Job Description
Job Summary:
The Warehouse Manager will be responsible for managing and supervising warehouse
personnel, and the activities relating to material handling, including but not limited to shipping and receiving
functions, inventory control and cycle counts, transportation scheduling and logistics, and material storage.
They will manage the department’s budget including but not limited to labor and transportation costs.
Essential Functions/ Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Ensures compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s), Safety Standards and Guidelines
at all times.
2. Ensures compliance with company safety and food safety policies and procedures.
3. Responsible for overseeing activity for three shifts for the warehouse Department; properly
scheduling and managing resources to ensure 24-hour coverage to ship and receive product.
4. Responsible for delegating the workload of all warehouse personnel so that each team member
always remains busy and productive.
Responsible for establishing and maintaining a highly organized and efficient warehouse
operation.
6. Responsible for managing the drivers including auditing time logs and balancing work hours,
updating the company Timekeeping System, evaluating, and updating truck routes and
calculating costs, improving route efficiency, documenting product returns, maintaining
excellent communication with the drivers to resolve issues, scheduling trucks for repairs and
maintenance and for ensuring that trucks are maintained in good repair and inspected as per Cal
OSHA and DOT requirements.
7. Responsible for working with the Purchasing Manager to coordinate all incoming deliveries as
well as outgoing shipments, ensuring that quantities are correct, and that the product meets the
quality requirements.
8. Responsible for ensuring that all paperwork (orders, bill of ladings, S&R logs, reports, etc.),
documents (vehicle and forklift inspections, QA hold tags, pallet exchange logs, pick lists, etc.)
are properly completed with accurate information and that it’s submitted to the appropriate
person or that it is logged in the appropriate binder or file in a timely manner.
9. Responsible for implementing and enforcing company safety policies and procedures. Ensure
that all forklift operators are properly trained and certified, ensuring that all personnel follow all
company safety rules such as proper lifting, making sure trucks are properly blocked (tire
chucks) before loading/unloading, etc. Works closely with EH&S Manager to ensure safety
compliance.
10. Responsible for managing all personnel in the warehouse department: for evaluating
performance, for ensuring that everyone is properly trained and for holding team members
accountable. Responsible for setting department goals, expectations, and work standards, for
establishing procedures for all to follow and for setting a good example regarding work ethic
and productivity.
11. Responsible for taking disciplinary actions, coaching and counseling, and training of the
warehouse personnel as needed.
12. Responsible for setting strategy so that the warehouse department can quickly adapt to change
to fit company needs.
13. Responsible for organizing the warehouse so that every space if efficiently utilized.
14. Responsible for constantly finding better ways to manage the department so that the material’s
loss, direct labor cost and 3rd party service costs are kept to a minimum.
15. Responsible for ensuring that the warehouse is always kept clean and organized and that
storage and handling comply with 3rd party food auditor standards such as NSF and SQF.
16. Responsible for managing department budgets, including labor costs for drivers and warehouse
personnel and reduction of overtime.
17. Responsible for managing costs for both inbound and outbound freight, for delivery route costs
and truck and trailer upkeep as well as maintenance costs.
18. Responsible for working with the Purchasing Manager to manage raw materials’ inventory
levels, for establishing minimum/maximum levels and for managing same using FIFO practices.
19. Responsible for working with production planning to manage finished product inventory levels
and for managing the same using FIFO practices.
20. Responsible for tracking and reporting inventory losses in both raw and finished products.
21. Responsible for ensuring that raw materials meet internal quality specifications before receiving
and accepting incoming shipments, that the materials are properly identified to allow for
traceability in case of recall. Ensure the same practices for finished product outbound
shipments.
22. Responsible for following and complying with all SQF requirements.
23. Maintains workstations per SQF guidelines.
24. Responsible for 3rd party storage & shipping locations, maintaining adequate inventory levels,
making sure pickups from Mi Rancho facility are on time and ensures deliveries to customers
from third party locations are on time.
25. Responsible for assuring Co-packing locations have all materials needed as well as maintaining
adequate inventory levels, and coordinates deliveries and pick-ups from their locations.
26. Responsible for coordinating Backhauls to maximize the efficiency of delivery trucks after
dropping off Company loads
27. Responsible to control inventory control adjustments to a minimum in TGI
28. Responsible for always maintaining warehouse audit ready.
29. Other duties as assigned.
Education/Experience:
Must have a minimum of 5 years of Warehouse Experience, preferably with mid-large
manufacturing.
• Must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a Supervisory/Managerial role.
• High School Diploma Required, AA in Business Administration, Logistics or Supply Chain a plus.
• Extensive experience in product distribution, logistics including inventory management for both
raw and finished products.
• Must be experienced in routing and delivery cost analysis.
• Must have experience in negotiating inbound / outbound freight as well as truck lease costs.
• Experience in managing food products including refrigerated, frozen, and ambient temperature
for shelf life, FIFO as well as food safety compliance.
• SQF experience in food safety/inventory controls a plus.
• Strong inventory control experience, cycle counting, etc.
• Experience with Forklift, Electric Lift, Pallet Jacks.
• Must have a valid CA Driver’s license and be able to drive any delivery vehicle requiring a class C
Driver’s license.
Minimum Required Qualifications:
1. Bilingual English and Spanish a plus.
2. Ability to multitask and work under pressure and time constrained situations and adapt to quickly
changing priorities across multiple projects.
3. Flexibility to oversee and operate at multi-company level.
4. Strong follow-through, integrity, and sound judgment.
5. Adept at working independently and cross-functionally, managing multiple projects and short
timelines, and working in fast-paced environment. Able to communicate and manage project needs
cross-functionally.
6. Ability to manage and coach team members.
7. Proficient with Microsoft Office and Company ERP Systems
8. Requires good organizational, analytical and communication skills.
9. Must be reliable, punctual and have schedule flexibility including working weekends, Holidays, and
off-shifts as needed.
10. Must be able to comply with company attendance and punctuality policy.
11. Must be able to fulfill essential job functions in a consistent state of alertness and safe manner.
12. Must adhere to a drug and alcohol zero tolerance policy.
13. Must be able to comply with and follow all food safety, and third-party certification policies (SQF,
Gluten-Free and Organic, etc.)
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