Warehouse Manager

Kettle Cuisine; Savage (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Kettle Cuisine is seeking a Warehouse Manager to oversee all activities within the warehouse. This role requires managing resources efficiently to maintain service levels in a high-volume food manufacturing environment. Key responsibilities include inventory management, team leadership, and ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in food production and the ability to lead a diverse team towards continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in food manufacturing and management experience.
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing customer needs.
• Knowledge of food safety standards and quality assurance processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage, organize, and control all warehouse activities.
• Oversee inventory stock and ensure compliance with health regulations.
• Facilitate communication between departments and external vendors.

Skills

Experience in food manufacturing environment

Excellent communication

Ability to lead and motivate teams

Knowledge of ERP and IT systems

Knowledge of SQF requirements

Knowledge of HAACP, USDA and FDA requirements

Education

4 Year Degree in Logistics or Business Administration

Job description

At the heart of our company is a deep passion for creating fresh, healthy, and artisan-quality food that brings people together. We honor the craft of artisan cooking—using scratch-made stocks, hand-chopped herbs, and only the highest-quality ingredients—complemented by cutting-edge technology. This allows us to deliver consistently safe, exceptional products on a large scale.

But it’s not just about the food. Our culture is built on principles that shape how we grow, both as individuals and as a team. One of our core values, Honoring Development, guides us to actively seek out, celebrate, and nurture one another’s talents, strengths, and interests. By fostering each other’s growth, we strengthen our relationships and capabilities, driving both personal and professional success.

We also believe in Honoring Each Other. We surround ourselves with passionate people who share our love for great food. Through mutual respect and collaboration, we create an environment where employees are empowered to thrive, building trusting, and rewarding relationships with our clients, partners, and one another.

If you're looking for a place where your skills, passion, and ideas can flourish, we invite you to explore the opportunities available within our dynamic and supportive team.

Job Summary

To manage, organize and control all activities within the Warehouse function. To maximize the efficiency and utilization of all resources, including labor and equipment to achieve the required service levels and performance results. To provide a key link between the Warehouse and all internal and external customers.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Accurate recipe and allocation of lot codes to all raw material/packaging deliveries
• Ensure samples collected for Quality Assurance Department
• Ensure correct inventory rotation of all raw materials and packaging
• Ensure all inventory stock is verified to specifications
• Working liaison with Purchasing Department to allocate delivery times
• Manage all waste disposal
• Ensure all documentation is completed and submitted promptly to designated departments as required.
• Proven record of accomplishment of delivering change through continuous improvement initiatives and techniques
• Ability to work under pressure and capable of reacting to ever changing needs of customer requirements
• Management experience of planning within a high-volume operation
• Other duties as assigned

Required Skills

• Experience in food manufacturing environment (minimum 5 years)
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• A driven attitude that achieves results
• Ability to lead and motivate teams and individuals to achieve results
• Knowledge of ERP and IT systems
• Knowledge of SQF requirements and documentation
• Knowledge of HAACP, USDA and FDA (Food and Drug Administration) requirements

Desired Skills

• Positive attitude and motivation by contributing to the overall success of the team.
• 4 Year Degree preferably in Logistics or Business Administration
• Experience with budgets and financial reporting.
• Able to develop strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) and general food safety standards knowledge is preferred.
• Obsessive attention to detail, well organized and able to juggle many projects at once.
• Comfortable moving at a fast pace and in ambiguous environments.
• Willing to address demanding situations head on with patience and respect.

Responsibility

• Manages department, up to 50, across 3 shifts.
• Recommends actions and directions to supervisors, leads, and others.
• Position will have contact with outside vendors or contacts.
• Decisions or actions may impact other departments and/or external relationships of the organization.
• Position is responsible for staffing requests, interviewing, promotion/ demotion, and staffing levels of department.

As A Leader Within the Kettle Cuisine Team You Are Expected To:

• Model and support Kettle’s Core Values and safety culture
• Create a culture of accountability & performance
• Drive a focus on quality and continuous improvement
• Plan work, track results and resolve variances

Working Conditions

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL EFFORT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Department Leader encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Physical Demands/Efforts

• Work requires occasional physical exertion, including some lifting of objects weighing up to 25 pounds.

Mental & Visual Demands

• Work performed by this position requires moderate concentration to effectively execute moderately complex tasks.
• Work occasionally requires some visual effort for periods of time.

Work Environment and Hazards

• Employee works in a manufacturing setting with some exposure to heat, cold, dust, or other factors of minor inconvenience.
• The position has some exposure to hazards that might cause minor injury.
• Less than 10% travel is required for this position. Travel would be to other sites via airplane.
• Department Leader must have availability and flexibility to work different shifts and weekends, to provide any needed direct leadership support to employees. May need to work weekends or overtime as required.

Americans with Disabilities Act

Kettle Cuisine complies with all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state disability laws. This means we will not discriminate against qualified individuals with a disability in any phase of the employment relationship including application for employment, hiring, promotions and/or advancement opportunities, termination, compensation, training and any other conditions or privileges of employment.

Core Values

Kettle Cuisine takes the utmost pride in its people, products and reputation. Each employee is expected to understand and live our Core Values every day.

Honor Food – We create and produce the best tasting, safest, all natural recipes that strive for perfection in every batch, from bench to kettle

Honor Each Other – We seek to develop trusting, respectful and mutually rewarding relationships with all our team members and business partners

Honor Development – We recognize and nurture each other’s talents, strengths and interests in order to further strengthen and grow our team

Honor Innovation – We continually strive for creative and sustainable ways to achieve excellence

Pay Range for Warehouse Manager

The Warehouse Manager base pay range$90,000 - 115,000 USD/annually.The listed salary range represents Kettle Cuisine’s good faith estimate for this position and represents the minimum and maximum fornew hire salaries for the Savage, MD location only. Ranges will be reviewed on a regular basis. An employee’srate of pay within the range is determined by their qualifications, relevant experience, and demonstrated performance over time.In addition to those factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team membersas a part of any final offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical to allow for future and continued salary growth.The Warehouse Manager position is eligible for our comprehensive benefits package and is eligible for the annual discretionarybonus program up to 15%. Kettle Cuisine and all its legal entities comply with all federal, state,and local minimum wage laws.