Warehouse Manager - Greenville

Harvest Hope Food Bank • Greenville, SC

3d • $50,000 - $55,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Embark on a fulfilling journey at Harvest Hope Food Bank, where your talents play a vital role in our mission to end hunger. As the largest hunger-relief organization in South Carolina, serving 20 counties, we annually distribute 30 million pounds of food across the Midlands, Pee Dee, and Upstate regions. Our dynamic nonprofit values innovation, collaboration, and diversity, offering a uniquely rewarding experience for employees dedicated to making a meaningful difference in their communities. Join our dedicated team in building a hunger-free tomorrow through active engagement with nearly 400 partner agencies. Together, we strive to address food insecurity and positively impact lives across the state. Logistics & Work Environment: This full-time position at our Greenville Branch is primarily set in a warehouse environment with varying temperatures, including freezers, and exposure to outdoor weather conditions. It regularly requires sitting, standing, bending, twisting, and lifting objects weighing 30 to 50 pounds It is labor-intensive and demands a fast pace. A Day in the Life: We are seeking a Warehouse Manager to oversee all aspects of our shipping, receiving, warehousing, and fleet maintenance operations. In this role, you will be responsible for managing inventory, processing orders, and ensuring timely delivery to distribution points. Your duties will include planning and delegating work assignments, setting performance standards, meeting daily targets, and troubleshooting any issues that arise.

Requirements

• Five years or more warehousing and/or distribution operations experience.
• Three years of experience supervising and leading a team.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to engage and direct volunteers.
• Must have integrity, enthusiasm, perspective, flexibility, and a strong work ethic.
• Must be an excellent problem solver with the ability to multi-task and strong organizational skills.
• Ability to prioritize needs and work within budget restrictions.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for managing the order selection process for the warehouse
• Knowledge of inbound USDA trucks
• Execution of outbound deliveries (including 3-Step Process)
• Intercompany transfers
• CSFP deliveries
• Backpack deliveries
• Planning and delegating work assignments daily to warehouse staff
• AIB Cleaning Receipt and put aways (no items physically left on dock unless being staged to ship out.
• Compliance with AIB standards for storage of goods monitored daily.
• Works with Logistics Manager to ensure trucks arrive at other facilities in a timely manner.
• All transfers should be adequately timed so that TO's can be brought in the day of delivery.
• Ensures operational excellence in all warehouse areas to include efficient operations of warehouse systems and related equipment, proper layout of warehouse and product placement, and ongoing maintenance and organization of all warehouse areas to always remain ready for tours.
• Manages a staff of warehouse workers and drivers and handles all associated human resource activities, including hiring, performance management, training, and retention.
• Submits and responds to ideas to improve associate engagement and enablement.
• Drives continuous improvement and efficiency gains to reduce overall cost-to-serve and assists with the implementation of changes within inbound and outbound warehouse operations.
• Maintains retail relationships for assigned counties and retail stores, ensuring pick up, reporting and good standing with HHFB; responsible for yearly in person meetings and manages to retail relationship survey results.
• Identifies problems, proposes solutions to other members of management, promotes cooperation with other departments, and leads staff and peers to anticipate and solve problems and plan for upcoming events, seasonal changes.
• Evaluates metrics and adjusts activities to meet or exceed performance expectations.
• Coordinates efforts with the Safety Team to aid in training, conducting associate observations, up-dating preferred work methods, conducting accident investigations to determine root causes and routine safety inspections.
• Ensures warehouse layout is optimally aligned for maximum efficiency as seasonality and inventory needs require.
• Coordinates all activities concerned with inventory maintenance and the timely, cost efficient shipment of product to and from the warehouse; ensures a FEFO (first expired, first out) system is used for inventory.
• Implements practices and policies to run the warehouse within budget and recommends budgetary changes and improvements to the Branch Director.
• Reviews and recommends procedural changes to achieve and maintain accurate receiving and shipping of inventory and materials.
• Ensures the warehouse, fleet vehicles and material handling equipment are prepared for all audits and complies with AIB, Feeding America and all other regulatory agency requirements.
• Responsible for developing and revising retail routes for greatest efficiency and use of resources.
• Maintains records of equipment maintenance, cleaning schedules, temperature logs and SDS sheets.
• Monitor theft prevention safeguards to assure integrity of inventory.
• Prepares reports on warehouse activities as requested.
• All other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Full support and career development resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise and maximize your potential along your career journey.
• A diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates empower each other.
• Generous Total Rewards Plan - comprising health, finance, and wealth work/life balance.
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Paid Annual Leave - the longer you work here, the more you earn.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager