Company description

We are Farm to People: a farmer’s market delivery service that offers New Yorkers a wide curation of products by local farmers and makers! Our mission is to reimagine the food system by supporting small farmers and producers, all while providing customers an unmatched grocery experience. Our warehouse functions as a logistical middleman between the farms we source from and New Yorkers looking for ethically-sourced groceries, delivered.

Job description

Role Overview:

Oversees the entire warehouse operation, focusing on employee management, training, hiring, & error reduction. This role ensures peak efficiency and quality compliance across all warehouse functions.

Responsibilities:

- Full Warehouse Oversight: Direct and manage daily operations across both Am & Pm Teams, ensuring smooth shift transitions and workflow optimization.
- Manage Am-team Warehouse Manager & Pm-team Warehouse Manager, ensuring they both achieve operational KPIs.
- Cross-Team Coordination: Work closely with procurement, warehouse managers, and leadership teams to ensure smooth operations and proactive issue resolution.
- Strategically schedule warehouse leads and associates to ensure pack goals are met, while remaining within budget.
- Hiring: Lead warehouse hiring efforts, ensuring the warehouse remains adequately staffed to meet operational goals.
- Training & Development: Oversee employee training programs, onboarding, and coaching to ensure consistent adherence to warehouse protocols, efficiency, and quality standards.
- Identify and resolve operational errors, implementing corrective measures to improve order accuracy & quality.
- Key metrics: Labor Rate & Error Rate.

Ideal Candidate:

- 2+ years of experience in warehouse or fulfillment center management.
- Strong attention to detail for quality control and error prevention. Food quality, particularly produce, should be your strong suit.
- Proven ability to manage high-paced operations and improve speed and efficiency.
- Ability to lead and motivate teams, ensuring adherence to fast-paced production schedules.
- Excellent problem-solving skills with a focus on operational improvement.

Benefits:

- Competitive salary + bonus incentives: $80,000.00 - $90,000.00
- 30% store discount
- Unique opportunity to make a difference in a growing startup

Compensation

this position is: salaried, $75,000 - $100,000

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline