Shipping Captain: Lead Warehouse & Distribution Team

International Gourmet Foods (IGF); Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

International Gourmet Foods (IGF) seeks a Shipping Captain to lead the Shipping team in our Atlanta operations, ensuring accuracy, safety, and efficient loading and movement of products across shifts.

Responsibilities include directing pick/load, maintaining compliance, and coordinating with cross-functional leaders to drive continuous improvement in distribution and routes. Strong leadership and forklift proficiency required.

Qualifications

• Experience in warehousing and distribution, preferably in the food industry.
• Leadership and conflict resolution skills; ability to communicate clearly and motivate a team.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a diverse team, changing gears when required.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills with high attention to detail.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Expert ability to operate a manual pallet jack, electric pallet jack, and forklift.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Dynamics, Excel, Outlook, SharePoint, Teams, and Word.
• On-call availability in emergency situations.
• Bilingual communications skills (English and Spanish) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Directs, supervises, and provides leadership to the team members responsible for pulling, checking, and loading product to track their performance, especially related to: Ensuring product accuracy and quality
• Maintaining a clean, compliant, and safe working environment
• Participates in and oversees: Printing pick and load sheets; Locating misplaced and missing product; Reconciling completed pick and load sheets in Dynamics; Entering weights; printing invoices; collating driver paperwork
• Provides leadership and direction to the Shipping team: Tracks and manages team members’ performance, especially related to ensuring accuracy, preventing damage, and operating equipment safely
• Conducts management functions such as reviewing time-off requests and carrying out disciplinary and corrective actions
• Contributes to ongoing training related to products and workplace policies and processes
• Coordinates workflow with other leadership team members to ensure collaboration across other warehouse activities and “time zones”; assigns and ensures the timely completion of team tasks, including end-of-shift cleaning
• Works with Facilities and Safety team members to problem-solve equipment and infrastructure challenges with the objective of continuous improvement
• Works closely with other leadership team members to participate in regular management reviews geared toward continuous process improvement
• Contributes to the team by performing other work as necessary

Skills

Warehousing

Leadership

Communication

Analytical skills

MS Office

Dynamics

Excel

Forklift operation

On-call availability

Bilingual EN/ES

Tools

Dynamics

Excel

Outlook

SharePoint

Teams

Word

Pallet jacks

Forklift

Job description

International Gourmet Foods (IGF) seeks a Shipping Captain to lead the Shipping team in our Atlanta operations, ensuring accuracy, safety, and efficient loading and movement of products across shifts.

Responsibilities include directing pick/load, maintaining compliance, and coordinating with cross-functional leaders to drive continuous improvement in distribution and routes. Strong leadership and forklift proficiency required.