Management - Inbound Warehouse Manager

We encourage you to bring your talent and effort to Harvest Sherwood and contribute to our shared success, while having fun, serving our customers, and strengthening the local communities in which we operate. As the largest independent wholesale food distributor in the U.S., with 15 distribution centers from coast-to-coast, Harvest Sherwood is an essential business. We buy, sell and deliver fresh, high quality protein products and other foods to over 6,000 retail and foodservice customers.
Job Purpose
The Warehouse Manager supervises the activities of employees, engages in shipping, receiving, storing and testing materials and products. This individual is responsible for safety development, along with implementing security and safety programs. They issue job assignments and review work orders, invoices and confirm reports and monitor the distribution of materials or products.
Key Responsibilities
The Warehouse Manager will be assigned duties, based on organizational needs and priorities.

• Supervising, training and hiring of employees to work in the warehouse either as laborers, equipment operators, clerks or inventory control personnel
• Scheduling employees, truck drivers, arranging drop offs and deliveries and scheduling loading dock use of mechanized equipment such as forklifts.
• Ensuing that all appropriate safety regulations are being followed both with regards to personal safety and safety of inventory
• Checking and verifying shipping records, handling questions or concerns of shipping shortages or overages and addressing any problems with inventory control
• Meeting with new and existing clients to determine their needs for warehouse space, entering storage contracts and entering information into various software programs to monitor use of the facility
• Establish operational procedures for activities such as verification of incoming and outgoing shipments, handling and disposition of materials, and keeping warehouse inventory current
• Confer with department heads to ensure coordination of warehouse functions with the activities of other departments such as buying, production, quality, and distribution
• Organize workforce according to productivity requirements to obtain most effective utilization of resources
• Manage capital expenditures to requisition and replacement of equipment and supplies.
• Manage in house and off-site inventory
• Manage and schedule outbound logistics
• Train employees on company policies and procedures such as SOP's (Standard Operating Procedures), Workplace Safety, PS (Process Specifications), QCP (Quality Control Procedures), etc.

• Assist colleagues as needed

• Attend staff and other scheduled business meetings

• Perform other tasks and special projects as needed

Qualifications and Experience
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function assigned satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• High School Diploma or GED Required
• At least 5 years proven warehouse supervisory experience and ability to effectively manage a staff of 20+ employees
• HACCP Certified
• SQF Coordinator Skills
• Should possess a general concept of engineering processes, familiarity with warehouse equipment and have an intermediate working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point)
• Ability to manage warehouse staff and directly oversee all shifts by dividing/balancing time across multiple shifts and having flexibility to work off-shift hours, including nights and/or weekends
• Ability to effectively conduct job performance reviews, recommending performance improvement plans where necessary and ability to establish and communicate department goals, objectives and processes with employees
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels within the organization and possess strong interpersonal skills
• Strong ability to manage multiple tasks and work under pressure, possessing an exceptional sense of urgency

• Ability to follow involved instructions, trouble shoot issues, schedule, organize, coordinate, train, and prepare operating procedures with minimal supervision

Harvest-Sherwood is committed to offering competitive benefits to our employees and their dependents, including paid vacation, health insurances, and a 401K plan!
*We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Other details

• Job Family Warehouse
• Pay Type Salary
• Hiring Rate $85,500.00

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