Director of Warehouse Operations - Food Manufacturing

About the role

This role leads a 24/7 warehouse operation supporting a high volume food manufacturing environment, overseeing exempt and non exempt warehouse leadership teams across multiple shifts. The Director owns operational performance of ASRS crane systems, automated storage solutions, WMS, ERP, and related warehouse technologies, partnering closely with Manufacturing, Transportation, Maintenance, Engineering, IT, Quality, Food Safety, and Supply Chain teams to ensure safe, accurate, and efficient product flow.

Responsibilities

• Drive inventory accuracy, FIFO rotation, order fulfillment, dock to stock and order to ship performance, and outbound shipping results
• Improve ASRS uptime, throughput, system utilization, loading accuracy, and overall warehouse productivity
• Manage labor planning, staffing, budget management, capital projects, and automation improvement initiatives
• Maintain a safety first, food safety focused, audit ready warehouse culture, ensuring compliance with OSHA, FDA, GMP, SQF, food defense, and internal food safety requirements
• Build and develop a high performing warehouse leadership team focused on accountability, engagement, safety, and continuous improvement

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Business, or a related field
• 7 or more years of progressive warehouse or distribution leadership experience
• At least 2 years in a Director level or senior warehouse leadership role
• Experience in food manufacturing or food distribution
• Hands on leadership experience with Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (ASRS), specifically high bay automated crane systems
• Strong WMS, ERP, inventory control, and FIFO experience
• Experience leading large 24/7 multi shift warehouse operations
• Experience managing exempt and non exempt warehouse teams
• Strong understanding of food safety, GMP, FDA, SQF, OSHA, and audit ready warehouse practices

Qualifications

Preferred qualifications include:

• Experience with capital project management for automation or facility upgrades
• Experience partnering cross functionally across manufacturing, maintenance, engineering, IT, transportation, quality, and supply chain
• Advanced knowledge of labor planning, budgeting, forecasting, and KPI driven performance management

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401k
• Paid time off

Pay

$140,000 to $175,000 per year, based on experience.

Schedule

Full time, supporting a 24/7 multi shift warehouse operation.

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