Raw Food jobs in Langley, BC

Job Title: Warehouse Supervisor

Department: Warehouse Operations
Reports To: Warehouse Manager

About Us

Allen Family Foods is a Canadian food manufacturing company with presence in some of the major retailers globally. Our commitment and passion is to produce high-quality, nutritious and flavourful products to our customers while maintaining a strong focus on efficiency, food safety, and innovation.

Position Summary

The Warehouse Supervisor is responsible for overseeing daily warehouse operations and ensuring the safe, accurate, and efficient handling, storage, and movement of raw materials, packaging materials, finished products, and other supplies.

The position provides direction to warehouse employees and works closely with Production, Quality Assurance, Maintenance, and other departments to ensure warehouse activities support production and customer requirements.

The ideal candidate leads by example and demonstrates strong leadership, communication, organization, accountability, and attention to detail.

Duties and Responsibilities

Leadership and Employee Coordination

• Supervise, direct, and support warehouse employees in their daily activities.
• Assign work and monitor attendance, punctuality, productivity, and adherence to company policies.
• Provide training and guidance to employees and promote teamwork and professionalism.
• Address operational and employee concerns and communicate significant issues to the Warehouse Manager.
• Establish daily priorities and clearly communicate task expectations and completion requirements to warehouse employees.
• Lead by example and participate directly in warehouse activities, including receiving, shipping, material handling, picking, put-away, inventory activities, and other warehouse duties as operationally required.

Warehouse Operations

• Lead and participate in daily receiving, shipping, material handling, storage, picking, put-away, and product movement activities as required by operational needs.
• Coordinate the movement of materials and finished products between warehouse and production.
• Maintain organized dry, refrigerated, and frozen storage areas and ensure proper product rotation.
• Ensure forklifts and other warehouse equipment are operated safely and efficiently.
• Ensure assigned warehouse activities are completed accurately and within required timelines.

Shipping, Receiving & Inventory

• Ensure incoming and outgoing shipments are accurate and properly documented.
• Verify quantities, product information, lot codes, damages, and discrepancies.
• Maintain accurate inventory of raw materials, packaging, finished products, and supplies.
• Coordinate and participate in cycle counts and physical inventory activities, investigate discrepancies, and support corrective actions to improve inventory accuracy.

Food Safety, Quality & Safety

• Ensure warehouse activities comply with company food safety, quality, sanitation, and health and safety requirements.
• Maintain proper storage conditions and protect products and materials from contamination or damage.
• Promote safe material handling and forklift practices and report hazards, incidents, and equipment concerns.
• Support QA inspections, audits, investigations, and corrective actions as required.

Documentation & ERP Systems

• Maintain accurate shipping, receiving, inventory, transfer, and other warehouse documentation.
• Enter, update, and verify warehouse transactions and inventory information in the company's ERP system and other applicable software.
• Ensure records are completed accurately and maintained for inventory control and traceability.
• Report inventory, shipping, receiving, or system discrepancies to the Warehouse Manager.

Communication & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain effective communication with the Warehouse Manager, Production, QA, Maintenance, and other departments.
• Communicate shortages, delays, damages, staffing concerns, and other operational issues promptly.
• Identify opportunities to improve warehouse efficiency, organization, inventory accuracy, safety, and productivity.
• Support implementation of company procedures and continuous improvement initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications

• 3–5 years of warehouse, logistics, shipping/receiving, or material-handling experience.
• 3–5 years of supervisory or leadership experience.
• Valid forklift certification/license with experience operating counterbalance and reach forklifts.
• Experience working with ERP systems, inventory management systems, and other warehouse software.
• Experience in food manufacturing or a food production environment is considered an asset.
• Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated reliability, accountability, and ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
• Ability to work in refrigerated, cold, and frozen environments as required.
• Ability to work flexible hours or shifts based on operational requirements.

Working Conditions

• Work is performed in a food manufacturing and warehouse environment.
• Exposure to refrigerated, cold, and frozen storage areas, noise, wet floors, and moving equipment may occur.
• Position requires regular standing, walking, bending, reaching, and material handling.
• Must follow all company health and safety, food safety, sanitation, and workplace policies.

Pay: $68,000.00-$73,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Extended health care

Work Location: In person