Assistant Warehouse Manager - Night Shift

Assistant Warehouse Manager

This is a full-time, assistant manager position located at Johnson Brothers distribution center in St. Paul, MN. Johnson Brothers is seeking customer focused individuals to lead a team of hourly employees in our operations network! Our warehouses are dynamic environments where standing, walking, and having on-the-production floor conversations are common as a leader.

As an Assistant Warehouse Manager, you will be responsible for engaging, leading, and developing your team in a warehouse environment. Your main focus will be motivating, mentoring, and managing your team to meet goals. As a people manager, you will ensure that your team has all the tools needed to succeed and maintain the highest levels of safety, quality, attendance, and performance at work.

Shift: Mon-Thurs night, 5:30 PM start, 10+ hour shifts

Key Job Responsibilities

• Order Selection & Replenishment
• Schedule and coordinate order selection and replenishment activities according to production and delivery requirements.
• Ensure all orders are selected accurately and replenishments are completed on time.

• Personnel Management
• Hire, train, and develop selection and replenishment personnel.
• Manage, coach, and evaluate employees to ensure performance and compliance with company standards.
• Foster a positive and safe work environment that encourages teamwork and accountability.

• Operations & Quality Control
• Maintain established quality standards for order selection and warehouse operations.
• Oversee loading and unloading of products to ensure efficiency, accuracy, and safety.
• Coordinate with other departments to resolve operational issues.

• Safety & Compliance
• Enforce and maintain all safety policies and procedures for the shift.
• Conduct regular safety inspections and ensure all incidents are properly reported and addressed.

• Administrative & Payroll Oversight
• Manage timekeeping and payroll for shift personnel, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Complete required reports and documentation in a timely manner.

• Additional Duties
• Perform other warehouse duties and projects as assigned by management.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of supervisory experience leading warehouse, distribution, manufacturing, or similar operations.
• Experience leading teams of 20 or more employees.
• Demonstrated experience handling employee relations, coaching, performance management, interviewing, and hiring.
• Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Must be able to work assigned hours
• Ability to operate warehouse equipment safely and promote safe work practices.
• Must be able to endure prolonged periods of standing and walking.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with a Warehouse Management System (WMS).
• Experience leading teams through operational or organizational change.

The expected pay range for this role is $80,000 - $95,000. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role. Actual placement within range will be contingent upon several factors, including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, education, experience, internal equity, union status (where applicable) and alignment with market data. Johnson Brothers offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, health savings and flexible spending accounts. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k) with an employer match, short term disability coverage, company-paid long term disability insurance, generous paid time off (PTO) plans and paid parental leave.

Johnson Brothers is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fair treatment and hiring based on qualifications. We prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, military status, or any other protected status under applicable laws.