Warehouse Sanitation Supervisor in Birmingham

• Location
• Birmingham - Warehouse (Central Hub - Corporate)

Buffalo Rock is an award-winning Pepsi and Keurig Dr Pepper bottler founded in Birmingham, AL more than 125 years ago.

Buffalo Rock manages the best alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage portfolio in the country, which includes several beloved global and regional brands.

The Warehouse Sanitation Supervisor is responsible for owning and managing the Master Cleaning Schedule and coordinating the Vertique Quarterly Cleaning Program while ensuring sanitation compliance, GMP adherence, audit readiness, and operational support across the Central Hub Distribution Center.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Regular and timely attendance is an essential function of this position.

Position is required to work all hours necessary to ensure operations function is fulfilled, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

• Supervise Warehouse Sanitation Employee-Partners by assigning tasks, setting priorities, monitoring performance, coaching team members, managing attendance and coverage, conducting shift meetings and safety huddles, supporting employee development, and participating in promotion, discipline, and termination recommendations.
• Own, administer, and continuously improve the Central Hub Master Cleaning Schedule (MCS), ensuring all sanitation tasks are properly scheduled, assigned, completed, documented, verified, and closed within established timelines.
• Supervise and direct sanitation team members in the execution of all Master Cleaning Schedule activities across Vertique equipment, warehouse operational areas, and designated exterior areas.
• Verify sanitation effectiveness through routine inspections, documentation reviews, corrective action follow-up, and sanitation verification practices to ensure established cleanliness and GMP standards are maintained.
• Identify overdue sanitation activities, equipment access constraints, labor shortages, or operational barriers and implement corrective actions to ensure Master Cleaning Schedule compliance targets are achieved.
• Maintain accurate sanitation records and KPI reporting related to Master Cleaning Schedule completion, sanitation performance, GMP observations, and corrective actions.
• Coordinate and oversee the Vertique Quarterly Cleaning Program, partnering with Operations, Receiving, Loading, Inventory, and Maintenance teams to ensure all assigned quarterly cleaning activities are completed according to established timelines and standards.
• Monitor and verify completion of all quarterly cleaning activities assigned to sanitation personnel and operational teams, ensuring proper registers of the completed activities.
• Lead sanitation execution of specialized cleaning activities on Vertique equipment, conveyor systems, palletizers, wrappers, merge systems, accumulation zones, and other automated material handling equipment.
• Track Quarterly Cleaning Program completion and provide routine status updates to Central Hub leadership regarding progress, risks, overdue items, and resource needs.
• Escalate overdue tasks, incomplete assignments, or program execution gaps to Central Hub leadership and work collaboratively with department leaders to develop recovery plans.
• Conduct program completion reviews following each quarterly cycle to identify opportunities for continuous improvement, standardization, and enhanced sanitation effectiveness.
• Serve as the program owner and subject matter expert for all warehouse sanitation programs, ensuring alignment between operational requirements, food safety expectations, GMP standards, audit readiness objectives, and facility sanitation priorities.
• Ensure all Employee Partners (EPs) are trained in the most recent version of the established standard operational procedures (SOPs) and work instructions.

Also, must ensure that all the team members are up to date with the assigned training program.

• Coordinate sanitation activities with Receiving, Loading, Inventory, Maintenance, and Operations teams to align priorities, resources, workflow, audit readiness, and issue resolution.
• Monitor performance including Master Cleaning Schedule Completion, GMP Compliance, Labor Efficiency, Chemical Usage and Overtime Control.
• Partner with the Quality team to maintain audit readiness and participate in internal audits.
• Prepare and submit sanitation reports that track Master Cleaning Schedule Completion, GMP observations, labor efficiency, chemical usage, overtime, incidents, corrective actions, shift issues, and operational risks or opportunities.
• Must be hands-on with the team completing sanitation activities, including cleaning warehouse areas, Vertique equipment areas, floor care, chemical handling, sanitation inspections, waste disposal, and dunnage removal when applicable.
• Promote accountability, ownership, safety, and operational excellence through daily supervision, follow-up, and consistent enforcement of sanitation and safety expectations.
• Make sound decisions and multitask simultaneously without constant supervision.
• Required to follow applicable Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMPs), including relevant requirements under 21 CFR Part 117.

Requires participation in various Food Safety-related training that Buffalo Rock utilizes.

Required to report potential issues related to Food Safety.

• Carry out any other duties and shifts assigned.
• Other Duties and Responsibilities
• Must exhibit a high level of ethical and moral conduct while at work or in attendance of any off-site function during work hours or after work hours while representing the Buffalo Rock Company.
• Responsible for continuous self-improvement through the knowledge and use of all Buffalo Rock provided training, either web-based, in-house, or any other provided method.

Must successfully complete assigned training curriculum, including but not limited to online and/or facilitated training.

• Ensure that every reasonable precaution is taken to protect the Company from possible damage, theft, or other liabilities.
• Ensure that every reasonable precaution is taken to protect the safety of employee- partners, self, customers, Buffalo Rock property, and customer property.
• Honor and follow through on all business commitments.
• Embody Buffalo Rock's Purpose of "Building brands through legendary service and remarkable people."
• Committed to serving our communities.
• Customer success drives our success.
• Integrity matters.
• Obsessed with continuous improvement.
• We care for each other.
• Win the day.
• Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
• Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
• Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
• Dependability - Ability to behave consistently and predictably; responsible and dependable in fulfilling all the duties.
• Diversity Oriented - Ability to work effectively with people regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, or job type.
• Energetic - Ability to work at a sustained pace and produce quality work.
• Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
• Safety Awareness - Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety.
• Team Oriented – Willingness to work with others in department to provide the best possible service.
• Working Under Pressure - Ability to complete assigned tasks in stressful situations.
• Supervisory Responsibilities

Supervise and carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the company's policies and applicable laws.

Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems; making recommendations regarding changes in status.

Warehouse / Distribution: Work is performed in a warehouse environment with exposure to varying temperatures, loud noise, and moving equipment.

Physical Demands

N (Not Applicable) Activity is not applicable to this position.

O (Occasionally) Position requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0 - 2.5+ hrs/day)

F (Frequently) Position requires this activity from 33%-66% of the time (2.5 - 5.5+ hrs/day)

• C (Constantly) Position requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hrs/day)
• Physical Demands
• Frequency
• Stand
• Walk
• Sit
• Manually Manipulate
• Grasp
• Reach Above Shoulder
• Speak
• Climb
• Squat or Kneel
• Lift/Carry
• Frequency

Over 100 lbs.

• Push/Pull
• Frequency

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED: Required
• Additional education or training in warehouse operations, distribution/logistics, sanitation, Food Safety, or manufacturing: Preferred
• Must have at least three (3) years of experience in a leadership or supervisory role within a warehouse, sanitation, distribution, or manufacturing environment: Required
• Must have knowledge of sanitation processes, cleaning procedures, chemical handling, PPE requirements, and safe use of sanitation equipment: Required
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office products including, but not limited to: Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point, Share Point, etc.: Required

Other Skills

• Strong supervisory, interpersonal, and communication skills, with the ability to mentor team members, resolve conflicts, build positive relationships, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and multitask effectively in a fast-paced setting.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and delegate responsibilities.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills to maintain cleanliness standards and documentation accuracy.
• Analysis and deductive thinking skills.
• Affirmative Action/EEO statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, genetic makeup, status as a protected veteran, or any other factor prohibited by applicable law.

Purpose of Job Description

The company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included.

It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described.

It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities.

Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.

This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the company may deem appropriate.

I have reviewed this job description, and I can perform the essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

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