Job Description:
Munger Farms & Monarch Nut Co. brings the finest and freshest of fruits and nuts found in the sun-drenched San Joaquin Valley. We combine three generations of farming experience with today’s cutting edge techniques assuring the finest, most wholesome, flavorful berries and delicious nuts possible. We are currently seeking a Warehouse Manager for our Delano, Ca. location.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Organizes, supervises, directs and monitors the work of material handling and shipping/receiving personnel.
- Ensures that shipping, receiving, storage, and distribution are performed in an efficient manner.
- Leads problem solving efforts through the facilitation of team meetings and on the floor leadership.
- Conducts proper performance management, which includes coaching, counseling, discipline, and performance reviews.
- Counsels and disciplines employees in a fair and consistent manner in accordance with work rule policies.
- Practices and enforces GMP’s and constantly ensures the quality of the product.
- Resolves employee issues and concerns, or engages the Operations Manager and Human Resources to assist in unsettled issues.
- Coordinates warehouse personnel scheduling to include hours, responsibilities and master sanitation functions.
- Oversees the daily activities of all loading dock areas, case picking and staging operations.
- Oversees racking, bar coding or RF scanning, forklift contracts, radio usage, and all other warehouse equipment to ensure specific operational performance and optimum utilization.
- Troubleshoots as required.
- Oversees product inventories with physical counts and reconciling with electronic records.
- Maintains shipping and receiving records.
- Safeguards warehouse operations and contents by establishing and monitoring security procedures and protocols.
- Maintains physical condition of warehouse.
- Monitors forklift activities and maintenance, inventory control, storage maintenance, and warehouse sanitation and appearance.
- Recommends, develops, and implements measures to improve productivity, increase the efficiency of worker and equipment performance, and product quality.
- Develops an annual budget in conjunction with the Operations Manager and achieves financial objectives.
- Conducts safety training and audits, and ensures all safety policies and procedures are enforced.
- Works with injured employees to complete First Reports of Injury and conducts RCAs.
- Works with support teams to monitor supply inventories in all areas, orders supplies, and schedules external resources to conduct maintenance, repairs, PM’s, etc. as needed.
- Communicates company and department information to subordinates through meetings and forms of written communication.
- Remains approachable and accessible to employees.
- Demonstrates initiative and strong interpersonal, communication, and team skills.
- Demonstrates safe and quality conscious work habits and follows all company policies and procedures.
- Focuses on company’s goals objectives and considers the best interest of the company and its employees and customers while performing job duties.
- Demonstrates professionalism and positively represents and promotes the company at all times.
- Maintains confidentiality.
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge of transportation and logistics industry.
- Demonstrates prompt and regular attendance.
- Responsible for understanding and complying with the Current Good Manufacturing Practices and Food Safety guidelines to ensure that quality food products are manufactured in a sanitary production environment, and delivered with superior protection to our customers and consumers.
Other Duties:
- Participates in the interviewing and selection of applicants for vacant positions.
- Participates with training new employees and conducting new-hire orientations.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Skills:
The qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to perform the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education/Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in Business, and five (5) or more years of related distribution and supervisory/management experience or equivalent experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably handling perishable products.
Language Ability:
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business documents, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from employees, managers, support teams, auditors and vendors.
Math Ability:
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Reasoning Ability:
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Computer Skills:
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Power Point, Excel) software, RF and bar coding software, and other project and manufacturing software.
Supervisory Skills:
- Directly supervises a subordinate S&R supervisor.
- Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of these individuals.
- Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.
- Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Work Environment and Physical Demands:
The work environment characteristics and physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to cold temperatures (non-weather related). The employee is regularly exposed to work near mobile equipment, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; cold temperatures, and outdoor weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
- The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.
- The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and the ability to adjust focus.
Compensation/Salary:
DOE
