Warehouse Manager
About The Position
The Warehouse Manager is responsible for the overall management, performance, and continuous improvement of warehouse operations across both the main production warehouse and off-site frozen storage facility. This position partners closely with Production, Scheduling, Transportation, Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Purchasing, Customer Service, and Human Resources to ensure operational goals, customer requirements, and company objectives are achieved. This role is responsible for developing leaders, improving warehouse performance, maintaining inventory accuracy, and ensuring compliance with all food safety, quality, and regulatory requirements.
Requirements
- Five or more years of progressive warehouse leadership experience in manufacturing, food production, distribution, or cold storage.
- Experience with inventory management, shipping and receiving, warehouse operations, and logistics.
- Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office and experience with ERP and warehouse management systems.
- Ability to work flexible hours as business needs require.
Nice To Haves
- Associate or bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business, Logistics, or a related field is preferred. Equivalent combinations of education and relevant experience will be considered.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop warehouse supervisors, leads, drivers, and warehouse personnel to achieve departmental safety, quality, service, and productivity goals.
- Establish clear performance expectations and hold supervisors and team members accountable for safety, quality, productivity, attendance, and performance standards.
- Oversee daily operations of the production warehouse and frozen storage facility, including shipping, receiving, inventory control, storage, material movement, and product rotation.
- Ensure customer orders are fulfilled accurately and shipped on time while maintaining inventory integrity.
- Coordinate staffing, workflow, inventory movement, and warehouse priorities across both warehouse locations while partnering with Production, Scheduling, Transportation, Purchasing, and Customer Service to support operational demands.
- Monitor labor utilization, departmental KPIs, inventory accuracy, workflow, and operational performance metrics to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and cost reduction.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives that improve safety, quality, productivity, and cost performance.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, food safety standards, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), HACCP, SQF, USDA, FDA, OSHA, DOT, and all applicable regulatory requirements.
- Maintain warehouse organization, sanitation, housekeeping, and equipment standards.
- Partner with the Maintenance Department to ensure warehouse equipment, forklifts, docks, racks, and material handling equipment are maintained and repaired promptly.
- Support inventory cycle counts, audits, investigations, and corrective actions to maintain inventory accuracy.
- Participate in safety programs, audits, investigations, and corrective action initiatives.
- Prepare reports, monitor departmental KPIs, and communicate operational performance to plant leadership.
- Develop, manage, and monitor departmental budgets, capital requests, and operational improvement initiatives.
- Partner with Human Resources on recruiting, onboarding, employee development, performance management, investigations, corrective action, and succession planning.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
Associate degree
