Warehouse Manager

Job Purpose

To use your unique talents, experience, skills, education and enthusiasm to complete the Operations team and to recognize that your contribution is essential to the vision of Ring Container Technologies.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

1.Maintain the safe operation of all warehouse equipment; including but not limited to forklifts, baler and dock equipment.

• Coordinate with the Safety Leader on forklift training and certification.
• Ensure forklifts are running in safe and efficient condition.
• Maintain safe storage heights on all finished products and raw materials.
• Ensure all rows are neatly organized and stacked.
• Ensure all certified drivers are following the established safety procedures for loading and unloading trailers.

2.Support the development, implementation, maintenance and ongoing improvement of food safety, food defense, and quality systems to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local government regulatory food safety requirements and Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI) or British Retail Consortium (BRC) standards.

• Ensure all housekeeping duties are performed and documented according to the Master Cleaning Schedule.
• Responsible for maintaining the quality and food safety of incoming material, storage conditions and delivery of finished goods to our customers.
• Ensure warehouse personnel adequately perform trailer inspections.
• Support the enactment of the nonconforming material control policy so held ware is properly labeled, segregated, and dispositioned.
• Support the traceability and FIFO of incoming materials, work in progress and finished goods; ensure product shipped maintains traceability.
• Maintain a clean resin unloading area ensuring all resin spills are properly cleaned in a timely manner.
• Ensure all damaged units are repaired in a timely manner.

3.Maintain raw material inventory levels

• Manage the purchasing, receiving and inventory transactions in ERP system
• Maintain receiving logs and dock times for incoming deliveries
• Coordinate purchasing with raw material vendors
• Coordinate the unloading of raw materials up receipt
• Perform trailer inspections on all incoming trailers and maintain appropriate documentation
• Ensure proper First-In First-Out (FIFO) procedures are followed for receipt and usage of raw materials
• Coordinate railcar or bulk unloading of resin material, adhering to all incoming resin receiving procedures as it relates to FIFO and food safety

4.Receive customer orders and maintain customer delivery of finished goods

• Manage the sales order, picking list and bill of lading transactions in ERP system
• Maintain shipping logs and dock times for outgoing deliveries
• Coordinate the loading of finished goods to meet on-time delivery of customer orders
• Perform trailer inspections on all outgoing trailers and maintain appropriate documentation
• Ensure all outgoing trailers are clean before loading
• Ensure proper FIFO procedures are followed for customer delivery of finished goods

5.Maintain finished goods inventory levels

• Coordinate production schedule with Production Manager to ensure customer orders and minimum inventory levels are met on finished goods
• Manage production transactions in ERP system

6.Provide necessary training to qualified forklift personnel in ERP system.

7.Prepare daily, weekly and monthly summary reports for management as requested.

Maintain and provide morning inventory reports.

8.Perform monthly physical inventory.

Track inventory daily to ensure raw materials and finished goods are accurate and match the ERP system.

9.Initiate the sale of all scrap material as authorized by Plant Manager.

• Coordinate the use of all usable material with Production Manager and production personnel.
• Coordinate with Quality Manager to ensure hold items receive timely dispositions.

10.Answer telephones and greet visitors in a professional and courteous manner consistent with Ring Container Technologies standards.

Directs calls to appropriate individuals, may screen calls, take and relay accurate messages.

11.May perform the duties of Office Manager, Production Manager or supervisor as needed or required.

Key Job Performance Measures

• Maintain monthly physical inventory variance at or below budgeted levels
• Document and correct all customer complaints associated with shipping errors
• Timely disposition of obsolete inventory and scrap material

Experience, Educational and Technical Qualifications

Our Warehouse Manager should possess strong people skills, leadership qualities, managerial abilities, a sense of urgency, accountability, business ethics, professionalism, self-motivation and the desire and focus to improve the business.

He / she must be able to read, write and understand English. In addition to the items listed above, the Warehouse Manager may be asked to perform basic office functions including but not limited to documentation, faxing, scanning and laminating.

The Warehouse Manager must be well trained in computer software such as : an ERP, a CMMS, and MS Office.

A Bachelors degree is preferred, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience in business operations.

Required certifications include : Operator D Certified, OSHA certified forklift license, OSHA certified forklift training license.