Warehouse Supervisor

Why Greencore?

Following our combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, Greencore is now one of the leading convenience food manufacturers across the UK and the United States and is united by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.

We are a fast-growing, high-energy food business powered by more than 28,000 colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution locations across the UK and the US. Every day, our teams bring fresh, high-quality, ready-to-enjoy food to millions of consumers.

In the United States, our operations focus on fresh prepared foods across 4 manufacturing sites. Our facilities are fast-paced, high-volume environments where teamwork, reliability, and problem-solving matter, and where employees have real opportunities to grow their careers. We’re proud of what we make, how we make it, and the people who make it happen.

SUMMARY

The Warehouse Supervisor directs all the warehousing activities for the organization and the inventory of goods.

COMPETENCIES

• Adaptability and Flexibility
• Customer focus
• Budget and Cost Control
• Productivity
• Managing for results

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following, but are not limited to:

• Is punctual, on time, and adheres to company attendance policies.
• Performs job functions in adherence to safety instructions and rules. Does not perform any job, duty, or function employee has not been trained for.
• Follows job-specific instructions and rules.
• Meets and exceeds qualitative and quantitative performance standards as established by management.
• Other reasonably related functions to the position may be assigned by the management team.
• Has functional literacy and oral communication skills in English.
• Has the ability to function under highly stressful conditions and interact cordially with co-workers to accomplish common tasks.
• Management retains the discretion to add or change the duties of the position at any time.
• Provides training for employees as required.
• Plans and schedules all warehouse activities including receiving, storing, shipping, handling returned/damaged goods, and administrative activities to
• Ensures external and internal customer requirements are met in an efficient manner.
• Implements and maintains material handling preventative maintenance programs, ensuring effective equipment utilization and safety measures are in place.
• Leads implementation of process and technology improvements (cycle counting, order picking, shipping and receiving), including cost, quality and safety recommendations for changes and/or improvements.
• Ensures self and staff development, and training in functional and safety areas as well as promoting and evaluating the success of cross-training in a cross-functional department.
• Develops procedures to ensure the efficient operation and utilization of all warehouse equipment.
• Develops and manages housekeeping programs in the warehouse.
• Promptly addresses safety issues and ensures regulatory compliance with OSHA standards.
• Assures that customer orders are picked and shipped timely, accurately, and within prescribed customer requirements.
• Controls and directs all transportation into and out of the warehouse to meet company time constraints while meeting GMP and safety requirements.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local laws in maintaining the sanitation, cleanliness, and organization of the warehouse, storeroom, freezers, coolers, company vehicles, and equipment.
• Ensures proper completion of pre-op inspection reports and checklists. Ensures proper temperatures all freezers and coolers. Regularly inspects, cares for and maintains company vehicles and motorized material handling equipment.
• Operates lift trucks, forklifts, scissor lift, and motorized pallet jacks while observing standard lift truck operation and enforcing safety rules.
• Participates in hiring and performance evaluation of associates.
• Oversees and participates, as necessary, in all incoming and outgoing shipping activities to ensure location, accuracy, completeness, and condition of shipment, and in observance of company policies, procedures, and safety precautions.
• Studies shipping notices, bills of lading, invoices, delivery receipts, orders and other records to determine shipping priorities, work assignments, and shipping methods required to meet shipping and receiving schedules.
• Ensures proper coordination and documentation of parcels for mailing including the completion of daily shipping logs.
• Controls inventory accuracy of ingredients, products, materials and supplies by participating in monthly physical inventories/cycle count program and maintaining/documenting inventory records.
• Verifies clerical computations against physical count of stock and helps adjust errors in computation or count, or investigates and reports reasons for discrepancies.
• Ensures proper usage of raw materials by rotating inventory according to FIFO methodology.
• Communicates regularly with management, other supervisory personnel, and warehouse staff to ensure coordination of warehouse activities with activities of other functions such as production, sales, records control, and purchasing.
• Initiates or suggests plans to motivate workers to achieve work goals. Motivates team to maintain a high level of accuracy on transactions, a high level of productivity and keep their area clean and organized.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position has the responsibility of supervising the material handlers and shipping and receiving clerks.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree in operations management or 3-5 years of comparable supervisory experience, preferably in the food industry

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Must have the ability to write reports and business correspondence.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to work independently and with and around others. There is frequent verbal and face-to-face contact. The employee is frequently required to be available for extended hours. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.