Warehouse Manager

About the role

Charlie’s Produce is a privately owned wholesale produce company located on the West Coast. Founded in quality, the company is known for its dedication to fostering a loyal, stable, innovative, and growing workforce. With a team passionate about food, supply chain, and their community, they are seeking like-minded individuals to contribute to enhancing their communities through quality produce.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversee Warehouse Operations including Receiving, Operations Support, Quality/Inventory Control, Sanitation, Ripening and support of Shipping.
• Manage employee performance, hiring and corrective counseling with support from Operations.
• Maintain and improve Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to achieve operational performance objectives.
• Monitor all activities during the day to ensure the smooth operation of the Warehouse teams.
• Ensure proper slot replenishment following the first in, first out procedure.
• Daily schedule warehouse personnel to ensure proper staffing for productive and cost-efficient product receipt.
• Direct day-to-day warehouse activities such as receiving, forklift movement, inventory/quality control, and sanitation.
• Communicate inventory status to pickers, address receiving and picking errors, and manage warehouse slotting of products.
• Generate warehouse productivity reports, including piece count reports, and account for all labor hours.
• Adhere to labor distribution requirements and work towards achieving objectives and division goals.
• Support warehouse safety programs to provide a safe and clean workplace.
• Ensure warehouse equipment is safe and efficient for distribution functions.
• Recommend equipment requirements and replacements to the Operations Manager to upgrade and maintain warehouse productivity and efficiency.
• Support Food Safety Initiatives including managing the Safe Quality Food (SQF) System, PrimusGFS, and Organic Certification requirements.
• Support Warehouse Safety Initiatives.

Desired Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field; five (5) or more years’ experience in material management type operations.
• Minimum of two (2) years in a leadership role.
• Self-starter, strategic, and independent thinker with excellent business acumen.
• Excellent time management and capable of meeting work schedule deadlines.
• Able to adapt and flexibly respond to changing requirements from internal and external conditions.
• Strong planning and organizational skills with a high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to manage change and facilitate the implementation of new food safety programs.
• Strong and well-organized communicator, both written and verbal.
• Bilingual Spanish/English, a plus.