Warehouse Supervisor

About Twin City Foods, Inc

Twin City Foods is a leading Frozen Vegetable Producer committed to delivering high-quality, nutritious, and sustainably sourced frozen vegetables to consumers worldwide. With a focus on innovation, quality assurance, and environmental responsibility, we have established ourselves as a key player in the frozen food industry. As we continue to grow, we are seeking a dynamic and experienced Warehouse Supervisor for our facility in Ellensburg, Washington. 

 

What We’re Looking For:

Assist the Senior Warehouse Manager, Warehouse Operations by being responsible for overseeing day-to-day warehouse operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant handling of raw materials, packaging, and finished goods in a temperature-controlled environment. This role directs warehouse team leads, forklift drivers, coordinates inbound and outbound logistics, maintains inventory accuracy, and ensures strict adherence to food safety, quality, and safety standards.

 

Work Location: Ellensburg, WA

 

Benefits of a Warehouse Supervisor

 

·         Competitive Wages, Range $60,000-$80,000 per year

·         Non-Exempt Position

·         Excellent Benefit Package

o   Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance.

o   Flexible Spending Account

o   Life, AD&D and LTD Insurance.

o   Paid Holidays-10 paid holidays per year.

o   Paid Time Off-20 days per year, prorated based on month hired.

o   401K Retirement Plan.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

·         Supervise daily warehouse activities including receiving, storage, picking, staging, and shipping of finished goods as well as bulk commodities and packaging for production.

·         Ensure proper inventory control practices (FIFO/FEFO, lot tracking, accurate transactions in WMS/ERP).

·         Coordinate closely with production, QA, other facilities, and logistics teams to support production schedules and customer orders.

·         Conduct leader standard work activities, including tracking and reporting warehouse KPIs, conducting 5S, GMP and Safety audits, leading Root Cause Analysis activities, and coaching employees.

·         Ensure compliance with OSHA, food safety regulations, and company policies.

·         Other duties as assigned by leaders.

 

 

Required Skills, Education, Certification and Qualifications

·         Two-year college/technical school or higher; or three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

·         3+ years of experience in a lead or supervisory role.

·         3+ years of warehouse experience in food manufacturing or cold/frozen storage.

·         Prior experience leading teams in a unionized environment or demonstrated ability to work effectively within union rules.

·         Prior experience with forklifts and other powered industrial trucks (PIT).

·         Prior experience with Lean, TPM, or other Continuous Improvement methodologies preferred.

·         Working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel software; Inventory software; Internet and order processing systems.

·         Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

·         Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out and deliver instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

·         Must have good verbal and communication skills.

·         Ability to read, analyze and interpret data with great attention to detail.

·         Ability to learn new software programs.

Personal Competencies Required:

• Ability to coordinate, organize, and train others.
• Ability to perform under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Ability and willingness to learn quickly and use new skills and knowledge.
• Thorough knowledge of HACCP principles, food processing GMPs, and FSMA Food Safety Plan/Preventative Control requirements.
• Problem Solving –identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner, gathers and analyzes information skillfully; uses reason effectively.
• Interpersonal - focuses on solving conflict, not blaming, keeps emotions under control.
• Teamwork - contributes to building a positive team spirit; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Attendance/Punctuality- is consistently at work and on time, clearly communicating and coordinating work responsibilities are covered when absent.
• Dependability - takes responsibility for own actions, keeps commitments, and meets deadlines.
• Initiative – seeks increased responsibilities. Asks for and offers help when needed, willingness to ask questions.
• Professionalism- reacts well under pressure. Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position.  Maintains confidentiality with team members and others.
• Safety and Security – observes and promotes safety and security procedures. Determines appropriate action beyond guidelines.
• Cost Consciousness-Develops and implements cost saving measures, Conserves organizational resources.
• Technical Skills-Strives to continuously build knowledge and skills.  Shares expertise with others.
• Innovation-Displays original thinking and creativity.  Generates suggestions for improving work.
• Business Acumen-Understands business implications of decisions.
• Adaptability-Leads competing demands; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Ethics-Treat people with respect; inspires the trust of others; Works with integrity and ethically.
• Diversity-Demonstrates knowledge of EEO policy; Promotes a harassment-free environment.
• Quality Leadership-Looks for ways to improve and promote quality and safety; Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.

 

Essential Physical Abilities:

Ability to sit at an office desk with sufficient vision and physical dexterity to use PC desk top system.

 

Ability to use standard functions of office equipment (PC, calculator, fax, printer, scanner, copier, smart phone, etc.).

 

Ability to lift and handle objects weighing up to 50 pounds for use in day-to-day job functions.

 

Sufficient personal mobility and physical reflexes which permits the employee to have access to various work sites throughout the facilities. Able to climb/squat/etc. to inspect equipment.

 

Ability to travel to other TCF company locations or industry events to conduct and participate in on-site meetings. May require overnight travel.

 

Ability to work in a cold storage warehouse condition–cold, wet, slippery, noisy, etc. environment for 8-10 hours. Wearing a freezer suit.

    

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to work near moving mechanical equipment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

 

 

*Selected employee will be required to pass a background check, pre-employment drug screen and E-Verify*

 

Twin City Foods, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or age. For more information about our commitment to equal employment opportunity, please see this government poster: “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal.”

 

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation in the application or hiring process, please contact Human Resources at (509-962-9806) or email at recruitment@tcfi.com.

Produces and packages frozen vegetables for global food distribution.