Warehouse Manager - (Food & Nutrition Exp Required)

Your Role And Responsibilities

Production:

• Manage the operations facilities, assets, and personnel, ensuring that all operational activities are conducted safely, efficiently, and effectively while ensuring conformance with all corporate and local policies, programs, legislation, and budgets.
• Manage operational activities to control expenses incurred by operations in accordance with the operations budget expectations.
• Development of process descriptions and subsequent training requirements.
• Set priorities and schedules based on safety issues, customer needs, equipment failures, and other operational challenges.
• Aggressively pursue efficiency improvements.
• Manage operational activities to meet inventory and customer demand requirements.
• Develop and implement operating procedures which improve safety, improve product quality, and/or eliminate operational challenges.
• Develop and maintain a positive work environment by actively driving employee initiatives aimed at enhancing engagement and satisfaction.
• Develop redundancy through cross training within production departments. Manage personnel and assign manpower to the greatest need.
• Assist/lead in driving capital projects from inception to completion.

Quality/Safety:

• Immediately report all conditions that either could have/or result in safety, quality, and environmental incidents.
• Identify and recommend changes or improvements, where appropriate, that enhance quality, health, safety, and the efficiency of processes.
• Inspect and verify the satisfactory performance of facilities, equipment, and processes.
• Participate in quality/customer service meetings, assist in project development, drive assigned projects to completion.
• Lead/participate in investigations.
• Participate in safety meetings and inspections.
• Emphasize housekeeping to improve safety.
• Monitor and coordinate disposition of waste and nonconforming material.
• Manage and enforce productivity and safety standards.

Other Functions:

• Review and approve invoices.
• Participate in customer and regulatory audits.
• Lead/participate in customer plant visits.

Training:

• Lead/assist operations manager with plant wide meetings.
• Train operations personnel and ensure maintenance of training records.

Leadership:

• Leads and inspires a high performing operations team that supports Brenntag's core values and the Brenntag way execution for business conduct and compliance.
• Lead by example / be a "servant leader".
• Coach, guide, and develop direct reports. Hold all reports accountable for performance and safety.
• Mentor direct reports.
• Execute performance reviews.
• Discuss and support pursuit of career progression.
• Administer discipline and issue disciplinary warnings when necessary.

Our Offer:

• We aim to create an environment where the best people want to work, where they can turn their passion into their job and realize their full potential.
• Individual development, on-the-job training, and development programs designed to help our employees grow in their careers.
• Paid parental leave, educational assistance, paid-time-off, among other benefits.
• Various healthcare plan options as well as 401(k).