Company Background:
Culture Fresh Foods, Incis a Non-Dairy processing facility headquartered in Naugatuck, CT. The facility produces a wide range of plant based spoonable and spreadable cultured and ESL (extended shelf life) products for private label, copack and under its own brand.
Position Summary:
The Warehouse Lead will oversee and manage the daily warehouse operations at our non-dairy processing facility in Naugatuck, CT. The role involves receiving, processing, and organizing inventory using SAP Business One and scanners, working predominantly in a refrigerated environment. Responsibilities include picking, packing, and shipping orders, ensuring inventory accuracy, and maintaining a safe and organized warehouse. The ideal candidate will have proven warehouse experience, strong organizational skills, and the ability to operate various warehouse equipment.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
· Receiving and Processing: Utilize SAP Business One to receive materials and perform the necessary transactions.
· Order Fulfillment: Pick sales orders from stock using scanners, pack, and ship orders accurately.
· Inventory Management: Manage, organize, and retrieve stock, with some items weighing between 50 – 100 lbs.
· Refrigerated Work Environment: Work in a refrigerated area (35 degrees) for the majority of the day.
· Stock Organization: Maintain and organize inventory, including performing cycle counts.
· Safety and Organization: Conduct walk-arounds to ensure the warehouse is safe and well organized.
· Shipment Validation: Validate incoming and outgoing shipments.
· Warehouse Optimization: Organized warehouse space efficiently and propose ideas for optimizing warehousing procedures.
· Receiving and Unloading: Receive, unload, and place incoming inventory items appropriately.
· Order Accuracy: Check, verify, and fill customer picking lists or packing lists.
· Safety and Hygiene Compliance: Adhere to all company safety and hygiene regulations.
· Team Leadership: Support and manage warehouse associates to maintain a clean, safe, and organized warehouse
· Ethical Standards: Lead by example by adhering to Culture Fresh Foods Code of Conduct, including company policies, standards, and specifications.
· Performs other duties as assigned.
The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.
Secondary Duties and Responsibilities:
SQF REQUIREMENTS
- Maintaining food safety and food quality through completing job tasks and maintaining the work area in a sanitary manner.
- Required to wear food safety/sanitation clothing.
- This position necessitates conformance to personal hygiene regulations.
- Report food safety problems to personnel with authority to initiate action.
- Ensure all programs are being upheld and documentation is current.
- Vigilantly monitor equipment operation for indications of impending problems and possible operational improvements.
Position Requirements:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
- Proven warehouse experience (three to six months related experience and/or training).
- Valid Driver’s License
- Ability to operate forklift, hand truck, pallet jack and other warehouse equipment.
- Adequate knowledge of warehouse computer data system, Scanners
- Ability to learn and work on the ERP System, SAP Business One.
- Ability to implement employee training.
- Manage and monitor employee work, motivating them to ensure the highest quality and avoid internal errors.
- Adaptability to changing organizational and operational needs.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Maintain a positive professional attitude and strong team player ethic.
- Obey all safety rules.
- Pass a company pre-employment physical and drug screen.
- Willing to get a CDL Driver’s License Class B.
Physical Requirements:
- This role will require occasionally of lifting 25 to 50 pounds bags
- Operate a Forklift
- Ability to work in a refrigerated area for the majority of the workday.
Working Environment:
· While performing in this role the individual is regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts, is regularly exposed to dusty conditions, is regularly exposed to high noise environments, is regularly exposed to outside weather in all conditions, and may be exposed to chemicals used in the process.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- Evening shift
- Night shift
Application Question(s):
- Do you have ERP System, SAP Business One experience?
- Are you willing to obtain a CDL B license?
Experience:
- Warehouse: 1 year (Required)
- Warehouse supervisor: 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:
Ability to Commute:
- Naugatuck, CT 06770 (Required)
Work Location: In person