Warehouse Operations Manager

Food Lifeline; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 47,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

403(b) retirement plan with employer

Paid time off and holidays

Year-end time off (Dec 24–Jan 1)

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Professional development

Collaborative, mission-driven culture

Job summary

Food Lifeline is seeking a Warehouse Operations Manager to lead the day-to-day operations of our Seattle-area warehouse. This hands-on role focuses on safe, efficient, and accurate movement of food from receiving to distribution, and on coaching a team of warehouse staff to perform at the highest standard.

You will set priorities, coordinate resources, and drive continuous improvement while maintaining a culture of safety, accountability, and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Experience in warehouse operations, logistics, or distribution.
• Experience with food safety and regulatory compliance is a plus.
• Experience with warehouse management systems is desirable.
• Able to coach and develop employees in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on leadership for the day-to-day operations of the warehouse.
• Lead and develop warehouse staff; set daily priorities and coordinate people and resources.
• Address operational challenges and drive safety, accuracy and efficiency.
• Foster a culture of safety, accountability, teamwork, inclusion, and continuous improvement.

Job description

Warehouse Operations Manager

Salary Range: $34.00 to $46.00 hourly

Work Location: Fully Onsite – Seattle, Washington

This is a fully onsite non-exempt position. Candidates must be able to live and work in the Seattle area and be onsite at Food Lifeline as required for this role.

Food Lifeline is looking for a Warehouse Operations Manager to provide hands-on leadership for the day-to-day operations of our warehouse and, just as importantly, the people who make that work possible. This is a highly visible, floor-based management role responsible for helping food move safely, efficiently, and accurately through receiving, replenishment, inventory movement, order fulfillment, staging, and distribution. The Warehouse Operations Manager leads and develops warehouse staff, sets daily priorities, coordinates people and resources, addresses operational challenges, and helps create a culture grounded in safety, accountability, teamwork, inclusion, and continuous improvement.

We're looking for someone who enjoys being close to the work and the people doing it—someone who can coach and develop employees, make thoughtful decisions in a fast-moving environment, solve problems in real time, and bring teams together around shared goals. Experience in warehouse operations, logistics, distribution, manufacturing, food distribution, or another complex operational environment is important. Experience with food safety, warehouse management systems, continuous improvement, and regulatory compliance is a plus.

Compensation

The full salary range for this position is $34.00 to $46.00 hourly. Starting salary will be determined based on relevant experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. Most new hires should expect to start in the middle portion of the range, with opportunities for compensation growth as they gain experience and proficiency in the role.

Why Food Lifeline?

When you join Food Lifeline, you're joining a team committed to collaboration, compassion, and our shared mission of ending hunger in Western Washington. We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, well-being, and growth, including:

• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off, holidays, and personal days
• Organization-wide time off from December 24 through January 1
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Professional development and learning opportunities
• A collaborative, mission-driven workplace where your work directly helps nourish communities across Western Washington

This position will remain open until filled.

Food Lifeline is committed to creating a welcoming, inclusive, and equitable workplace where people of all backgrounds, identities, experiences, and perspectives have the opportunity to contribute, grow, and thrive. We strongly encourage candidates with lived experience related to food insecurity, poverty, or the communities we serve to apply.

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, we encourage you to let us know.