Warehouse and Purchasing Manager

Description

Lactalis American Group is currently seeking candidates to join our Warehouse & Purchasing team in Belmont, Wisconsin. 

Lactalis, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to nurturing the future by providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. We offer an enviable range of dairy brands including Galbani®, Président®, Kraft® Natural Cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond®, Parmalat®, Siggi’s®, and Stonyfield Organic® in addition to several brands imported from our affiliates in Europe. 

At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do. We are dedicated to building a safe, diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace and we know that our candidates come from many different backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job posting, we still encourage you to apply and share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE!  You may be just the perfect candidate for this or other roles within our company. 

Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities. 

From your PASSION to ours

This position will assist the Assistant Plant Director in enhancing the operational functions, inventory management, and financial performance of the Dry Warehouse department; ensure the purchasing team orders and receives materials on time.  

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

· Supervise the purchasing activity of plant supplies

· Supervise the activities of workers engaged in receiving and storing dry warehouse materials which includes ensuring quality and quantity of received materials

· Interview, select and train warehouse personnel

· Track financial performance

· Implement and follow SOPs

· Conduct weekly/monthly inventories

· Attend departmental meetings 

· Apply well-defined standards (costs, budgets)

· Record performance data

· Analyze and evaluate efficiency data and determine the negative or positive net effect

· Implement corrective action plans

· Responsible for coordinating with the Plant Buyer for the management of all receivables  

· Inspect physical conditions of warehouse and equipment; schedule required maintenance repairs or replacement as needed

· Lead and control various inventory and equipment management parameters and implement corrective actions

· Propose improvement plans 

· Develop and document standard and emergency operating procedures for receiving, handling, storing or salvaging products or materials. 

· Scheduling personnel to maximize the department’s capability while meeting needs of Packaging, Production and RSPC.

· Organize technical means: Plan actions for preventative maintenance, cleaning, etc.

· Apply any environmental regulations and ensure they are respected

· Apply the safety rules and ensure they are implemented and followed

· Participate in analyzing occupational hazards

· Take necessary measures when there is deviation from Quality policies related to dry warehouse storage

This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions, it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

Requirements

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

Education

· Bachelor’s degree in Business Management or Logistics Management preferred

Experience

· Previous manufacturing/warehouse experience preferred

· 2 years experience in a management/supervisory role

· Stable and dependable work history is required

Specialized Knowledge

· Warehousing and purchasing functions directly related to a manufacturing facility 

· Agri-food industry technology and processes

Skills/Abilities

· Computer Skills: including but not limited to Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel) and ERP

The ideal candidate will be proactive and dynamic, flexible and receptive to new ideas, down to earth and pragmatic, analytical and a