Warehouse Lead - Night Shift

Overview

Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online at  and in retail at more than 2,100 Kroger grocery stores, Home Chef is committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple, delicious meals, no matter how busy they are.

In 2023, Home Chef introduced a new brand, Tempo. Tempo features a rotating selection of ready-to-heat meals delivered directly to your door. These meals are better-for-you versions of familiar favorites, designed to save you time and reduce stress while maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Our Tempo menu includes options that are protein-packed, fiber-rich, calorie and carb conscious, keto-friendly, and dietitian-approved.

Similar to our recipes, we recognize that variety is the spice of life, and therefore, our employees also bring their uniqueness and color to our fantastic team. We are eager to work with humble team players and pragmatic next-level thinkers to innovate on Home Chef's offerings.

This role follows a Night shift schedule, working from 6:00 PM to 4:30 AM, with designated days off on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

The Warehouse Lead is responsible for obtaining a daily task list, organizing associates to execute tasks, and managing progress against the assigned tasks throughout the shift. The Warehouse Lead is responsible for hands-on training all associates on standard procedures and ensuring work is completed in a safe, proper and timely manner.

• Receiving
  • Leads and coordinates activities of workers assigned to receiving dock.
  • Oversees receiving activities to ensure accuracy, integrity of product and dock maintenance are all kept up to company standards.
  • Inspects P.I.T. for defects and notifies maintenance personnel and warehouse supervisor / manager.
  • Responsible for training and helping the team to effectively use Netsuite and WMS systems.
  • Ensures all Receiving processes are completed in accordance to SOPs and communicates any variances or issues.
  • Monitors the unloading of all materials into the receiving department; ensures materials are staged for counting and inspection; ensures receiving reports accurately depict material received.
  • Lead personnel as assigned for the purpose of maximizing the efficiency of the workforce and meeting shift requirements.
  • Maintain various records, schedules, receiving spreadsheets, loading spreadsheets and inventory spreadsheets for documenting and providing reliable information.
• Issuing Product to Production
  • Uses Warehouse Drop List to delegate tasks among warehouse associates.
  • Ensures product is placed in the correct quantity and location on the floor.
  • Upholds standard procedures for staging product in coolers and freezers when applicable.
  • Trains all team members to read boxing call-out sheet and distinguish which meats are being utilized for shipping week.
  • Makes sure the team is making progress against the daily task list.
  • Escalates issues to supervisor or manager when progress is slower than expected or at risk of halting production.
  • Works with team to complete end-of-shift clean up duties, ensuring all product that needs to be removed from the floor is put back in the correct freezer, cooler, or ambient location.
• Shipping
  • Leads and coordinates activities of workers assigned to outbound shipping.
  • Ensures cases shipped are verified against pertinent documentation (pallet shipping sheet/load diagram).
  • Follows proper procedures for tagging, storage, and loading of outbound pallets.
  • Trains team members on standard procedures for tagging, storage, and loading of outbound pallets.
• Non-food Inventory
  • Provides accurate, current inventory data for purchasing decisions. Leads and coordinates the taking of weekly and monthly physical inventories.
  • Investigates, identifies and reconciles cycle count discrepancies (shortages and overages).
  • Provides recommendations on ways to optimize inventory control procedures.
  • Responsible for product quality and quantity immediately after receiving processes have been completed.
• Leading Warehouse Personnel
  • Fosters a teamwork environment.
  • Communicates job expectations in a respectful manner.
  • Lives the Home Chef Values of Customer First and Best-in-Class team.
  • Adheres to safety-related procedures and works with associates to create a "safety first" work environment.
  • Trains warehouse associates on standard procedures.
  • Trains warehouse associates on safe operation of P.I.T.
  • Checks P.I.T. operators pre-shift checklists.
  • Follows up with team to check progress against daily task list.
  • Ensures each activity overseen is completed to standard.
  • Provides on-the-floor constructive feedback to warehouse associates; positive reinforcement when they are executing flawlessly to or above standard as if no one is watching.
• General Responsibilities
  • Follow facility GMPs and help enforce them throughout the facility.
  • Support the efforts of the company to maintain our food safety system (SQF) and quality programs.

The requirements listed below are representative…