Warehouse Supervisor

About This Role

This full-time role involves overseeing the storage and shipping of finished goods, ensuring product quality and inventory accuracy. The supervisor directs cold storage activities and, as a member of the leadership team, ensures compliance with safety audits, quality standards, and process improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Administer supervisor responsibilities in accordance with organizational policies and applicable laws
• Train employees, plan, assign, and direct work; appraise performance; reward and discipline employees; address complaints and resolve problems
• Responsible for overall operation, planning, and coordination of product storage
• Confer with department head to ensure coordination of warehouse activities with other functions such as production, sales, records control, and purchasing
• Work cohesively with all plant management and staff
• Assist in developing, recommending, and maintaining the budget for warehouse and shipping activities
• Analyze records and recommend remedial actions for reported non-usable, slow-moving, and excess inventory
• Direct salvage of damaged or used material
• Schedule cycle counting and backflush item reviews
• Establish operational procedures for area activities such as verification of incoming and outgoing shipments, handling and disposition of materials, and warehouse inventory optimization
• Keep area clean and orderly in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s)
• Inspect physical condition of warehouse and equipment
• Prepare work orders for repairs and requisitions for replacement of equipment
• Participate in continuous improvement process
• Participate in planning employee safety and plant protection activities
• Understand and adhere to the concepts and techniques of the quality process to ensure quality operation
• Ensure overall administrative responsibilities are fulfilled
• Is consistently at work and on time; ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent

Requirements

• 3 years of warehouse responsibility, preferably in a food processing operations environment
• Experience with SAP and Colos
• Bachelor’s degree with progressive experience in distribution and/or operations
• Strong leadership, reasoning, and judgment will be required to facilitate proper planning and implementation

Benefits

• Annual bonus potential
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance day one of employment
• 401k with up to 6% company match
• PTO and company holidays
• Fertility treatment assistance, maternity and paternity leave