Warehouse Lead

Aspire Bakeries is a North American baking company with a leadership position in specialty frozen baked goods. Formed from leading bakery companies, its innovative food portfolio includes breads, artisan breads, buns, cookies, donuts, muffins and pastries from beloved brands like La Brea Bakery®, Otis Spunkmeyer®, and Oakrun Farm Bakery®. With 13 bakeries in North America, we are committed to driving innovation, predicting upcoming consumer trends and flavors, and exceeding our customers’ expectations. Aspire Bakeries champions the values of Integrity, Ownership, Customer Focus, Creativity and Care to help us deliver on People Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Collaboration.

As the Warehouse Lead, you will oversee all warehousing operations, ensuring adherence to policies, procedures, and good manufacturing practices. Responsibilities span inventory management, utilizing machinery to move and stage products, monitoring temperature control, preparing shipments, conducting audits and cycle counts, and maintaining a clean, organized warehouse environment. This role requires strong leadership skills to manage daily warehouse activities, monitor inventory levels, and coordinate with production and other departments to facilitate efficient material flow.

Responsibilities:

• Follow all warehousing policies and procedures.
• Utilize forklift, pallet jack, and related machinery and equipment to move product
• Fill hoppers, maintain ingredients accessibility, timely stage ingredients per pick sheets, and the needs of the production line
• Monitor inventory levels, maintain appropriate records, and enter data transfers in SAP
• Rack finished food from the production department in the freezer and scan them into SAP
• Print and documents SU labels for finished goods from production
• Verify the accuracy of the incoming  and outgoing products against documentation
• Prepare and load pallets for shipment, scan and verify labels and corresponding documents are accurate
• Manage ingredient's temperature during storage
• Assure ingredients are stored securely
• Inspect the warehouse on a daily basis and report any product damage, equipment malfunctions, or department deficiencies to the appropriate personnel
• Participate in inventory counts, cycle counts, and warehouse audits
• Ensure warehouse, freezer, machinery, and equipment are clean and organized at all times
• Load outbound shipments and complete all associated computers and paperwork associated with the load.
• Unload inbound shipments and complete all associated computers and paperwork associated with the load.
• Stage ingredients for Production Department usage. 
• Monitor inventory levels in the warehouse and provide feedback to the foreman and supervisors.
• Monitor the department on a daily basis and report any product damage or department discrepancies to the appropriate foreman or supervisors. 
• Follow the work schedule and assigned jobs on a daily basis.
• All other duties are assigned by department management.
• Follow all Good Manufacturing Practices/Food Safety Practices

Qualifications:

• A high school diploma or GED
• A minimum of two (2) years of warehousing experience is recommended.
• Previous forklift experience is recommended.
• Effective communication and presentation skills. 
• Good reading, writing, and oral communication in English.
• Good mathematical skills.
• Computer skills – Ability to use Word and Excel software

Shift: 3rd

Aspire Bakeries is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.