Warehouse Manager - Aztec, NM

VetJobs • Aztec, NM

12d • $93,500 - $156,450 • Onsite

About The Position

PepsiCo Supply Chain is hiring a Warehouse Manager to oversee warehouse operations in Aztec and Montrose, New Mexico. The role is scheduled for first shift, with flexibility to work nights and weekends as needed. The manager is responsible for maintaining a safe and healthy work environment, meeting product quality and customer service standards, ensuring smooth product delivery for Sales, and achieving operational and financial objectives. The position builds and motivates a team of front-line hourly and salaried employees, leads change, and collaborates across functions to resolve operational issues. It also develops warehouse systems and processes for product handling, storage, receiving, equipment utilization, inventory management, gate operations, and shipping, and leads continuous-improvement efforts. The role includes regular presence on the warehouse floor, occasional lifting of up to 40 pounds, occasional operation of forklifts and manufacturing equipment, possible off-shift and weekend work, and travel of less than 5%.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, preferably in engineering, business, operations management, or a similar field; equivalent experience is also accepted.
• Five years of operations, logistics, or supply chain experience preferred.
• Two or more years of supervisory experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of inventory management systems.
• Demonstrated continuous-improvement experience, such as Lean Six Sigma certification, TPM, or lean manufacturing, evidenced by successful completion of a major improvement project.
• 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.

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 and achieve operational objectives.
• Review and prepare action plans to meet productivity, quality, and customer service standards.
• Meet financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing the 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 resolve day-to-day operational issues and achieve short- and long-term performance goals.
• Lead change effectively while driving business changes and minimizing impacts on people.
• Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally to help the team resolve operational issues.
• Develop warehouse operations systems by determining product handling and storage requirements.
• Develop processes for receiving product, equipment utilization, inventory management, gate check-in/check-out, and shipping.
• Lead continuous-improvement projects and analyze process 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, subject to elections and eligibility.
• Disability coverage.
• Health and dependent care reimbursement accounts.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• 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