Honor Foods

Operations Manager

Honor Foods  •  Philadelphia, PA (Onsite)  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

Operations Manager – Food Distribution

On-Site | Full-Time | Leadership Role | Philadelphia, PA 19137

Lead the Operation. Develop the Team. Drive Results.

We are looking for an experienced Operations Manager to lead daily warehouse operations within a fast-paced food distribution and cold chain environment.

This role oversees frozen, refrigerated, and dry warehouse operations, with responsibility for warehouse productivity, shipping and receiving, team leadership, and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate is a hands-on operations leader who knows how to develop people, improve processes, and keep a high-volume distribution operation running safely and efficiently.

What You'll Own

  • Lead daily warehouse operations across frozen, refrigerated, and dry storage areas
  • Manage and develop Warehouse and Receiving Supervisors and their teams
  • Oversee inbound and outbound shipping, receiving, inventory control, and order fulfillment
  • Monitor warehouse KPIs including productivity, order accuracy, fulfillment speed, waste, and cost
  • Ensure compliance with HACCP, FDA, USDA, OSHA, food safety, and temperature-control requirements
  • Improve warehouse processes, layout, workflow, labor utilization, and operational efficiency
  • Lead initiatives, audits, training, and corrective actions
  • Partner with Sales, Procurement, Logistics, and senior leadership to support business needs

What We're Looking For

  • 5+ years of warehouse operations or operations management experience
  • Experience in food distribution, cold storage, cold chain logistics, grocery, wholesale distribution, or a similar high-volume environment strongly preferred
  • Proven experience leading warehouse supervisors and frontline teams
  • Strong knowledge of inventory management, shipping and receiving, order fulfillment, and warehouse KPIs
  • Experience with WMS and ERP systems
  • Knowledge of HACCP, FDA, USDA, OSHA, and food safety requirements
  • Experience with refrigerated, frozen, or temperature-controlled products preferred
  • Strong leadership, problem-solving, communication, and process-improvement skills

Why This Role?

This is an opportunity for an experienced warehouse and operations leader to take ownership of a complex food distribution operation, develop a strong team, improve performance, and have a direct impact on the business.

If you're a results-driven Operations Manager, Warehouse Manager, Distribution Manager, or Senior Warehouse Operations Leader ready for your next challenge, we'd like to hear from you.

Honor Foods is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and will not permit discrimination against or harassment of any applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, veteran’s status, genetic information, or on the basis of any personal characteristic protected under federal, state, or local law.

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Honor Foods

About Honor Foods

Honor Foods, a Burris Logistics Company, was founded in 1949 as a redistributor of center-of-the-plate foods. Since then, we have grown into a premier provider of frozen, refrigerated, dry, and dairy products, representing more than 800 brand-name food suppliers and carrying more than 7,000 in-stock items.

In addition to our regional redistribution centers, R.W. Zant in California and Sunny Morning Foods in Florida, we have exclusive brands, such as Colony Lane, Valley Fresh, Sommer Maid, and Sunny Morning Foods, which have a well-earned reputation for top quality and value at competitive prices.

R.W. Zant, an Honor Foods Company, is a nationally recognized foodservice redistributor founded in 1950. They specialize in procuring and selling chicken, beef, pork, and more, to distributors. R.W. Zant also has custom cutting facilities on-site, providing custom cut, just-in-time, portion control chicken, beef, pork and lamb items.

Sunny Morning is a leading provider of eggs, butter, cheese, dairy products, and customized ingredients. With over 900 items stocked in centrally located distribution centers and an experienced team to assist you at every turn, we are committed to being your dairy supplier partner.

At all of our Honor Foods companies, great products and prices are just part of the value we bring to our customers. We also provide superior sales and support services like customized reporting and distribution channel troubleshooting. A Team of dedicated professionals manages these value-adds, and their commitment to your business needs is what makes us unique.

Honor Foods customers appreciate fast and simplified order processing with versatile payment options. We also offer marketing and sales support services, buying group options, asset management, and attractive mix-and-match minimums. Our knowledgeable Sales and Purchasing Teams remain in constant communication with our customers to ensure overall success.

Industry
Food & Beverage
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Year Founded
1949
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