Warehouse Manager Perishables

Job Summary

Manage daily warehouse functions including staffing, material handling, safety, compliance, documentation, and reporting. This includes but is not limited to the areas of shipping, receiving, and inventory control.

• Ensure supervisors are training, evaluating, and monitoring new hires to determine satisfactory completion of the probationary period and monitoring existing team member performance and SOP compliance expectations are met to minimize damage and follow proper trailer loading and unloading procedures.
• Assist with budget development and operate within budget while identifying opportunities for cost control.
• Ensure tasks are completed neatly, completely, accurately, and timely.
• Create an environment of accountability and engagement for individual and team performance through analyzing and communicating metrics and identifying opportunities for improvement and solutions.
• Audit and analyze all warehouse data, reports, and paperwork pertaining to staffing, receiving, shipping, inventory, production, attendance, temperature readings, and to ensure delivery schedules were met.
• Strategically analyze shifts to ensure schedules and deadlines are met.
• Develop a deep understanding of the organization’s business, industry, products, and processes, short and long-term objectives.
• Champion strategic initiatives, implement best practices, and monitor the fair and equitable application of policies, procedures, and practices.
• Recommend and support recognition programs, announcements, and awards for outstanding performance; provide timely recognition and communication of team members achievements.
• Monitor systems and department functions to ensure accuracy, efficiency, compliance, profitability, proper material handling, and minimal damage.
• Analyze systems, KPIs, and safety to ensure accuracy, efficiency, compliance, proper material handling, profitability with minimal damage and bring matters of concern to the General Manager.
• Implement industry “best practices” for receiving procedures and practices in coordination with other Operations areas.
• Actively engage and motivate team members through daily visibility in the warehouse, frequently attending shift meetings and working as a warehouse team member several times a month to maintain operational skill sets.
• Promote a safe workplace where individuals feel required to have a sense of duty for their safety and the safety of fellow team members; to include safe operation of equipment, reporting maintenance needs or unsafe conditions, following GMP and SQF standards and maintaining a neat and clean work environment free of hazards.
• Audit emergency contact list for both team members and building conditions are up to date.
• Understand the emergency procedures, ensure they are accessible and participate in update reviews.
• Help control the OSHA Incident Rate (OIR) and Lost Time Incident Rate (LTIR) by monitoring sanitation, safe working conditions, ensuring safety policies are followed, holding pre‑shift meetings and proper usage of material handling equipment.
• Monitor/audit daily for GMP, COOL procedures (Country of Origin Labeling), HAACP and other food safety guidelines.
• Check computerized time/attendance on a daily basis to verify team members have the proper time clock punches in the system.
• Ensure all team member forms for Time Adjustment, PTO requests, etc. are coordinated for staffing purposes and turned into HR timely for processing in the correct pay period.
• Other duties as assigned.

High school diploma or GED. College coursework, continuing technical education or comparable business experience preferred.
• Warehouse experience preferred.
• Experience operating Material Handling Equipment preferred.
• Certifications in LEAN, Six Sigma, ISO 9001, etc. a plus.
• Supervisory experience in a manufacturing/operations/warehouse environment required.

• Ability to apply strong math skills that result in identification of opportunities and justify action plan recommendations.
• Possess strong people skills and the ability to provide clear and constructive feedback, coaching, and counseling.
• Ability to inspire,…