Warehouse Supervisor

Role Overview

The Warehouse Supervisor leads the daily execution of receiving, storage, inventory movement, staging, and shipping activities that support Mana Nutrition's manufacturing operations. The role ensures warehouse work is completed safely, accurately, on time, and in compliance with food safety, quality, and inventory-control requirements.

This is a frontline leadership role. The Warehouse Supervisor is expected to be present where the work occurs, set clear priorities, coach employees, solve problems quickly, maintain strong shift-to-shift communication, and protect the accuracy and condition of every material and product handled by the team.

Core Responsibilities

1. Daily Warehouse Execution

• Direct daily receiving, put-away, storage, staging, material issue, replenishment, finished-goods movement, and shipping activities according to operational priorities.

• Assign work, balance labor and equipment, monitor progress, and adjust priorities to support production and shipping requirements.

• Coordinate closely with Production, Quality/Food Safety, Procurement, Planning, Maintenance, and other teams to prevent material-flow disruptions.

• Ensure loading docks, aisles, storage areas, staging locations, and work zones remain organized, accessible, and ready for safe operation.

• Lead effective shift startup, handoff, and end-of-shift communication so priorities, shortages, holds, and unresolved issues are clearly transferred.

2. Inventory Accuracy & Material Control

• Ensure inventory movements are transacted accurately and promptly in the applicable ERP/WMS or inventory system.

• Maintain location accuracy, lot traceability, material identification, status control, FIFO/FEFO practices as applicable, and proper segregation of materials.

• Execute cycle counts and physical inventory activities; investigate variances and correct root causes rather than relying only on adjustments.

• Verify received and shipped quantities, documentation, condition, and material status before completion of transactions.

• Escalate shortages, damaged materials, nonconforming product, transaction errors, and recurring inventory issues promptly.

3. Team Leadership, Safety & Performance

• Supervise, coach, train, and hold warehouse employees accountable for safety, food safety, accuracy, productivity, attendance, teamwork, and conduct.

• Ensure employees are trained and qualified for assigned tasks and material-handling equipment before working independently.

• Conduct daily safety and performance communication, reinforce standard work, and address unsafe or ineffective practices immediately.

• Monitor warehouse performance measures and use them to drive practical improvements in service, accuracy, productivity, damage, and housekeeping.

• Partner with the Procurement & Warehouse Manager and Human Resources on staffing, development, performance concerns, and employee relations as appropriate.

4. Equipment, Housekeeping & Continuous Improvement

• Ensure forklifts, pallet jacks, dock equipment, scanners, and other warehouse tools are inspected, used correctly, and reported for repair when needed.

• Maintain high standards for housekeeping, sanitation, pest prevention, spill response, and storage-area condition.

• Identify workflow, layout, storage, labeling, or system problems and recommend practical improvements.

• Support implementation of standard work, visual controls, warehouse projects, and corrective actions.

• Respond with urgency to operational problems while using sound judgment and escalating issues that require additional support.

5. Food Safety Responsibilities

• Follow and enforce all applicable food safety, GMP, sanitation, allergen-control, traceability, and warehouse material-handling requirements.

• Maintain proper identification, segregation, storage, rotation, and traceability of ingredients, packaging, finished goods, allergens, holds, and nonconforming materials.

• Ensure receiving, storage, staging, and shipping practices protect product and materials from contamination, damage, pests, foreign material, and other food safety risks.

• Verify warehouse employees follow hygiene, facility-access, trailer/container inspection, and material-status requirements applicable to their work.

• Promptly identify, report, contain, and help correct any condition that could affect food safety, product integrity, traceability, or sanitary conditions.

• Coordinate with Quality/Food Safety on inspections, releases, holds, traceability exercises, audit readiness, corrective actions, and required food safety training.

Work Environment & Expectations

• Based in Fitzgerald, Georgia.

• Works primarily in an active food-manufacturing warehouse, receiving, loading-dock, and production-support environment.

• Must comply with and enforce PPE, GMP, food safety, forklift/material-handling, and workplace safety requirements.

• Must be comfortable working around forklifts, trucks, loading docks, warehouse equipment, noise, temperature variation, and active operations.

• The role requires regular walking, standing, floor presence, and the ability to respond quickly to changing operational priorities.

• Schedule flexibility, including early, late, weekend, or overtime support, may be required based on production, shipping, inventory, and staffing needs.

Ideal Candidate Profile

We are looking for someone who:

• Has experience in warehouse, distribution, inventory control, logistics, or manufacturing operations; food or other regulated manufacturing experience is preferred.

• Has prior lead or supervisory experience with frontline employees, or demonstrates strong readiness to lead people and daily execution.

• Understands receiving, shipping, inventory transactions, lot/location control, material handling, and warehouse housekeeping.

• Can learn and use ERP/WMS systems, scanners, inventory reports, and basic performance data accurately.

• Communicates clearly, gives practical direction, follows up on commitments, and handles employee issues with consistency and respect.

• Has a strong safety mindset and understands that food safety, traceability, and inventory accuracy are non-negotiable.

• Is organized, dependable, calm under pressure, and able to reprioritize work as manufacturing needs change.

• Is a hands-on leader who works alongside the team when needed and addresses problems at the point of operation.

• Is humble, helpful, mission-driven, and committed to servant leadership.

What Success Looks Like

• Production receives the right materials, in the right quantity and status, when needed.

• Receiving, shipping, inventory movements, lot traceability, and warehouse locations remain accurate and current.

• Warehouse employees work safely, follow standard work, and understand daily priorities and performance expectations.

• Storage and dock areas remain organized, clean, compliant, and audit-ready.

• Inventory variances, product damage, material-handling errors, and avoidable delays decrease over time.

• Shift handoffs are clear, problems are escalated early, and corrective actions are followed through to completion.

• Mana's culture is visible in the warehouse through respect, ownership, urgency, teamwork, and daily service to the mission.