What are the responsibilities and job description for the Warehouse Manager position at External Job Board?
- Manage warehouse operations, communicate with procurement teams, maintain facilities and equipment, enforce safety and housekeeping protocols, and optimize logistics processes for efficient product movement and customer satisfaction.
- Lead and develop warehouse team to deliver unparalleled customer service.
- Develop and enforce policies to ensure efficient, effective, and safe distribution center operations.
- Implement food safety and quality assurance procedures, provide guidance to mitigate risks, and enforce tier compliance for safety and quality events.
- Analyze operational data and trends, manage change, develop productivity tools, and serve as a process auditor.
- Manage warehouse budgets, identify cost-saving opportunities, and implement strategies to reduce expenses. Own the full value stream, from receiving to shipping.
- Understand business operations, customer needs, and the products in the warehouse.
- Support inventory planning, coordinate dispatch and drivers, monitor route capacity and opportunities for growth.
- Forecast costs, demand, and supply to assist in pricing strategy and promotions.
- Ensure that the trucks are up to date for maintenance and ready to deploy, daily.
- Monitor Company driver’s performance and ensure all are trained and meet DOT standards.
- Ensure all staff know that they should report any food safety concerns to management.
The above list of responsibilities is not inclusive and can/ will be changed/ amended as needed to present our customers and consumers with the highest quality, safety, and secure products from Biery Cheese
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in logistics, supply chain management, or a related field.
- 5 years of experience in warehouse operations, with at least 3 years in a supervisory or managerial role.
- Knowledge of food safety and quality assurance regulations, as well as inventory planning and supply chain management principles.
- Experience in financial management, including budgeting and implementing cost-saving strategies.
- Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
Commitment to Food Safety:
Biery Cheese will continuously train our team members in food safety, food quality and maintaining regulatory requirements. Biery Cheese team members will be encouraged to improve their work process to produce/ packaged at the highest quality under the guides of food safety and quality.
Our team members are to conduct themselves appropriately while at Biery Cheese and manage the production area in a safe manner to avoid injury to themselves or co-workers.
Work Environment:
The work environment involves moderate risks or discomforts which may require special safety precautions working around moving machines in production facilities, protective clothing or gear such as goggles, gloves and shoes may be required. May be able to work in a cold environment.
Physical Demands:
- Ability to stand, walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl.
- Ability to use hands/arms to reach, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls.
- Ability to work in multiple areas of the plant and may be exposed to wet and humid conditions.
- Ability to lift up to 50lbs.
- Ability to use distant and peripheral vision, with the ability to identify and distinguish colors, and adjust focus.
- May work near moving mechanical parts, high and/or confining places.