Warehouse Lead - TX

Job Title: SC Warehouse Lead

Reports to: SC Warehouse Supervisor

Location: Lewisville, TX  

Job Type: Full-time/Non-Exempt 

Hours: 8-hour shift, Weekends as needed

Payy Range: $24 - $25/hr

About the Company: 

Warabeya North America is a leading food manufacturer specializing in high-quality fresh and ready-to-eat food products. As part of the global Warabeya Nichiyo Group headquartered in Japan, we are dedicated with years of food innovation with a strong commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement. Our North American operations are growing, offering a collaborative, fast-paced environment where employees have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact and growth together with the company.

Position Summary:  

The Warehouse Lead is responsible for overseeing daily warehouse operations, including analyzing, reporting, recording, and tracking warehouse activities at the TX plant. This role supports the Warehouse Supervisor/Manager in ensuring efficient operations and collaborates closely with the warehouse team to assist with inventory management and control for the TX plant.

Key Responsibilities:  

• Lead the inventory and warehousing activities effectively and assist Purchaser and Warehouse Supervisor with forecasting material demands stock levels, re-order points and resources capacity ensuring product availability

• Ensure the accurate receiving details and record the accurate receipt information

• Record accurate log lot numbers daily

• Supervise and lead warehouse techs while training techs as needed

• Assist the Warehouse Supervisor and guide the team to achieve the department goals

• Perform weekly inventory counts

Additional Responsibilities:

• Perform other duties as assigned

The Company reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and responsibilities of this role as needed to meet business requirements.

Qualifications: 

Required

• High School Diploma

• 3+ years of warehouse, inventory control, or logistics experience

• Business level English proficiency in both oral and written

• Conversational Spanish speaking proficiency

• Basic MS Office proficiency

• Actively listens and communicates clearly and effectively in both verbal and written forms, adapting to the audience as needed

• Time management and task prioritization skills

• Good organizational skills and attention to detail

• Consistently produces accurate, thorough, and well-organized work

• Great problem-solving skills

• Works well with others and is helpful, respectful, and team-oriented

• Continuous learning and application of new knowledge

• Flexible mindset with the ability to adapt to change and learn quickly

• Must be able to work overtime and weekends as needed

• Must be able to work Tuesday evenings for weekly inventory

• Ability to work onsite (remote work is not an option)

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis at the time the employment begins and must not require sponsorship for employment visa status. This position is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization.

Preferred

• Warehouse, inventory control, or logistics experience in a manufacturing environment

Work Environment and Workplace:

• Work is primarily performed in an indoor environment, including manufacturing, and warehouse settings

• The role may involve exposure to moving mechanical parts, regular exposure to conditions such as hot and cold temperatures, humidity, and confined spaces depending on job duties

• The noise level in the work environment is typically moderate to high.

• The work environments may include exposure to food ingredients and cleaning agents 

Physical Requirement:

To successfully perform the essential functions of this role, the employee must be able to:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position and/or move for extended periods