Warehouse Manager - Montrose, CO

VetJobs • Montrose, CO

7d • $93,500 - $156,450 • Onsite

About The Position

PepsiCo Supply Chain is hiring a Warehouse Manager to oversee warehouses in Aztec and Montrose, New Mexico. The role is responsible for safe, efficient warehouse operations, maintaining finished-product quality, and ensuring smooth product delivery for the Sales organization. The manager contributes operational information and recommendations to strategic plans, prepares action plans, and ensures productivity, quality, customer service, and financial objectives are met.

The position leads front-line hourly and salaried personnel through hiring, training, employee relations, communication, coaching, and development. It also drives change, collaborates across functions, and develops systems and processes for product handling and storage, receiving, equipment utilization, inventory management, gate processes, and shipping. The manager leads assigned continuous-improvement projects and addresses receiving and shipping complaints to resolve their causes and prevent recurrence.

This is a first-shift role with flexibility for nights and weekends as needed. The manager will regularly be present on the warehouse floor, may occasionally lift up to 40 pounds, and may occasionally operate forklifts and manufacturing equipment. Off-shift or weekend work and travel of less than 5% may be required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, preferably in engineering, business, operations management, or a similar field; equivalent experience is also accepted.
• Continuous-improvement experience, demonstrated through successful completion of a major improvement project; examples include Lean Six Sigma certification, TPM, or lean manufacturing.
• Five years of operations, logistics, or supply chain experience preferred.
• Two or more years of supervisory experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of inventory management systems.
• Ability to lead a team-based approach to decision-making and work in a results-oriented, challenging environment.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to achieve results through mentoring others.
• Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team-building skills.
• Indefinite right to work in the United States.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Regular presence on the warehouse floor and ability to occasionally lift up to 40 pounds.
• Ability to work off-shift and weekends and travel less than 5% as required.

Nice To Haves

• Forklift certification.
• Safe driving record.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, operations management, or a similar field.
• Five years of operations, logistics, or supply chain experience.
• Two or more years of supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe and healthy work environment by establishing, following, and enforcing standards and procedures in alignment with legal regulations.
• Maintain finished-product quality standards and ensure smooth product delivery for the Sales organization.
• Contribute warehouse operations information and recommendations to strategic plans.
• Review and prepare action plans to ensure productivity, quality, and customer service standards are met.
• Meet financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions.
• Build people capability through employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly and salaried personnel.
• Develop and motivate the team to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance goals.
• Lead business changes while minimizing their impact on employees.
• Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally to help solve operational issues.
• Develop warehouse operations systems by determining product handling and storage requirements.
• Develop processes for receiving, equipment utilization, inventory management, gate check-in/check-out, and shipping.
• Lead assigned continuous-improvement projects and analyze workflow, staffing and space requirements, and equipment layout to improve warehouse operations systems.
• Troubleshoot receiving and shipping complaints, identify causes, help resolve issues, and prevent recurrence.

Benefits

• Annual performance bonus with an eligibility target payout of 12% of annual salary.
• Paid time off, subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick leave, and bereavement leave.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Disability coverage.
• Health and dependent care reimbursement accounts.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Accident, group legal, and life insurance.
• Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed