Warehouse Manager

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.

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.