Warehouse Manager

Morski Brands; Portage (WI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Morski Brands is seeking a seasoned Warehouse Operations Manager in Wisconsin to lead daily warehouse activities, ensure food safety and regulatory compliance, and partner across functions to sustain on-time production and shipments.

You will oversee inventory accuracy, train and coach staff, and drive continuous improvement initiatives while maintaining a safe, audit-ready environment in a regulated food facility.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years in warehouse, distribution, logistics, or supply chain, with supervisory/management experience.
• Experience in regulated food environments (GMP/HACCP/allergen control) is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with FIFO/FEFO, audit readiness, and lot tracking.
• Proven ability to lead, train, and evaluate warehouse staff and cross-functional teams.
• Experience with warehouse management and ERP systems and related reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily warehouse operations: receiving, put-away, inventory control, staging, shipping, and transfers.
• Ensure safe handling, storage, rotation, traceability, and quality of raw materials and finished goods.
• Maintain GMP, HACCP, sanitation, allergen controls, and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with Production, QA, Maintenance, Purchasing, Transportation, and Customer Service to support schedules and shipments.
• Monitor inventory accuracy via cycle counts, reconciliations, and investigations of discrepancies.
• Keep warehouse areas clean, audit-ready, and compliant with safety standards.
• Lead, train, schedule, coach, and evaluate warehouse staff including leads and forklift operators.
• Track KPIs: productivity, labor; shipping accuracy and safety performance.
• Enforce safe work practices, conduct safety observations, and manage incidents.
• Develop and maintain warehouse SOPs and best practices to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Support internal and customer audits and corrective actions as needed.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement, cost reduction, waste elimination, and improved material flow.

Skills

Leadership

Inventory management

ERP systems

Warehouse operations

Safety compliance

Team training

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

WMS

ERP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Manage daily warehouse operations, including receiving, put-away, inventory control, order staging, shipping, and product transfers.

• Ensure proper handling, storage, rotation, and traceability of raw materials, packaging, ingredients, finished goods, and other food manufacturing supplies.

• Maintain compliance with food safety, quality, GMP, HACCP, allergen control, sanitation, and regulatory requirements.

• Partner with Production, Quality Assurance, Maintenance, Purchasing, Transportation, and Customer Service teams to support on‑time production schedules and customer shipments.

• Oversee inventory accuracy through cycle counts, reconciliations, physical inventories, and investigation of discrepancies.

• Ensure warehouse areas are clean, organized, audit‑ready, andmaintainedaccording to company and food safety standards.

• Lead, train, schedule, coach, and evaluate warehouse employees, including leads, forklift operators, material handlers, and shipping/receiving personnel.

• Monitor productivity, labor utilization, shipping accuracy, inventory accuracy, safety performance, and other key performance indicators.

• Enforce safe work practices, conduct safety observations, investigate incidents, and ensure proper use of material handling equipment.

• Develop andmaintainwarehouse procedures, work instructions, and best practices to improve efficiency, accuracy, and compliance.

• Support internal audits, customer audits, regulatory inspections, and corrective action processes as needed.

• Identifyopportunities for continuous improvement, cost reduction, waste elimination, and improved material flow.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of warehouse, distribution, logistics, or supply chain experience, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or management role.

• Experience in a foodmanufacturing, food distribution, refrigerated, frozen, bakery, beverage, meat, dairy, or other regulated food production environment strongly preferred.

• Working knowledge of GMPs, HACCP, food safety programs, sanitation practices, allergen control, lot tracking, FIFO/FEFO rotation, and audit readiness.

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to train, coach, motivate, and hold team members accountable.

• Proven ability to manage inventory accuracy, warehouse workflows, shipping and receiving processes, and cross‑functional communication.

• Experience using warehouse management systems, ERP systems, inventory software, Microsoft Office, and related reporting tools.

• Forklift certification or ability to obtain certification preferred.

• Strong problem‑solving, organizational, communication, and decision‑making skills.

• Ability to work in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment with changing priorities and production demands.

Physical and Work Environment Requirements

• Ability to work in warehouse and manufacturing environments, which may include cold, refrigerated, freezer, wet, dry, or temperature‑controlled areas depending on business needs.

• Ability to stand, walk, bend, reach, lift, and move throughout the facility for extended periods.

• Ability to lift or move materials consistent with company safety guidelines.

• Must be able to wear required personal protective equipment and follow all safety, food safety, and sanitation procedures.

• Flexibility to work extended hours, weekends, or off‑shift schedules as needed to support operations.

Reporting Relationship

This position typically reports to the Operations Manager, Plant Manager, Supply Chain Manager, or another designated member of site leadership.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The company is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected status. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.