Warehouse Manager - Gallup, NM
About The Position
PepsiCo Supply Chain is seeking 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 warehouse operations information and recommendations to strategic plans, prepares action plans, and ensures productivity, quality, customer service, and financial objectives are met. The position develops and motivates front-line hourly and salaried personnel through employee relations, hiring, training, communication, coaching, and change leadership. It also develops warehouse 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 analyzes workflows, staffing, space requirements, and equipment layouts. The role includes a regular presence on the warehouse floor, occasional lifting of up to 40 pounds, and occasional operation of forklifts and manufacturing equipment. Travel may be required for less than 5%.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree preferred, preferably in engineering, business, operations management, or a similar field, or equivalent experience.
- Continuous-improvement experience, such as Lean Six Sigma certification, TPM, or lean manufacturing, demonstrated through successful completion of a major improvement project.
- 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, including the 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.
- Safe driving record strongly preferred.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably 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.
- Forklift certification.
- Safe driving record.
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 and ensure smooth product delivery for the Sales organization.
- Contribute warehouse operations information and recommendations to strategic plans.
- Review and prepare action plans to meet productivity, quality, and customer service standards.
- Meet financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions.
- Build people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly and salaried personnel.
- Develop and motivate the team to solve daily operational issues and achieve short- and long-term performance goals.
- Lead change effectively while driving business changes and minimizing impact on people.
- Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally to help the team solve 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.
- Lead assigned continuous-improvement projects and analyze process workflows, staffing, space requirements, and equipment layouts to improve warehouse operations.
- Troubleshoot receiving and shipping complaints, identify causes, 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, and bereavement leave.
- Medical, dental, vision, and disability coverage, subject to elections and eligibility.
- Health and dependent care reimbursement accounts.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Accident, group legal, and life insurance, subject to elections and eligibility.
- Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
