Warehouse Manager

Sirna & Sons Produce is a fourth-generation, family-run, wholesale food distributor. In our 81 years of service, we have continually provided premium produce, competitive pricing, and superior service. We are proud to bring you the finest quality products from growers across the nation, around the world, and locally. We’re more than produce, need dairy? We have it! Last-minute catering, no problem.

Our in-house produce processing facility, Christine’s Cuts, we got you covered. We distribute our fresh arrivals 6 days a week to restaurants, hotels, country clubs, schools, and institutions throughout Ohio, Central Pennsylvania, and Northern West Virginia. You can count on us to provide nothing less than fresh! Our business, like yours, depends on delivering the very best, and since 1939, Sirna & Sons Produce has been doing just that.

• Manage the day-to-day warehouse functions of the operations
• Recruit, develop, manage, and train employees to ensure all SOPs are being followed and all GWP’s
• Monitor and adjust warehouse operations, with continuous improvements based on scheduling needs and seasonality
• Help promote a company culture that encourages top performance and high moral
• Ensure the company’s operational procedures, policies, and standards are followed
• Oversee closely all inventory functions and have full understanding of the warehouse selection process and inventory cycle counts, using WMS
• Ensure the warehouse sanitation team follows all cleaning procedures and maintains a clean and orderly facility
• Collaborate with other Distribution Centers to ensure a seamless and integrated approach to operations
• Coordinates efforts with the Safety department to aid in training, conducting associate observations, up-dating preferred work methods, conducting accident investigations to determine root causes and routine safety inspections
• Maintain close and consistent communication with day operations teams, including buyers, sales staff, and customer service, to ensure alignment on inventory needs, order fulfillment, and operational priorities
• Ensures contingency systems/practices/protocols are in place to eliminate business disruption
• Understands what drives an effective safety culture and actively participates in the Company’s mission to make decisions that positively impact the safety of our team
• Demonstrate expertise in proper palletizing techniques, including stacking, weight distribution, and securing product to ensure safe, efficient, and damage-free transport and storage
• Review loading assignments with Operations teams, to ensure routes are streamlines and balanced based on delivery expectations
• Support the Dispatch team on daily tasks as needed, including shipping routes, answering phones, building clipboards, keys, tablets, RMA’s, trouble shooting
• Oversee inventory control, warehouse flow to optimize resources and minimize waste and or damage, mis picks, errors and ensure correct receiving practices are being followed
• Oversee day-to-day operations, to ensure smooth and efficient workflow, including managing fleet, material handling equipment - MHE, employees and building appearance

• Strong relationship management and interpersonal skills
• Innovative and creative thinking
• Listening skills
• Influencing and negotiation skills
• Complex problem-solving
• Highly resourceful
• Player-Coach
• Organized and attention-to-detail approach
• Ability to multitask and manage multiple issues simultaneously in a fast-paced environment while maintaining accuracy and prioritizing tasks

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• 5+ years of experience in a warehouse environment with at least 3 years of experience in a supervisory capacity
• Transportation or Warehousing experience in Produce…