Warehouse Trainer

Posted Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 5:00 AM

At Flanagan Food service, we’re more than just the biggest family-owned food distributor in Canada; we’re a dynamic hub of innovation, creativity, and a shared passion for delivering exceptional service.

For nearly 50 years, we’ve been on an exciting journey of growth and transformation. The food service landscape is thrilling and challenging, and as we reshape our business, we’re on the hunt for imaginative minds, business strategists, and food lovers.

Warehouse Trainer in Kitchener!

If you’re highly motivated and are ready for an exciting career that will shape the future of the food service industry, we want to hear from you.

The warehouse trainer is responsible for onboarding all new hires and tracking their progress through the probationary period as well as conducting and delivering training to warehouse employees, and upgrading their skills. This individual will work with all shifts to support the needs of the operation.

• Wage Range: $24.90 - $27.45
• Competitive Compensation Package
• Profit Sharing Program, Pension and RRSP plans
• Paid Personal Days and your Birthday!
• Family-Oriented Culture
• Employee Recognition Programs

• Ensure all new employees are provided with equipment, tools, locker space and training documents during their onboarding;
• Ensure new employees are successfully oriented to the warehouse environment including conducting all activities on the new hire checklist;
• Help create and maintain employee training procedures;
• Guide employees, oversee that multi-customer pallets are built in sequence order to ensure the driver can locate all products for that delivers;
• Track all new employee training documents;
• Follow safe and efficient work procedures to meet customer requirements including maintaining a clean and safe environment
• Complete and keep up to date on all Health & Safety, Food Safety and Quality Assurance training pertinent to the role
• Responsible for reporting any and all concerns related to the Health & Safety, safe handling and integrity of all items received, stored and distributed by Flanagan Food service
• Adherence to all Health & Safety, Food Safety and WHMIS practices
• Communicate new employee’s progress to Supervisors, Human Resources and Operations Manager when required;
• Train existing employees on new or improved techniques, systems, equipment and warehouse machinery when required;
• Mentor, coach and re-train existing employees to help them better meet company standards;
• Assist with picking, loading, put away, replenishment
• Other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma;
• Previous experience with various functions with a warehouse environment, including but not limited to WHMIS, food safety, and proper lifting techniques.
• Ability to work safely and efficiently in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
• Experience operating warehouse equipment including end-rider, reach truck, lift-truck, and tow-motor.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills;
• Strong problem-solving abilities;
• Solid leadership skills, and a proven ability to encourage, coach, and motivate others in a positive manner.
• Fosters and build team relationships;
• Willingness to cooperate with management team and accept new priorities as workload changes;
• Proven experience training employees;
• Strong computer skills (especially with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook);
• Demonstrate knowledge of customer requirements, and/or new client set up, to meet customer expectations.
• Ability to lift 60lbs product continuously;
• Must have a flexible schedule and ability to work on all shifts when required.

All employees of Flanagan Food service must demonstrate adherence to all Health & Safety and Food Safety practices as well as all Company’s policies and procedures.

Flanagan Food service Inc. is not currently using Artificial Intelligence (AI) as part of our recruitment screening process.

Flanagan Food service Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and has an accommodation process in place to provide accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If you require a specific accommodation because of a disability or a medical need, please let us know by submitting your request to  so that arrangements can be made for the appropriate accommodations.