaska and Hawaii. Through its Distribution and Services segment, Kirby is also a leading nationwide service provider and distributor of diesel engines, transmissions, parts, industrial equipment and oilfield service equipment.

Summary: The Director of Parts, in close partnership with the Regional Directors of Operations, will be responsible for parts operations strategy through the Stewart and Stevenson and United Engines distribution locations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Any one position may not include all of the listed duties, nor do all of the listed examples include all tasks which may be found in positions within this classification.

• Responsible for setting both short and long term strategy for parts departments across the distribution companies
• Drives a customer service focused culture and looks to continually improve processes to support that goal
• Identifies, develops, and implements best practices for parts departments across the branches to deliver a cohesive, efficient operation
• Refines KPIs to measure department success and works with individual locations to drive performance
• Develops an employee training path for parts department employees to develop and retain talent
• Represents the parts departments in cross functional growth initiatives through partnership with other departments such as sales, purchasing, pricing, and service.
• Works in partnership with demand planning team to find creative opportunities to reduce slow moving inventory
• Manages all forms of freight recovery to ensure costs are passed along and operating as an additional profit opportunity
• Establish and maintain parts department bonus program that aligns incentives with department growth initiatives
• Develop and maintain relationships with current and future OEMs to ensure partnerships yield long term success for both parties
• Ensures proper inventory control processes are in place and being performed correctly
• Responsible for compliance with internal and external audit procedures within the parts operations
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelors degree in relevant business field
• Minimum 5-8 years of parts distribution experience in positions of increasing responsibility
• Must be willing to travel to multiple locations across the territory to meet business needs, up to 50% of the time
• Ability to lead multiple optimization projects without direct supervision
• Must be able to connect with parts representatives and be able to convert their needs to actionable initiatives
• Required to follow all company and departmental procedures