Freezer Operations Lead — Inventory & Safety

Regional Food Bank; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Regional Food Bank is seeking a front-line supervisor for the warehouse to organize daily work, assign tasks, and maintain clean, safe operations in a high-volume environment in Albany, NY. This role emphasizes strong organization, communication, and leadership to drive productivity and ensure accuracy in inbound/outbound freezer product handling.

The ideal candidate will have essential computer skills, prior inventory control or warehouse leadership experience, and the ability to obtain

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older and possess a high school or equivalency diploma.
• Must possess basic computer skills.
• Prior productivity and inventory control experience, and experience operating power equipment in a warehouse setting preferred.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain power equipment certification.
• Prior leadership experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess daily volume and assigns workload to department accordingly given daily staffing.
• Audits pallets for delivery or pickup and validates accuracy as needed.
• Adjusts inventory to ensure inventory is up-to-date and accurate.
• Assists in receiving of goods and finding optimal locations for pallets to be put away.
• Reviews invoices and purchase orders for accuracy.
• Ensures team has the tools, adequate supplies of materials, parts, and consumables to assure their timely distributions.
• Covers production duties as business needs.
• Ensures product is not being marked out and high fulfillment rate is being achieved.
• Ensures department is on process in terms of product rotation, FIFO compliance, and movement of aging product.
• Reviews area daily to maintain USDA, FDA, Agricultural, and FSMA compliance.
• Inspects all power equipment prior to use.
• Follows all safety standards and procedures.
• Works independently and collaboratively with other departments and employees in support of the mission of the Food Bank.
• Adheres to the Food Bank's Employee Code of Conduct.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication

Detail oriented

Results driven

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Power equipment

Job description

Regional Food Bank is seeking a front-line supervisor for the warehouse to organize daily work, assign tasks, and maintain clean, safe operations in a high-volume environment in Albany, NY. This role emphasizes strong organization, communication, and leadership to drive productivity and ensure accuracy in inbound/outbound freezer product handling.

The ideal candidate will have essential computer skills, prior inventory control or warehouse leadership experience, and the ability to obtain