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Warehouse Manager

Great Lakes Cheese
Posted 21 days ago, valid for 17 days
Location

Abilene, TX, US

Salary

Competitive

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Warehouse Manager is responsible for overseeing all warehousing, shipping, and receiving functions, ensuring efficient use of resources to meet customer needs.
  • Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, along with a minimum of 4 years of warehouse management experience and 5 years of overall warehouse experience.
  • The role includes managing warehouse employees, monitoring inventory, and ensuring compliance with GLC and regulatory standards.
  • The position requires strong leadership skills, the ability to make independent decisions, and familiarity with bar code-driven operations, preferably with SAP experience.
  • The salary for this position is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Job Overview

The Warehouse Manager oversees and directs all warehousing, shipping and receiving functions.  The Manager is responsible for all packaging, raw, resale, and finished product inventories for the facility.  In addition, the Manager coordinates the effective use of people and equipment in the most efficient manner possible to meet customer and GLC requirements. 

Job Responsibilities

• Manage Activities of Warehouse and Inventory Employees:
  o Prepare and assign the work schedule and job assignment of each employee.
  o Direct the training and monitor the progress of employees.
  o Participate in the hiring/interviewing process for new employees.
  o Ensure warehouse meets all GLC, regulatory and independent auditor criteria.
  o Monitor inventory discrepancies determine cause and corrective action.
  o Involved in discipline and coaching of employees.
• Manage Raw Product and Resale:
  o Evaluate monthly raw product needs for procurement.
  o Send expected usage report for raw product to procurement as needed.
  o Monitor age and rotation.
  o Monitor vendor tags and communicate issues to procurement.
  o Work with procurement, supply chain and production to level inventories as needed.
  o Perform all necessary system transactions to support the movement of product.
• Manage Packaging:
  o Perform or oversees the receipt of packaging.
  o Make and monitor inventory adjustments in SAP.
  o Monitor the ‘days on hand’ inventory to forestall outages.
• Responsible for regularly scheduled continuous counts:
• Manage the movement of raw, resale and packaging between other facilities.
• Manage projects as assigned.
• Work on continuous improvement plans.
• Participate with Management Team to develop, implement, and ensure adherence to GLC and Plant procedures.
• Manage the Plant’s industrial lift repairs, PM’s, etc in conjunction with Transportation Supervisor.
• Monitor virtual bin locations, follow-up and clean as needed.
• All GLC employees are expected to perform any assignment or job task according to the stated safety policies & procedures.
• All GLC employees are expected to produce our products in a manner that exceeds the quality and value expectation of our customers and consumers by adhering to Good Manufacturing Practices, Policies and Procedures outlined in our Safe Quality Food Program.
• Other responsibilities as assigned by the manager.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or commensurate experience.
• 4 years of warehouse management or more.
• 5 years of warehouse experience or more.
• In depth understanding of inventory and warehouse management.  
• Ability to make sound, independent decisions based on standard practices.  
• Ability to provide leadership, support, communication and direction to line personnel.  
• Ability to handle multiple tasks, troubleshoot and problem solve beyond routine issues.  
• Experience in the use of a bar code driven (RF) operation. 
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to lead in a team based culture.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Basic computer skills. 
 

Preferred Education and Experience

• SAP experience.

Working Conditions

• Ability to constantly stand/walk; bend/flex/extend neck; frequently grip/reach/lift/pull with L/R hands.
• Ability to frequently handle material from floor-to-waist, waist-to-shoulder and pushing/pulling/carrying.
• Product weight: up to 50 lbs.
• Repetitive work in a fast-paced production environment with average temperature of 50-60 degrees F.

EEOC & Disclaimer

Great Lakes Cheese is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.



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