Logistics Manager

Emmi Roth USA•Stoughton, WI

4d•Onsite

About The Position

At Emmi Roth, we’re passionate about creating exceptional cheeses. As a leader in the specialty cheese industry, we blend traditional craftsmanship with innovation. Our commitment to local sourcing and quality makes us a trusted brand in the food industry. Joining Emmi Roth means becoming part of a team that values creativity, collaboration, and a shared dedication to excellence. You’ll have the opportunity to work with some of the finest cheeses in the world while contributing to a company that prides itself on both heritage and progress. If you're passionate about food, craftsmanship, and making an impact, we’d love for you to be a part of our journey!

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations Management, Business, or related field required; equivalent experience may be considered.
8-10+ years of progressive logistics, warehousing, distribution, transportation, or supply chain experience, preferably in food, dairy, refrigerated, frozen, or temperature-controlled operations.
5+ years of people leadership experience, including supervisors, leads, hourly teams, multiple shifts, performance management, training, scheduling, and labor planning.
Experience coordinating shipment execution, carrier communication, appointments, claims support, on-time delivery follow-up, and service recovery.
Strong knowledge of food safety, cold-chain handling, sanitary transportation, traceability, holds, trailer inspection, seal control, temperature compliance, audits, and quality systems.
Experience with ERP, WMS, inventory control, dashboards, Microsoft Office, and data analysis.
Proven ability to lead in a fast-paced, high-volume refrigerated distribution environment with competing priorities and cross-functional dependencies.
Strong financial acumen with experience supporting budgets, labor productivity, equipment costs, and improvement savings.
Excellent communication, coaching, conflict resolution, influencing, and change management skills.
Experience with continuous improvement methods such as root-cause analysis, standard work, Lean, Six Sigma, 5S, visual management, process mapping, or structured problem solving.
Ability to work on-site at the Stoughton facility daily and maintain visibility across all three shifts, including occasional evenings, nights, weekends, holidays, or adjusted hours.

Nice To Haves

DOT compliance and fleet management experience preferred.
Preferred certifications include APICS/ASCM, Lean Six Sigma, HACCP, PCQI, food safety, forklift/train-the-trainer, DOT transportation, or related logistics and quality certifications.

Responsibilities

Maintain safety as the top operational priority by reinforcing safe work practices, compliance, risk awareness, and accountability.
Provide leadership, coaching, and performance management for supervisors, leads, warehouse team members, and logistics support roles across three shifts.
Oversee staffing, routines, and processes for receiving, replenishment, picking, staging, loading, shipping, returns, rework support, and material movement.
Ensure Warehouse processes support daily Production needs through material availability, staging flow, communication, escalation, and follow-through.
Oversee warehouse and material handling processes to protect product integrity, temperature control, food safety, quality, traceability, and compliance.
Oversee shipment coordination, including appointments, load readiness, pickup and delivery follow-up, escalation, claims support, service recovery, and documentation.
Monitor KPIs for safety, food safety, temperature compliance, inventory accuracy, service, labor productivity, trailer utilization, claims, damages, and customer complaints.
Govern inventory control, including cycle counts, lot control, FEFO rotation, holds, damages, losses, adjustments, and root-cause corrective actions.
Partner with Quality and Food Safety to maintain audit readiness, sanitary transportation processes, traceability, trailer inspections, seal control, cold-chain monitoring, and corrective actions.
Oversee operating routines that align shifts on priorities, staffing, service risks, inventory issues, equipment needs, safety concerns, improvement actions, and handoffs.
Manage staffing, labor standards, overtime control, scheduling, training, attendance, performance coaching, succession planning, engagement, and operating budget support.
Lead continuous improvement using data, root-cause analysis, standard work, process mapping, and scenario planning to improve safety, service, quality, cost control, and capacity readiness.
Ensure effective use of ERP, WMS, reporting tools, temperature monitoring, and related technologies to improve visibility, traceability, and decision-making.
Facilitate issue resolution with Operations, Planning, Procurement, Customer Service, Sales, Finance, Maintenance, Quality, and Food Safety.
Reinforce a culture of safety, food safety, accountability, urgency, respect, continuous improvement, and ownership.