Manager, Night Warehouse

The Night Warehouse Manager is responsible for leading all warehouse operations during the night shift, ensuring a culture focused on safety, productivity, accuracy, associate engagement, service, and cost control. This role provides leadership and direction to warehouse associates to ensure efficient receiving, replenishment, selection, loading, staging of product while meeting operational goals and customer expectations. The Night Warehouse Manager drives execution of company standards, develops frontline associates and supervisors, ensures compliance with food safety and regulatory requirements, and delivers operational excellence through effective labor management, coaching, and continuous improvement initiatives.

This position operates on a Sunday through Thursday schedule, beginning at 4:00 PM and continuing until completion of nightly operations.

• Lead with a safety-first mindset that ensures every associate remains injury-free, champion safety programs, policies, procedures and training to create and maintain a culture of safety and accountability.
• Oversee night warehouse operations, including receiving, replenishment, selection, loading, sanitation, and inventory activities to ensure operational efficiency and service excellence.
• Drive execution of productivity, quality, accuracy and customer service goals while ensuring adherence to preferred work methods and standard operating procedures.
• Develop, coach, and mentor warehouse supervisors and associates through regular communication, performance feedback, training and recognition programs.
• Create and maintain a highly engaged workforce by fostering teamwork, accountability, communication, and a culture aligned with US Foods values.
• Monitor labor utilization, staffing levels, productivity reporting and workflow to ensure operational targets are achieved while controlling labor costs.
• Analyze operational metrics, including productivity, mis-picks, damages, shrink, service levels, and attendance trends, and implement corrective actions as needed.
• Partner with operations leadership to identify opportunities for continuous improvement in safety, quality, productivity, inventory accuracy and cost management.
• Participate in interviewing, hiring, onboarding and developing warehouse associates and supervisors. Conduct performance evaluations and administer corrective action when necessary.
• Ensure compliance with all food safety, sanitation, OSHA, FSQA, HACCP and company policy requirements.
• Maintain the physical condition of the warehouse, equipment and facility by ensuring inspections are completed and safety concerns are addressed promptly.
• Ensure inventory integrity through proper receiving, replenishment, slotting, cycle counting and inventory control processes.
• Effectively schedule labor and operational resources to meet business demands while maximizing productivity and minimizing overtime.
• Partner with cross-functional teams, including Transportation, Inventory Control, Facilities, Safety and Human Resources to support operational objectives.
• Prepare and communicate daily, weekly, and monthly operational performance reports and action plans.
• Other duties assigned by manager.

Warehouse Supervisors and/or union and non-union warehouse associates including Selectors, Loaders, Receivers, Replenishment Associates, Forklift Operators, and Inventory Control personnel.

• Work is performed primarily in a warehouse distribution environment, including dry, cooler, and freezer areas where temperatures may reach as low as
  -5 degrees.
• The position requires working night shifts, weekends, holidays, and additional hours as business conditions require.
• Frequent exposure to powered industrial equipment, moving machinery, warehouse traffic, and varying noise levels.

Related Experience/Requirements:

• Minimum of three (3) years of warehouse distribution, logistics, or supply chain experience.
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience leading, supervising or overseeing a warehouse workforce.
• Experience working in a high-volume, fast-paced distribution environment preferred.