Warehouse Director

Buckhead & Newport Meat and Seafood; Hampshire Township (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Buckhead & Newport Meat and Seafood is seeking an experienced Warehouse Manager to oversee product flow, quality standards, inventory control and sanitation. You will lead a team, manage payroll, and ensure accuracy in orders while controlling departmental expenses.

The role requires a strong focus on safety, compliance with OSHA, and cross‑department communication to optimize operations and cost efficiency across the facility.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 4-year degree strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Hire, train, direct, and discipline warehouse personnel to achieve efficient use of manpower and equipment.
• Process weekly payroll.
• Perform daily sanitation and safety inspections.
• Ensure security, maintenance, and repair of warehouse equipment and building.
• Perform cycle counting and reconciliations.
• Process invoices and manage expenses.
• Recommend improvements in material handling to lower costs.
• Manage productivity and order accuracy to maintain high service levels.
• Maintain communications with other departments and company personnel.
• Assure OSHA compliance in warehouse operations.
• Follow Buckhead/Newport Meat & Seafood compliance review in all operations.
• Other duties as assigned by management.
• Review receiving to identify outs, stock issues, and quality problems; inform procurement.
• Organize paperwork for outbound shifts; review delivery adjustments.
• Conduct routine warehouse meetings and maintain a safety program.
• Participate in the safety committee.

Job description

Ensure the organized flow of products in and out of the building. Adhere strictly to product quality standards, inventory control, productivity, order accuracy, and sanitation standards while maintaining control of departmental expenses.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Hire, train, direct, and discipline warehouse personnel to achieve the most effective use of manpower and equipment.
• Process weekly payroll.
• Perform daily sanitation and safety inspections.
• Ensure security, maintenance, and repair of warehouse equipment and physical building.
• Perform cycle counting and reconciliations.
• Process invoices and manage expenses.
• Recommend improvements in material handling to promote efficiency and lower operating costs.
• Manage productivity and order accuracy to achieve a high warehouse service level.
• Maintain open communications with other departments, managers, and other company personnel.
• Assure OSHA Compliance in warehouse operations.
• Perform warehouse operation following the Buckhead/Newport Meat & Seafood compliance review.
• Other duties as assigned by management.
• Review receiving to determine out of stocks. Inform procurement of potential outs, under/overstock problems and quality issues.
• Organize paperwork for the outbound shift.
• Review delivery adjustments and reconcile.
• Conduct routine warehouse meetings and maintain an ongoing safety program.
• Participate in the safety committee.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• High school diploma/GED
• 4-year degree strongly preferred.

Experience

• 10 years of warehouse management experience in distribution/manufacturing

Professional Skills

• You must possess good employee relations skills.

Physical Demands

• Work is light with some walking for inspections regularly.
• Approximately 10% of the time is spent on data entry.
• Must be able to communicate, primarily by telephone, to vendors, shippers, employees, and other Company personnel.
• Must be able to read text that is close and at a distance with or without correction.
• Must be able to perform manual tasks, hear, walk, stand, sit, reach, lift, bend, speak and interact with others.
• The office is situated in the warehouse.
• Activities occur both inside (protection from weather conditions but not temperature changes) and outside.

Equipment Operated

• Typical equipment you will operate include but is not limited to a calculator, copier, fax, PC, Microsoft Office applications, and CRT.