Warehouse manager

Description

What are we looking for? A hands-on warehouse leader with 5+ years of progressive warehouse, manufacturing logistics, or material-handling experience and 3+ years of direct warehouse leadership or management experience. Experience managing receiving, storage, production staging, picking, loading, and shipping across ingredients/raw materials, packaging, and finished goods. Strong FEFO/FIFO, lot control, expiration-date management, traceability, ERP/WMS, Excel, and KPI skills. Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred, or equivalent relevant experience. Food manufacturing, cold-storage/3PL experience, ERP/WMS implementation, food safety knowledge, and forklift experience are preferred.

Key Responsibilities and Essential Functions

Warehouse Operations

Own the daily execution of receiving, put-away, storage, production staging, replenishment, picking, shipment staging, loading, and internal material movements. Set daily priorities, assign resources, and ensure appropriate staffing and shift coverage to support Production, receiving, and shipping requirements. Hold Warehouse Supervisors and Material Handlers accountable for safe, accurate, and timely execution. Ensure strong warehouse organization, location discipline, and space utilization. Maintain high housekeeping standards across warehouses, dock, staging, refrigerated/frozen, and material-handling areas. Monitor warehouse performance and address labor needs, operational constraints, and process gaps affecting productivity or service.

Inventory Handling and Material Discipline

Own warehouse execution of FEFO/FIFO, correct lot selection, inventory status, traceability, and location discipline. Ensure Warehouse Supervisors and Material Handlers select, move, stage, and load the correct SKU, lot, quantity, and inventory status. Hold the team accountable for picking accuracy and timely, accurate Sage/WMS transactions aligned with physical movements. Ensure ingredients and packaging are staged accurately and on time to Production, and unused or returned materials are properly identified and stored. Support Inventory Control with cycle counts and discrepancy investigations and ensure corrective actions are implemented when warehouse execution impacts inventory accuracy.

Shipping and Production Support

Ensure customer and transfer orders are picked, staged, verified, and loaded accurately and on time in coordination with the Logistics team. Ensure warehouse resources and dock readiness support shipment priorities and scheduled pickup windows. Ensure Production is supported with required materials without compromising traceability, inventory discipline, or warehouse standards. Coordinate proactively with Production, Logistics, Supply Planning, and Inventory Control on shortages, shipment risks, priorities, and material-flow constraints. Hold the warehouse team accountable for production-support and shipment-readiness performance.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or equivalent experience.

Experience:

5+ years of progressive warehouse, manufacturing logistics, or material-handling experience. 3+ years of direct warehouse leadership or management experience. Experience managing receiving, storage, production staging, picking, loading, and shipping operations with ingredients/raw materials, packaging materials, and finished goods. Experience in a fast-paced, high-volume, or Just-in-Time environment. Strong knowledge of FEFO/FIFO, lot-controlled inventory, expiration-date management, and traceability. Experience working with ERP and Warehouse Management System.

Skills:

Strong leadership and team-development skills. Strong organizational and prioritization skills. Strong problem-solving and root-cause-analysis capability. Strong ERP and warehouse-system capability. Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel. Ability to use warehouse KPIs and reporting to drive performance. Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills. Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced operating environment.