Director of Automated Warehouse

The construction of fairlife's manufacturing facility in Webster, NY is underway. This state-of-the-art, 750k sq ft, greenfield plant is expected to be operational in late 2025 and will lay the foundation for fairlife's next phase of growth as the leading dairy nutrition provider. While coupling the industry's latest technologies and fairlife's operational excellence to build this world-class facility, fairlife plans to hire 250 new employees and bring in approximately 5 million lbs. of milk a day, with room to grow over the coming years.

job purpose:

The Director of Automated Warehousewill be responsible for the leadership and management of the overall Warehouse department, systems, and strategies for the state-of-the-art, greenfield plant currently under construction in Webster, NY. Reporting directly to the Plant Director, this role will be accountable for the associated safety, quality, productivity, and financial targets across warehouse operations. They will oversee the site's supply chain system to include all storage, receiving, and loading of raw materials, finished products, bulk product loading of totes and tankers, dry ingredient receiving, and case pick. Ensure optimized storage and utilization of WMS within the warehouse and review short/long-term needs. Accuracy in inventory and planning is a key aspect of this role. The Sr. Warehouse Manager will also be responsible for maintaining all warehouse facilities and equipment.

responsibilities:

• Oversee the startup and continued warehouse operations of our greenfield 24/7/365 750,000 sq. ft. three production line value-added dairy processing facility
• Responsible for all the warehouse operations and inventory control of 112,000 sq. ft. racked storage and 90,000 sq. ft. high-density ASRS
• Communicate and engage with the workforce at every level to build trust, continuity, and collaboration throughout the teams, consistently demonstrating the fairlife culture of Believe in Better
• Manage the teams for the receiving, handling, storage, movement, and inbound materials for production and outbound finished goods
• Partner with fairlife supply chain and NAOU to ensure inventory management and customer service expectations are achieved
• Maintain receiving, warehousing, and distribution operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing program, operational, and personnel policies and procedures.
• Comply with federal, state, and local warehousing, material handling, and shipping requirements enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed actions.
• Facilitate and control inventory levels by ensuring the teams conduct best-in-class cycle counting program
• Maintain physical condition of the warehouse by continuously improving and implementing optimized layouts, inspecting equipment, and issuing work orders for repair and requisitions for replacement
• Grow a high-performing team of capable leaders and operators with an ownership mindset by establishing effective training and development programs and work standards
• Develop and enable automated warehouse metrics that drive Safety, Quality, Productivity, and Customer Service
• Achieve financial objectives by managing the P&L, efficiencies, productivity, and effectiveness and analyzing variances, and corrective actions
• Maintain FEFO methodology using the warehouse management system, reporting & analytics

skills/qualifications required:

• Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, Supply Chian or related discipline required
• Experience with Automated Guided Vehicle (AVG), Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (ASRS), Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) & Warehouse Control Systems (WCS) *Electric 80 (E80) experience a plus
• Previous leadership experience in the warehouse, logistics or supply chain operations field
• Demonstrate working knowledge of automated warehouse inventory, shipping and receiving methodologies and best practices
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment

working conditions and physical requirements:

• 12 hours sitting/standing/walking.
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs.
• Frequently reaching from floor level to shoulder level done during 8-hour workday.
• Exposure to ammonia, acids, caustics, chlorines, paints, particles, oils and lubricants, steam, pneumatics, fumes.

food safety requirements:

• Notify supervision of any repairs or adjustments that are required that may affect product quality or food safety.
• Understand, observe, and comply with the handling and usage of the color-coded container policy while in the Production Areas.
• Perform all duties necessary to meet Company, Customer and/or Government requirements/standards as prioritized by the Company.
• Ability to initiate action to prevent the occurrence of nonconformities relating to Food Safety and the Quality of the product, processes, quality system, or safety system.
• Identify and record any problems relating to Food Safety and the Quality of the ingredients, processes, quality system, or safety system.
• Control further processing or delivery of nonconforming product in terms of Food Safety and Quality issues until the deficiency or unsatisfactory condition has been corrected.
• In the event of absence, another employee with the same skill level will assume the duties and responsibilities as required.

position location: Webster, NY

reports to: Plant Director

travel requirements: 5-10% annually, with increased travel during training/onboarding period

exempt/nonexempt: exempt