Food-Grade Warehouse Lead & Operations Supervisor

The Role

Warehouse Supervisor leads warehouse operations and team performance to ensure safe, accurate, and timely material flow. The Supervisor oversees the work of Warehouse team members including receiving and inspecting in-bound trucks, store pallets, organizing the warehouse and storage coolers, staging ingredients for the production team, and loading trailers for shipment. You will ensure that materials are received, stored, rotated, pulled, and shipped in a safe manner.

You will operate pump jacks, electric jacks, forklifts, and non-CDL license requiring trucks. You will support the warehouse Level 1 and Level 2 team members as needed. You will participate in daily and daily warehouse cleaning activities. The role will be the owner of all warehouse documentation. You will follow quality and safety standards. You will coordinate with team members and departments to ensure timely and efficient movement of ingredients, packaging, and production materials to different departments.

In short, you will be responsible for warehouse organization, documentation, and item movement, working quickly and accurately while being safe.

• Team Leadership

• Training and onboarding of new team members.

• Ensure that housekeeping in the warehouse gets performed and documented daily.

• Treat all internal and external stakeholders with a service mindset; communicate with respect and kindness.

• Manage timeline expectations within and across teams, deliver on our responsibilities accordingly.

• Recognize all team members across the organization are working toward common goals.

• Adapt to support the needs of the team in roles that may not fall under our primary job description.

• Embrace CAVA's view of diversity as a crucial element of the organization and not just a buzzword.

• Actively contribute to your department in order to complete tasks and meet company goals.

• Operational Oversight

• Ultimate oversight and responsibility for all tasks that relate to the warehouse, and exterior of the warehouse.

• Assist with the transfer of raw materials to the staging area for batching each process.

• Manage the flow in the raw materials to finish goods areas (by stacking bins, organizing, and ensuring areas are safe for pedestrian travel).

• Compliance & Documentation

• Follow all food safety, employee safety, and all GMPs (Good Manufacturing Procedures).

• Ensure all inbound loads are documented accurately and inspected. Check thoroughly to ensure inbound data matches what we are receiving.

• Ensure all outbound loads are documented properly, confirming alignment with outbound data.

• Abide by policies and procedures that support the service mindset.

• Cross-functional Coordination

• Assist the prep team with raw materials setup for them to open and help organize and put back in their respective areas of storage.

• Collaborate with the Logistics Manager to coordinate the pick-up of raw materials to various locations when needed.

• Work requires constant communication with the prep team lead, Inventory and Procurement Coordinator, and Logistics Manager to ensure timely and efficient work around the warehouse.

• Support the Inventory and Procurement Coordinator and Manager when needed for counts for inventory level purposes.

• Continuous Improvement

• Ensure all pallets in the warehouse and coolers are labelled accordingly and all raw materials have the correct dates and matching manufacturing data.

• Sort through partial units received on inbound loads for our CPG and Bulk products, and ensure they are cased and labelled accordingly to eliminate waste.

• Manage timeline expectations within and across teams, deliver on our responsibilities accordingly.

• 3-5 years warehouse experience, including team leadership responsibilities.

• Experience in food manufacturing or cold-chain environments preferred.

• You must be able to operate a forklift and electric jacks.

• Demonstrate proper clock management and maintain strong attendance.

• Ability to read and follow instructions and procedures to ensure tasks are done properly.

• Good verbal communication skills.

• Required to work efficiently, with alacrity, keeping safety a priority.

• Experience using smartphones, tablets, computers, and…