Warehouse Manager Vnb

Valley Natural Beverage is a state-of-the-art Extended Shelf Life (ESL) and Aseptic Ultra High Temperature (UHT) dairy bottling facility located in Bakersfield, California, producing high-quality beverage products in Tetra Pak packaging formats. A division of California Dairies, Inc., the leading dairy cooperative in California. Valley Natural Beverages is co-owned by more than 300 dairy families located in the heart of the Golden State.
We offer a generous total rewards package that includes:

• Salary Range - $84,154 - $123,426
• Family medical/dental/vision
• Generous company contributions to 401k
• Relocation Assistance
• 10 Paid holidays
• Paid vacation
• Tuition reimbursement

Job Summary
The Warehouse Manager VNB is a key member of the plant leadership team and is responsible for building and leading a "Best in Class" warehouse team that is focused on total plant operational excellence. As such, the Warehouse Manager VNB will be responsible to create an environment that promotes individual team member success, effective collaboration between departments, and establishes a culture that always believes in getting better. The Warehouse Manager is the primary owner of all warehousing activities including finished goods and raw material inventory management, ASRS operational performance, customer order management, incoming packaging and ingredient receipt management, warehouse personnel training & development, and warehouse operational budgets.
Essential Functions

• The development of warehouse staff; including identifying skill needs and training opportunities to ensure "Best in Class" performance.
• Ensure effective planning, scheduling, and execution of all warehouse activities to allow for the highest possible customer satisfaction and plant performance.
• Full implementation and utilization of all autonomous work activities in warehousing areas.
• Ensure regulatory compliance to all Federal, State, and Local requirements pertaining to UHT, ESL, and Low Acid Aseptic Fluid Milk Bottling plant.
• Maintain all warehouse areas to comply with customer, GFSI, and 3rd party inspections requirements.
• Oversee development, implementation, training, and long-term adherence to meet plant warehouse team owned KPI's in the following areas:
  
  • Team member safety
  • Plant food safety & plant product quality
  • Team member job satisfaction and team member development
  • Job specific standardized work and associated training
  • Daily team direction setting meetings
  • Warehousing & distribution specific performance targets - including warehouse variance, fill rate, warehouse OEE, etc.
  • Root cause analysis and corrective action
  • Labor & overtime budgets
  • Site facilities and utilities uptime
  • Warehouse team waste control
  • Cost savings identification & cost savings justification
• Actively support and promote a plant culture that believes in always getting better.
• Ensure effective collaboration and positive teamwork between all departments.
• Lead by example with integrity and a commitment to always do it right.
• Must always look forward to identifying and prevent potential failure modes.
• Identify and share new technologies, new equipment, and new processes that will continue to maintain VNB's place as the industry leader.
• Identify when your support is needed by members of your team or other plant teams (at all hours) and be present to give support when needed.
• Always represent VNB in a positive manner to vendors, contractors, team members, visitors, etc.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This position has employee supervisory responsibilities for the warehouse team and product.
• Oversee adherence to company policies and procedures.
• Oversees scheduling of management, employees, and temporary labor.
• Have the responsibility of reviewing time sheets and addressing overtime.

Education and/or Experience

• Minimum of 5 years combined experience working in supervisory and or managerial roles in ASRS warehousing environment.
• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management is preferred - may substitute with equivalent work experience/education.
• Excellent understanding and demonstrated ability to comply with OSHA requirements.
• Excellent understanding and demonstrated use of ERP Systems in a warehouse environment - Prefer knowledge in D365.
• Excellent understanding of GFSI requirements for warehouse activities.
• High level understanding of ASRS systems and other warehousing and distribution best practices.

Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below 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.

• History of developing new processes, implementing new processes, and training team members on new processes.
• Ability to effectively problem solve.
• Able to communicate effectively with all levels inside and outside of the organization.
• Excellent leadership skills and a desire to serve others.

Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The company will make reasonable accommodations that do not cause and undue hardship to the company if such accommodation enables individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

• Sitting/Standing/Walking: Sits and stands frequently throughout their shift. Walks over uneven concrete and tiles surfaces.
• Lifting/Carrying: Must be able to lift 65 pounds on an occasional basis.
• Pushing/Pulling:Some pushing or pulling is required on an occasional basis.
• Bending/Stooping: The Warehouse Manager stoops throughout the workday, for varying lengths of time. May have to bend and stoop when servicing product pumps and during clean up duties and when picking up items off the floor.
• Squatting/Kneeling/Crawling: May assume any combination of these positions during cleanup duties, including kneeling on the floor and crawling under equipment. May squat to use legs for leverage.
• Twisting/Turning: Assumes any combination of these positions on an occasional basis.
• Climbing/Balancing: May go up and down stairs and/or ladder on a daily basis.
• Reaching: Reaches at or above shoulder level on an occasional basis.
• Grasping/Manipulating: Grasping and manipulating of papers, objects, and equipment will be required. Ability to use calculator and keyboard for data input will be required on an ongoing basis.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The company will make reasonable accommodations that do not cause an undue hardship if such an accommodation enables individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position. Temperatures range from 34 to 120 degrees.
ADA/FEHA: The Company will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and California's Fair Employment and Housing Act.
EEO: The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.
This job description will be updated if duties and responsibilities change significantly. Job functions are subject to modification based on business necessity.