First-Shift Warehouse Lead: Process & People Coach

ConAgra Fds Packaged Fds; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 33,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Stock purchase

Career development

Paid time off

Job summary

Conagra Brands in Denver, Colorado is seeking a Warehouse Lead to provide technical leadership and hands-on support for shipping, receiving, inventory management, and warehouse systems at our Denver manufacturing plant. You will join a team of roughly 350 employees, helping ensure safe, efficient, and consistent execution across all warehouse functions.

This 1st shift role offers an hourly rate of $29.05 and opportunities to train, coach, and develop staff while coordinating with production and

Qualifications

• Food manufacturing or distribution warehouse experience preferred.
• 1-3 years of leadership experience required
• Forklift and material-handling equipment experience required.
• Experience supporting shipping, receiving, inventory management, and warehouse operations.
• Experience training or providing hands-on guidance to employees.
• Experience troubleshooting warehouse processes and supporting operational problem-solving.
• Comfortable working in different areas of a manufacturing facility, including cooler and freezer environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical resource for warehouse processes, including shipping, receiving, material handling, inventory management, and warehouse systems.
• Support associates with process questions, troubleshooting, and operational issues while reinforcing established standard work and procedures.
• Perform core warehouse functions, including forklift operation, picking, shipping, receiving, material movement, cycle counting, and inventory management.
• Support shipping and receiving schedules and coordinate activities with outside warehouses and transportation providers.
• Identify operational bottlenecks and help coordinate workflow and changing priorities between warehouse functions and production.
• Train new employees on warehouse processes, equipment, systems, safety requirements, and standard work.
• Provide hands-on coaching to associates to strengthen process knowledge and job performance.
• Cross-train employees to support workforce flexibility and help identify training needs and maintain skills matrices.
• Identify recurring issues and opportunities to improve safety, quality, inventory accuracy, and productivity.
• Participate in problem-solving and root-cause analysis and support implementation of process improvements.
• Provide front-line operational visibility to the Warehouse Supervisor by communicating safety, quality, inventory, staffing, and process concerns.
• Support shift startup and turnover communication by providing updates on priorities, production support, and outstanding issues.

Skills

Leadership

Shipping/Receiving

Inventory management

Training

Problem-solving

Tools

Forklift operation

Job description

Conagra Brands in Denver, Colorado is seeking a Warehouse Lead to provide technical leadership and hands-on support for shipping, receiving, inventory management, and warehouse systems at our Denver manufacturing plant. You will join a team of roughly 350 employees, helping ensure safe, efficient, and consistent execution across all warehouse functions.

This 1st shift role offers an hourly rate of $29.05 and opportunities to train, coach, and develop staff while coordinating with production and