Warehouse Lead (1st shift) $20+/hour DOE

Business Unit Overview

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats™, PEBBLES™, Grape-Nuts™ and Malt-O-Meal™ cereal and Peter Pan™ peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish™, Kibbles 'n Bits™ and 9Lives™ dog and cat food. Post also provides private label solutions to customers in pet food, cereal, nut butters and granola. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit and follow us on LinkedIn or Facebook for the latest news.


Location Description

The Eugene, Oregon plant produces both organic and non-organic granola, with annual production of up to 52 million pounds. The site supports a team of more than 200 manufacturing and support employees and plays an important role in supplying private label granola products across the U.S.

Eugene is known for its strong focus on sustainability, outdoor recreation, and innovation. Home to the University of Oregon, the city is widely recognized as the birthplace of Nike, reflecting its long-standing connection to athletics and performance culture and is also known as Track Town USA. Another frequent cry in Eugene establishments is "Go Ducks," celebrating the triumphs of the U of O men's and women's sports teams. Eugene offers abundant access to parks, trails, and natural beauty, along with a vibrant arts and food scene, creating an engaging and lifestyle-oriented community for employees and their families.


Responsibilities

Wage: $20+/hour depending on experience

Shift: 5:45a-2:30p

Our Post Consumer Brands Warehouse Leads play a valuable role in directing shift operations of our Warehouse teams. While overseeing the movement of raw materials and finished goods within and between facility locations and customer trucks; Leads are accountable for ensuring team training and that established policies, procedures, and standards in the areas of people safety, food safety, allergen control, FIFO, cycle counting, and GMPs are followed. The Warehouse Lead is highly focused on individual development, growth, and collaboration.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures people safety is a top priority by setting the example and holding team members accountable to a safety first culture.
• Establishes a positive and collaborative team culture that works closely with cross department partners.
• Pre-shift planning, staffing, and communication of the day to day tasks and initiatives.
• Performs daily shift audits of Inventory movements, Allergen Controls, and GMP compliances.
• Reviews work orders of kits (Warehouse) and/or shipments (DC) to ensure (FIFO) procedures are being followed.
• Ensures the unloading of raw materials and/or kits from trucks into the plant locations and assigns to the appropriate storage areas. For distribution center positions, ensures the unloading of finished goods and assigns to the appropriate area.
• In support of inventory accuracy, ensures DSI barcode transactions are completed according to policies and procedures. Follows up with the team on empty location checks and performs cycle counts to validate expected and actual inventory levels.
• Ensures daily powered industrial truck inspections (PIT) are completed according to established policies and procedures; submits issues to the warehouse administrator to ensure proper and timely repairs
• Works with the company maintenance work order system to input facility repair requests.
• Other duties, as assigned

Qualifications

Education & Experience Required:

• 1+ years of experience in warehousing, distribution, and/or logistics.
• High school diploma or GED equivalent from an accredited institution.

Preferred Education, Experience, and Skills:

• Previous food manufacturing experience
• Previous experience with powered industrial trucks (PIT)
• Previous experience with warehouse management systems (scanners, etc.)
• Previous experience with ERP system (JDE strongly preferred.
• 1+ year of experience in a leadership level position.

Physical Requirements: Qualified applicants must be able to perform the following physical job requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation:

• Must be able to lift to 55 pounds repeatedly throughout the shift.
• Must be able to reach, grasp, and make fast, repeated movements of fingers, hands, and wrists throughout the shift.
• Must be able to perform work at or above shoulder height for short periods of time throughout the shift.
• Must be able to push, pull, bend, stretch, twist, and/or reach throughout shift.
• Must be able to distinguish between sounds, such as forklift horns, fire alarms, machine signals, etc.
• Must be able to work in hot, humid, and cold manufacturing environment.
• Must be comfortable working in dusty environments.
• Must be able to distinguish between sounds, such as forklift horns, fire alarms, machine signals, etc.
• Must be able to stand and walk for entirety of shift (8 hours).
• Must be able to sit at a workstation for extended periods of time
• Must be comfortable climbing up and down stairs/ladders throughout the shift.