Position: Warehouse and Shipping Manager
Location: Santa Ana, Orange County, California
Company: Spectrum Wine
Description:
Successful fine wine firm based in Santa Ana, California is seeking an experienced, hard-working, motivated, thoughtful, and extremely detail-oriented Warehouse and Shipping Manager to coordinate and oversee the company’s warehousing, shipping, logistics, and fulfillment operations at the Santa Ana headquarters and primary warehouse. This position will oversee all warehouse inventory management and scanning, domestic and international shipping, global logistics, both full-time and temporary hourly warehouse associate staff, outbound product verification, and more.
Responsibilities include:
- Overseeing all domestic shipping, international shipping, and local order fulfillment, primarily via FedEx, UPS, GLS, and a variety of third-party transportation firms that specialize in fine beverage transport and temperature-controlled/refrigerated shipping
- Managing and maintaining the safety, intelligent organization, and cleanliness of the ~5,100-square-foot primary warehouse and shipping location (properly refrigerated to ~55°F and ~80% humidity) in Santa Ana, California
- Overseeing the organization, scan-location, picking, consistent verification, and consolidation of customer orders on a daily basis, partly within a proprietary internal customer and order management platform
- Overseeing the daily, consistently accurate visual verification of complex, fragile, high-value products
- Managing, coaching, and engaging hourly warehouse associates toward high productivity, safety, and consistently high-quality shipping and verification performance
- Communicating and coordinating with onsite sales team to safely organize and track complex inbound product shipments as needed, refrigerated or otherwise
- Coordinating, preparing, and overseeing regular, refrigerated freight shipments to a variety of domestic and international destinations
- Overseeing proper maintenance and use of two company vehicles
- Working with the Director of Operations to coordinate the shipping or product transport needs of additional off-site storage facilities as needed
- Preparing, palletizing, banding, wrapping, loading, and unloading frequent palletized shipments
- Evaluating complex daily workload and smoothly executing and delegating accordingly
- Monitoring proper warehouse temperature and humidity conditions
- Properly using, handling, and maintaining an onsite electric forklift
Job Requirements:
- Extremely and consistently high attention to detail
- A reliable and self-motivated work ethic and very strong organizational habits
- Strong knowledge of and experience in warehouse and shipping operations
- Strong knowledge of and substantial experience in common carrier, LTL, and FTL shipping
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong, independent supervisory skills and the ability to work with and through others to achieve desired results
- Ability to juggle a variety of competing priorities while smoothly executing at a consistently high level according to frequent and demanding deadlines in a busy environment
- Ability to generate, read, manipulate, and interpret computerized reports and Excel spreadsheets
- Ability to concentrate and to focus amid frequent interruptions in a busy environment
- Familiarity and aptitude with common computer programs and formats, particularly including Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, and Google Sheets
- Ability to frequently, comfortably, and carefully lift heavy or awkward loads containing fragile items of up to 30-40 pounds
- Integrity
- Unfailing punctuality and reliability
- A friendly, collected, humble, and collaborative ethic and the consistent ability to work and communicate well in a small and busy team environment
- Ability to work nights and weekends - if/as needed - during busy seasons, particularly Oct-Dec and Mar-May
- Forklift certification
- Valid driver’s license
- English language fluency
- US work eligibility
- Note: previous beverage warehouse experience - particularly wine experience - would be extremely advantageous but is not necessary
Physical environment:
- The warehouse floor and work areas – refrigerated to 55°F – constitute the primary desk and work location
- Work requirements will vary on a daily basis but may include either working on foot or at a desk for long periods of time
- Step ladders, manual pallet jacks, an electric forklift, warehouse carts, and company vehicles are frequently used
Other:
- The successful candidate will be subjected to and must pass an extensive background check before beginning work
- Benefits include comprehensive medical insurance, dental insurance, a generous 401K plan with matching, participation in a company bonus pool, accrued vacation, and more
- Competitive salary
Job type: Full Time
Job location: Santa Ana, Orange County, California
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed in this job. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $60,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Santa Ana, CA 92705 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Santa Ana, CA 92705: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person