Warehouse Leader

PepsiCo • Cherryville, NC

3d • Onsite

About The Position

We are PepsiCo Supply Chain. We are the game changers, innovators, collaborators and history makers. We're a large group, spread across 200 countries and territories, and united by a shared set of values and goals. You know our name through our amazing portfolio, including Gatorade, Pepsi, Frito-Lay, and Quaker. We perform with a purpose. We dream globally and act locally, constantly innovating to sustain our planet, our people, our communities and our business practices. We are a think tank, bringing our ideas into action and are determined to find ways to drive efficiencies, improve processes and achieve the highest level of safety… all while meeting the demands of our customers and consumers to deliver the best products. At PepsiCo, we are committed to performing well as individuals and in teams, and to strengthen the company as a whole. Are you hungry to be a part of the world’s largest portfolio of billion-dollar food and beverage brands? Then now is the time to explore the opportunities of PepsiCo: what makes you unique makes us better. As a Warehouse Site Leader, you will contribute to the success of PepsiCo by training warehouse associates, with a focus on cost efficiency, continuous improvement on processes, service, and safety for the entire business unit across all shifts. The Warehouse Site Leader will manage front line staff and to help fill in with other leadership staffing. This is an onsite role requiring a regular presence within the warehouse and plant environment to support day-to-day operations, frontline leadership, and cross-functional execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; preferred fields include Engineering, Business, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Logistics, or related discipline.
• Minimum of 3+ years of warehouse, distribution, or logistics experience required.
• Minimum of 3+ years of direct supervisory experience leading front-line hourly employees required.
• Minimum of 2+ years of experience in an onsite warehouse, manufacturing, or distribution center environment required.
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel proficiency required (reporting, spreadsheets, pivot tables, lookups).
• Availability to work off-shifts, weekends, and occasional travel as business needs require.
• Ability to lift up to 40 lbs.
• Valid driver’s license required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supervising teams of 15+ employees preferred.
• Experience using SAP (SAP ERP, SAP WM, SAP EWM, or related systems) in warehouse or logistics operations strongly preferred.
• Experience using Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage the training of all warehouse personnel to include onboarding new team members
• Work with location leadership to improve processes and help reinforce processes
• Develop and motivate your team to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance goals
• Execute Lighthouse responsibilities
• Deliver effective change leadership while driving business changes and minimizing people impact
• Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally
• Build people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly personnel
• Coaching and issuing discipline
• Maintain all housekeeping and safety standards and training
• Identify and execute productivity opportunities to help facility meet annual operating plan
• You will have a regular presence on the plant floor and occasionally lift up to 40 lbs
• This role may operate forklift and manufacturing equipment occasionally
• This may require off-shift and weekend work with some travel

Benefits

• Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 10% of annual salary paid out annually.
• Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level