Warehouse Manager

Ring Container Technologies • Fort Worth, TX

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About The Position

The Warehouse Manager supports the Operations team and is responsible for the safe, efficient management of warehouse operations, inventory, and the movement of raw materials and finished goods. The role helps maintain food safety, food defense, quality, traceability, and compliance with applicable government requirements and SQFI or BRC standards. The manager also coordinates with production, quality, safety, vendors, and customers to support operations and timely customer deliveries.

The position oversees warehouse equipment and personnel, receiving and shipping activities, inventory accuracy, ERP transactions, housekeeping, trailer inspections, FIFO practices, and reporting. It may also require performing basic office functions and covering duties of the Office Manager, Production Manager, or a supervisor as needed.

Requirements

• Strong people skills, leadership qualities, and managerial abilities.
• Sense of urgency, accountability, business ethics, professionalism, self-motivation, and a desire and focus to improve the business.
• Ability to read, write, and understand English.
• Well trained in computer software such as an ERP, a CMMS, and MS Office.
• Required certifications: Operator D Certified, OSHA-certified forklift license, and OSHA-certified forklift training license.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in business operations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain safe operation and condition of warehouse equipment, including forklifts, balers, and dock equipment; coordinate forklift training and certification with the Safety Leader.
• Maintain safe storage heights and organized rows for finished products and raw materials; ensure certified drivers follow safe trailer loading and unloading procedures.
• Support the development, implementation, maintenance, and improvement of food safety, food defense, and quality systems and compliance with applicable regulations and SQFI or BRC standards.
• Ensure housekeeping is completed and documented according to the Master Cleaning Schedule.
• Maintain the quality and food safety of incoming materials, storage conditions, and delivery of finished goods.
• Ensure warehouse personnel perform trailer inspections; support nonconforming material controls, including proper labeling, segregation, and disposition of held goods.
• Support traceability and FIFO for incoming materials, work in progress, and finished goods, including shipped products.
• Maintain a clean resin unloading area and ensure resin spills are cleaned promptly; ensure damaged units are repaired promptly.
• Maintain raw material inventory; manage purchasing, receiving, and inventory transactions in the ERP system; maintain receiving logs and dock times.
• Coordinate purchasing with raw material vendors and coordinate receipt and unloading of raw materials, including railcar or bulk resin unloading according to FIFO and food safety procedures.
• Receive customer orders and manage sales order, picking list, and bill of lading transactions in the ERP system.
• Maintain shipping logs and dock times; coordinate loading of finished goods to meet on-time customer delivery; inspect outgoing trailers, document inspections, and ensure trailers are clean before loading.
• Maintain finished goods inventory and ensure FIFO procedures are followed for customer deliveries.
• Coordinate the production schedule with the Production Manager to meet customer orders and minimum finished goods inventory levels; manage production transactions in the ERP system.
• Provide ERP training to qualified forklift personnel.
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly management summary reports as requested; provide morning inventory reports and perform monthly physical inventory.
• Track inventory daily to verify raw material and finished goods quantities against the ERP system.
• Initiate sale of scrap material as authorized by the Plant Manager and coordinate use of usable material with the Production Manager and production personnel.
• Coordinate with the Quality Manager to ensure held items receive timely dispositions.
• Answer telephones, greet visitors professionally, direct or screen calls, and take and relay accurate messages.
• Perform basic office functions, including documentation, faxing, scanning, and laminating, and may perform Office Manager, Production Manager, or supervisor duties as needed.

What This Job Offers

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