Inventory Control Warehouse Lead
Job Summary
Description
Qualifications
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Warehouse Cleanliness & Organization
- Maintain a clean organized and highly efficient warehouse environment across dry storage freezer finished goods (FG) cooler and raw cooler areas.
- Collaborate with production supervisor to determine optimal layout and storage logic for dry storage freezer and FG areas.
- Lead warehouse employees in executing the approved layout plans for all warehouse zones.
- Uphold standards for product organization ensuring items are neatly down-stacked condensed and placed correctly on pallets.
- Maintain cleanliness standards by directing staff to pick up debris sweep and wash down warehouse areas including the loading dock.
2. Inbound & Outbound Shipping Management
- Ensure all incoming and outgoing products are accurately accounted for properly documented and handled with efficiency.
- Manage and maintain scheduled appointments for all inbound and outbound shipments coordinating with production to ensure accuracy.
- Check in all visitors and truck drivers arriving at the facility.
- Review and cross-reference all Bills of Lading (BOLs) to verify the accuracy of received and shipped products.
- Record incoming product temperature logs with oversight from the Quality Assurance Manager.
- Ensure the warehouse team is adequately prepared to process outgoing orders ahead of scheduled times.
- Identify and report any product concerns including quality defects labeling issues shelf-life variances or out-of-spec materials.
3. Inventory Accuracy
- Maintain highly accurate real-time inventory counts through consistent verification documentation and system utilization.
- Ensure the warehouse team conducts regular inventory counts as determined by plant leadership.
- Identify and report unusual inventory usage patterns variances or concerning stock levels.
- Utilize the Warehouse Management System (WMS) such as RF Smart to properly track and manage inventory movement and accuracy.
4. Process Improvement & Implementation
- Identify operational improvement opportunities and lead the implementation of new warehouse processes to enhance team efficiency.
- Evaluate warehouse operations to identify areas needing improvement.
- Develop improvement plans in collaboration with plant leadership.
- Lead implementation efforts by training warehouse personnel on new processes and ensuring successful adoption.
5. Safety & Compliance
- Promote and maintain a safe compliant warehouse environment in accordance with company and regulatory standards.
- Ensure adherence to all warehouse safety protocols procedures and guidelines.
- Identify address and report any safety hazards or compliance concerns immediately.
Qualifications
Skills and Experienced Required:
- Ability to operate a forklift with prior experience. Forklift certificationpreferred.
- 1 to 2 years prior plant or warehouse experience preferred.
- Ability to read write speak and understand English.
Work Environment:
This position is in the warehouse at our home store Elgin Texas.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
Qualifications:
- Valid drivers license required.
- Clean and verifiable driving record (verified through background check).
- Physically able to stand sit move squat walk & climb during course of shift/workday.
- Physically able to lift between 50 - 70 pounds.
- Strong skills in working with people.
- Cooperative strong work ethic positive attitude professional demeanor.
- Ability to discern problems and devise solutions.
Full Time Benefits:
- Full time set scheduleMonday- Friday mornings. Some weekend work may be required
- Tuition Reimbursement Program- up to 100% paid college tuition
- 25% Employee Discount on Restaurant food purchases 10% Discount on Market and Merchandise items
- Free Shift Meal program
- 401 (k) with up to 4% Employer match
- Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Medical Dental Vision Life Short- term and Long- term Disability
- Vacation and Sick time accruals
- COMPANY HOLIDAYS CLOSED - Thanksgiving Christmas and Easter