Warehouse Manager

MSI Express is a single-source contract manufacturing and packaging company, delivering innovative engineering solutions from our strategically located network of manufacturing facilities.

Primary purpose of the role:

Manages activities of warehouse and material handling personnel in a manufacturing facility. Manages the Receiving Clerks, Data Entry Personnel, and Warehouse Coordinators in the duties of receiving, storing, packing, and shipping of materials / distribution of product. Ensures associates comply with company policies, procedures, and guidelines to ensure safe, efficient operations and maintain a positive working environment.

Key Accountabilities:

• Provides daily work direction to Warehouse staff, hourly warehouse and material handling associates to ensure proper receiving, storing, packing, and shipping of raw materials and distribution of completed product. Assigns associates to specific duties, such as loading/unloading trucks, verifying cargo, and preparing shipments.
• Plans, manages, and adjusts daily workload and staffing to minimize unplanned overtime.
• Communicates and applies company philosophy, policies, procedures, and expectations to assigned staff and ensures compliance.
• Provides daily guidance on safety, machine operation, sanitation, quality, customer service, and maintenance. Administers operational procedures for verification of incoming and outgoing shipments, handling and disposition of shipments, and keeping of warehouse inventory. Trains employees on warehouse procedures, including how to operate warehouse equipment and material handling vehicles, to ensure compliance with safety procedures.
• Delivers associate orientation, training, performance reviews, and/or development as appropriate.
• Directs receipt, storage, and shipment of materials and related reporting, in accordance with established procedures. Ensures proper verification of shipping/receiving paperwork (e.g., bills of lading, cargo manifests, dock reconciliations, etc.).
• Communicates with Production, dispatching, carriers, drivers, and related personnel to ensure flow of material/finished product in and out of the facility.
• Ensures continuous improvement processes to increase efficiencies, reduce waste, and improve performance for customers.
• Monitors warehouse activities to ensure compliance with customer expectations for accuracy, quality, food safety, and timeliness. Develops and implements action plans to address production performance concerns or improve warehouse operations.
• Ensures raw materials are available for production based on production schedules. Prepares and coordinates schedules for shipping and receiving materials to control flow of goods and regulate warehouse space.
• This position has responsibility for Food Safety and Quality within their influence. The associate in this job has the responsibility to report, in a timely manner, Food Safety and Quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action on those problems.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications/ Capability Profile:

Minimum Education

• High School Diploma - Essential
• Bachelor's Degree in related field -Desirable

Minimum Experience

• One to three (1 to 3) years of experience in a warehousing, logistics, inventory control, or logistics environment, with a particular preference for food manufacturing experience -Essential
• Some experience interacting with company customers -Essential
• One to three (1 to 3) years in a lead or supervisory role -Essential

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