Warehouse Lead

Sapporo brewed the first beer of Japan in 1876. It’s now the number one selling Asian beer brand in the U.S. thanks to its best-selling Sapporo Premium. Sapporo acquired Stone Brewing in 2022 to brew all of Sapporo’s beer for the U.S. market. Stone Brewing, established in 1996, pioneered the West Coast Style IPA helping to fuel the modern craft beer revolution. Now one company, Sapporo-Stone Brewing is among the 15 largest breweries in the U.S. and operates production facilities in Escondido, CA and Richmond, VA plus seven Stone Brewing taproom and bistro locations. We’ve enjoyed a rich history following our passion and are in search of people who take great pride in building our legacy for the future. history following our passion and are in search of people who are equally passionate about pursuing their craft to join the team.

Summary

The Warehouse Lead is responsible for providing instructions to the Warehouse Team to receive, store, load and ensure beer and other materials are handled safely.

We are hiring for an opening on 3rd shift, which operates on a 4x10s work schedule (working 4 days per week on 10 hour shifts).

3rd Shift Hours: Monday - Thursday, 9:00pm - 7:30am

Responsibilities

• Performs inventories on packaging material and packaged beer as required.
• Handles, stores, and prepares to ship all beer products without damage to the offsite warehouse as well as unloading incoming ingredients and packaging materials.
• Verifies incoming brewery ingredients and outgoing beer for accuracy and specified beers and/or other warehouse supplies and material. Matches loads to purchase orders or bills of lading and fills out master receiving and shipping logs.
• Checks and verifies all incoming Microstar orders and submits the reports to Microstar on the daily and month cycles as required.
• Helps reconcile all inventory load discrepancies with packaging, brewing and the offsite warehouse.
• Facilitates communication between offsite warehouse and the brewery for both incoming and outgoing product.
• Maintains all warehouse equipment in good working order including maintenance and warranty work on all forklifts.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information to the Warehouse Supervisor and Production Coordinator.
• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Must be forklift certified.

Compensation, Benefits & Perks

• Pay Rate: $24.00/hr.
• Additional Pay: 2nd shift and 3rd shift are eligible for our Shift Differential Program
  • 2nd shift receives $1.25/hr.
  • 3rd shift receives $2.50/hr.
• Comprehensive Health Insurance, 401K, and Bonuses for Eligible Team Members
• Company beer perks program and discounts
• Paid Time Off – including Vacation accrual, Sick Leave, and 12 paid Holidays
• Benefit programs supporting Financial Wellness, Health & Wellness and Career Development

Sapporo-Stone Brewing is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against applicants or employees because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, citizenship status, various ability status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression of an otherwise qualified individual, or membership in any other class protected by applicable law. Sapporo-Stone Brewing hires and promotes individuals based on their qualifications for the job to be filled.

Sapporo-Stone Brewing seeks to build a culturally diverse staff where differences are valued and respected. Women, minorities, individuals with various abilities, veterans, LGBTQ and intersectional individuals are encouraged to apply.