Warehouse Manager - Gallup, NM

Military Spouse Corporate Career Network • Gallup, NM

1d • Onsite

About The Position

PepsiCo is seeking a Warehouse Manager to oversee warehouse operations in Aztec and Montrose, New Mexico. The role focuses on maintaining a safe and healthy work environment, meeting product quality and customer-service standards, and ensuring smooth product delivery for the Sales organization. The manager contributes warehouse operations information and recommendations to strategic plans and meets financial objectives through forecasting, budgeting, expenditure scheduling, variance analysis, and corrective actions.

The position builds team capability through employee relations, hiring, training, and communication with front-line hourly and salaried personnel. It develops and motivates the team, leads change while minimizing its impact on people, and collaborates across functions to resolve operational issues. The manager also develops warehouse systems and processes for product handling and storage, receiving, equipment utilization, inventory management, gate processes, and shipping, and leads or implements continuous-improvement projects.

This is a first-shift role with flexibility for nights and weekends if needed. The manager will regularly be on the warehouse floor, may occasionally lift up to 40 pounds and operate forklifts and manufacturing equipment, may work off-shift and weekends, and may travel less than 5%. The expected compensation range is $93,500–$156,450, with a performance-based bonus target of 12% of annual salary. PepsiCo also offers paid time off subject to eligibility and a comprehensive benefits package subject to elections and eligibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, preferably in engineering, business, operations management, or a similar field; equivalent experience is also acceptable.
• Continuous-improvement experience, demonstrated by 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.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a results-oriented, challenging environment.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to get results through mentoring others.
• Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team-building skills.
• Must have an indefinite right to work in the United States.
• Must have a valid driver’s license.
• The role may require occasionally lifting up to 40 pounds and operating a forklift and manufacturing equipment.
• The role may require off-shift and weekend work and travel of less than 5%.

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 aligned with legal regulations.
• Maintain finished-product quality standards.
• Ensure smooth product delivery for the Sales organization.
• Contribute warehouse operations information and recommendations to strategic plans to achieve operational objectives.
• Review and prepare action plans and ensure productivity, quality, and customer-service standards are met.
• Meet financial objectives through 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 resolve operational issues.
• Develop warehouse operations systems by determining product handling and storage requirements.
• Develop processes for receiving product, equipment utilization, inventory management, gate processes, and shipping.
• Improve warehouse operations systems by leading assigned continuous-improvement projects and analyzing workflow, staffing, space requirements, and equipment layout.
• Troubleshoot receiving and shipping complaints, identify causes, help resolve issues, and prevent recurrence.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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