Communication Skills, Continuous Improvement, Detail Oriented, Establish Priorities, Food Production, Forecasting, Hardware Virtualization, High School Diploma, Inventory Management, Logistics, Manufacturing, Material Moving, Materials Management, Microsoft Office, Operational Audit, Operations, Operations Management, Organizational Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Product Packaging, Safety/Work Safety, Sanitation, Spanish Language, Team Player, Time Management, Vision Plan, Warehousing, Willing to Travel, Work From Home
Job Title: Warehouse Lead
Reports to:Warehouse Supervisor
Location: Lewisville, TX
Job Type: Full-time/Exempt
Business Hours: M-F 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Salary Range: $50,000-$55,000
About the Company:
Warabeya North America is a leading food manufacturer specializing in high-quality fresh and ready-to-eat food products. As part of the global WarabeyaNichiyo Group headquartered in Japan, we are dedicated with years of food innovation with a strong commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement. Our North American operations are growing, offering a collaborative, fast-paced environment where employees have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact and growth together with the company.
Position Summary:
The Warehouse Lead is responsible for overseeing daily warehouse operations, including analyzing, reporting, recording, and tracking warehouse activities at the TX plant. This role supports the Warehouse Supervisor/Manager in ensuring efficient operations and collaborates closely with the warehouse team to assist with inventory management and control for the TX plant.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the inventory and warehousing activities effectively and assistPurchaser and Warehouse Supervisor with forecasting material demands stock levels, re-order points and resources capacity ensuring product availability
- Ensure the accurate receiving details and record the accurate receipt information
- Record accurate log lot numbers daily
- Supervise and lead warehouse techs while training techs as needed
- Assist the Warehouse Supervisorand guide the team to achieve the department goals
- Perform weekly inventory counts and suggest the improvements as needed
Additional Responsibilities:
- Perform other duties as assigned.
The Company reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and responsibilities of this role as needed to meet business requirements.
Qualifications:
Required
- 3+ years of warehouse, inventory control, or logisticsexperience
- Business levelEnglish proficiency in both oral and written
- Conversational Spanish speaking proficiency
- Basic MS Office proficiency
- Actively listens and communicates clearly and effectively in both verbal and written forms, adapting to the audience as needed
- Time management and task prioritization skills
- Good organizational skills and attention to detail
- Consistently produces accurate, thorough, and well-organized work
- Great problem-solving skills
- Works well with others and is helpful, respectful, and team-oriented
- Continuous learning and application of new knowledge
- Flexible mindset with the ability to adapt to change and learn quickly
- Must be able to work overtime and weekends as needed
- Must be able to work Tuesday evenings for weekly inventory
- Ability to work onsite (remote work is not an option)
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis at the time the employment begins and must not require sponsorship for employment visa status. This position is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization.
Preferred
- Warehouse, inventory control, or logistics experience in a manufacturing environment
Work Environment and Workplace:
- Work is primarily performed in an indoor environment, includingmanufacturing, and warehousesettings
- The role may involve exposure to moving mechanical parts, regular exposure to conditions such as hot and cold temperatures, humidity, and confined spaces depending on job duties
- The noise level in the work environment is typically moderate to high.
- The work environments may include exposure to food ingredients and cleaning agents
Physical Requirement:
To successfully perform the essential functions of this role, the employee must be able to:
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position and/or move for extended periods
- Perform repetitive hand and arm movements to operate food processing, packaging, or sanitation equipment
- Safely handle raw materials, ingredients, finished products, and packaging materials in a production setting
- Lift, transport, maneuver materials, or equipment weighing up to approximately 50 pounds
- Bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, and reach frequently to access materials, equipment, and work areas
- Maintain visual acuity to read labels, monitors, safety indicators, and production instructions
- Safely operate motorized vehicles or equipment within the facility as needed
- Ability to differentiate between color-coded materials used in sorting, labeling, or quality verification processes
- Communicate effectively using speech, written language, hearing, and visual observation in person, by phone, and via virtual platforms
Travel Requirements:
Travel is not required for this role
Benefits:
- Dental/Medical, Vision insurance – 100% paid employee's premium
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