Warehouse Manager and Buyer

A&A Produce Company is a true family-owned and operated business.

A&A Produce Company opened on June 18th, 2002, when Warren, Glenda, Andy and Adam Kemp bought a small family-owned company that had been servicing Myrtle Beach restaurants for 10 years. This family, all Horry County natives, brought twenty plus years of working for a nationwide broadliner, a culinary arts degree and over 10 years of working in kitchens along the beach to their new company.    

On March 28, 2014, the oldest son, Andy Kemp, became the sole owner of A&A Produce Company, buying out his parents and brother. Andy was recently selected as 1 of 10 produce professionals in the Southeast to participate in the STEP-UPP program which is an elite program that provides an enriched learning experience for high potential retail and food service produce professionals.

The A&A Produce family continues to deliver exceptional products, prices, and service to businesses in North Carolina and South Carolina. We stand behind every product we sell since fresh produce is vital to any food service establishment. A&A is HACCP certified and undergoes an intense yearly Safe Quality Food Audit, recently scoring 99%.

We have a great team of people and are seeking a rock star Produce Warehouse Manager AND Buyer with experience to join the team!

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Excellent supervisory and communication skills, extraordinary customer service skills, ability to manage, motivate, evaluate, and schedule the department staff, manage inventory and order, skilled in merchandising
• Must be able to manage department activities related to inventory, ordering, record keeping, rotation, and stocking of merchandise
• Proven experience in ordering and receiving for all products, maximizing sales and profitability
• Manage and maintain department inventory minimizing out of stocks and stock overages
• Prepare weekly sales to purchase reports
• Ensure all invoices and bills are processed accurately and in a timely fashion
• Ensure that work environment is clean and safe in accordance with company policy
• Knowledge and ability in basic computer skills
• Works cross functionally with departments to ensure production operates efficiently while minimizing downtime, meeting scheduling deadlines, and managing labor and associate schedules to budget expectations
• Develop or revise standard operational and working practices and observe workers to ensure compliance with good manufacturing practices
• Ensuring that safety and health guidelines are followed
• Monitor product standards and quality
• Estimating costs for processed products
• Compile, store, and retrieve production data
• Assisting upper management in identifying staffing level plan/budget, supplier costs for customer jobs, expense/revenue levels, etc.
• Analyze and monitor sales records, trends, weather/seasons, and economic conditions to forecast consumer-buying patterns and determine inventory needs
• Responsible for the management of perishable inventory purchased by daily review of sales, inventory adjustments and inventory quantities
• Compile weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly inventory and profit reports
• Assist with loss prevention such as theft, spoilage, cash control procedures, price accuracy and control of inventory, including proper logging and reporting of such matters daily

Requirements:

• 5+ years’ experience
• Strong managerial and communication skills are required to ensure that operational procedures are being followed, inventory is controlled, and the highest quality produce is being purchased at the most competitive prices.

Compensation/Salary:

• Salary commensurate with experience, and can increase in relation to growth of organization 
• Full benefit package, vacation, sick days, PTO, health insurance, supplement insurance, simple IRA match.