Distribution Center Manager | Kansas

About Albert Uster Imports

AUI is a privately held gourmet food company headquartered in the Washington, DC area (Gaithersburg, MD) with warehouse locations in Kansas City, Las Vegas, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Gurnee and Gaithersburg. Founded in 1968, the company offers over 1,400 products worldwide and serves leading hotels, restaurants, casinos, cruise lines, airlines, and manufacturers with innovative, high‑quality products and solutions to culinary challenges.

With a national direct‑selling organization of over 60 sales professionals and culinary experts, we operate a network of distribution centers in the U.S. and serve select international markets.

Distribution Center Manager in our Kansas City Warehouse
. The manager will oversee all aspects of the warehouse and facility, including staffing, shipping, receiving, inventory management, Good Distribution Practices compliance, fleet management, and facilities maintenance. The role focuses on cost reduction, budgeting, metric achievement, and training of the DC team, serving as the focal point for day‑to‑day operations and problem solving.

Note:

This is a working manager role.

• Manage overall warehouse operations to meet company standards, seasonal business demands, and budget targets, while adhering to the Company’s Good Distribution Program and ensuring audit readiness.
• Maintain a secure, clean, safe, and hygienic warehouse, docks, and building perimeter, ensuring compliance with all governmental regulations, food safety requirements, and company policies.
• Conduct regular facility inspections, coordinate corrective maintenance, and oversee preventative maintenance programs for HVAC, refrigeration, pest control, fire prevention, and security systems to protect inventory and company assets.

• Ensure all inbound and outbound product transfers are accurately processed, staged, scanned, verified, and shipped within 48 hours of receipt, obtaining approval for any required changes.
• Oversee timely receiving of all inbound transfers and purchase orders, ensuring products are scanned, put away, and posted within 6–24 business hours, and that all discrepancies (OS&D, PO issues) are reported per established procedures.
• Manage customer returns according to company guidelines and ensure proper disposition.

• Implement and maintain Food Safety and Quality Assurance (FSQA) programs within the Distribution Center, serving as the local subject matter expert on the Company’s Food Safety Program.
• Partner with the Quality Team and participate in annual audits, inspections, and corrective actions as required.

• Oversee all inventory activities, including restocking, rotation (FEFO), lot tracking, location accuracy, re‑barcoding, cycle counts, and physical inventories to maintain inventory accuracy within established budget guidelines.
• Ensure proper storage, protection, and inspection of inventory, identify and report non‑conforming, over‑stocked, or short‑stocked products, and coordinate adjustments or disposition (donation or disposal) with Purchasing.
• Actively participate in stock level reviews and perform weekly inspections to proactively address inventory issues.

• Ensure all customer orders received before cutoff are picked, scanned, packed, labeled, and shipped the same day, following proper packaging standards and minimizing shipping errors through training and process controls.
• Coordinate closely with Customer Service, common carriers (UPS, Fed Ex), and LTL carriers (dry and refrigerated) to manage routing, claims, OS&D, pickups, late or mid‑day sweeps, and overall shipping…