Factory Warehouse Manager

 

 

 

 

 

Bel, makers of iconic brands including Babybel, The Laughing Cow, Boursin, and GoGo Squeez is a growing global company that values your contributions, strives to create a sense of belonging for everyone and offers career growth and development opportunities, as well as competitive total compensation and meaningful well-being benefits from day one. For All, For Good, our company signature, reflects Bel’s commitment to sustainability and healthier and responsible food for all. The company has headquarters in Chicago (Bel Brands USA) and New York City (GoGo Squeez) and operates 5 manufacturing plants in Little Chute, WI; Leitchfield, KY; Brookings, SD; Traverse City, MI; and Nampa, ID.

Job Summary:

As the Factory Warehouse Manager, the individual in this role will manage the entirety of day-to-day logistical operations for the plant as well as drive the performance of the department as far as receiving, shipping, internal flows, and external flows with 3PL. The Factory Warehouse Manager keeps safety first and fosters trust by avoiding surprises and delivering on promises. This individual will also guide the department into the next chapter of a growing facility by leading improvement and implementation projects throughout the Supply Chain department.

Job Responsibilities & Tasks

• Oversees the logistics operations of the plant:

  • Keeps collaborators safe.

  • Responsible for the management of department Key Process Indicator tracking and follow up.  Expected to define and suggest new KPI as they see fit to manage the business needs.

  • Follows and analyses KPI to stay on track.

  • Defines necessary workforce organizational changes to achieve objectives.

  • Writes, implements, and follows up on Standard Operating Procedures.

  • Oversees Warehouse Supervisors and their warehouses: Finished Goods/Packaging and Raw Materials with a wide variety of components and different type of storage (dry, cold, frozen…).

  • Oversees the Shipping/Receiving Specialist as well as the planning of receiving and shipping of packaging, raw materials, and Finished Goods regarding needs, docks, and people capacity.

  • Alerts everyone necessary of delays for both shipping and receiving.

  • Ensure controls are performed both at receiving and shipping.

  • Manages the Spotter/Yard Management Operations with a 3PL provider.

  • Is the owner of the equipment, maintenance and costs associated: building, docks, doors, racks, forklifts, and IT.

  • Manages transfer orders between outside warehouses and the Nampa plant.

  • Ensure the 3PL providers are following SOPs consistent with Materne’s procedures.

  • Takes an active part in the development and execution of the Supply Chain Roadmap by identifying improvement opportunities and implementation.

  • Facilitates the collaboration between Business Units, DCs and plant.

  • Maintains order of rack allocation by product type for Packaging Material, Finished Goods and QA purposes of Held inventory and supplier non-compliance.

• Oversees the inventory accuracy of all stocks:

  • Ensures physical and digital stocks are matching

  • Manages the entire cycle-count process in collaboration with the Inventory Specialist and Supervisors

  • Manages monthly, mid-year and end of year inventories

  • Manages the disposition and the communication regarding non-compliant materials and SLOB materials in a timely manner

  • Manages the traceability, FEFO and identification of the stocks

  • Oversees CHEP pallets inventory.

  • Ensures that the 5S of both warehouses and the yard are continuously improved and followed to facilitate warehouse management.

  • Ensure pull-list are shared with Material Handlers to facilitate daily operations.

  • Ensure put-aways are done efficiently and in a timely manner.

  • Manages the warehouse levels.

• Secures projects implementation and continuous improvement:

  • Suggests projects to improve the department

  • Is a leader for those projects

  • Optimize storage, flow, people, doors, docks, wastes, and forklifts efficiency

  • Makes proposal regarding the organization to ensure the most efficient department

  • Pilots Key Process Indicators to improve the performance of the plant’s logistics

  • Takes over a logistics specification project in interaction with R&D and Purchasing

• Prepares the logistics operations for the pro