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Red Boot Beverage Linkedin · Posted 1mo ago

Director of Logistics & Warehousing

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

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On-site | Full-Time | U.S. Work Authorization Required

Position Summary

The Director of Logistics & Warehousing leads all warehouse, inventory, and logistics operations at Red Boot Beverage, ensuring efficient storage, handling, and distribution of materials and finished goods. This role drives operational excellence, accuracy, safety, and service while building scalable processes to support company growth.

Position Responsibilities

  • To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation, and perform other duties as assigned.
  • Ensure compliance with OSHA, food safety, and company safety standards while promoting a proactive safety culture
  • Lead all warehouse operations including receiving, storage, picking, packing, and shipping while ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and throughput
  • Partners cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Safety, Quality, and Sales to optimize inventory, support production and commercialization, and maintain strong system integrity.
  • Develop and maintain standardized warehouse processes and SOPs to optimize workflow, space utilization, and material flow
  • Oversee inventory management including cycle counts, reconciliation, lot tracking, and system accuracy across all locations
  • Partner with Planning and Procurement to optimize inventory levels, support demand, and ensure supply continuity
  • Ensure proper handling, storage, and rotation of materials and finished goods, including FEFO/FIFO compliance where applicable
  • Drive on-time, in-full (OTIF) performance through effective logistics planning, transportation coordination, and carrier management
  • Implement and improve warehouse, logistics, and dock scheduling systems (e.g., WMS, Opendock) to enhance operational efficiency
  • Lead WMS implementation and integration with ERP systems while ensuring strong data integrity across platforms
  • Develop, monitor, and improve KPIs for warehouse, inventory, and logistics performance to drive accountability and results
  • Lead, coach, and develop the warehouse team to build a high-performance culture
  • Meets all Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Safe Quality Food (SQF) requirements; participate in food safety meetings as required.
  • Cultivates and promotes a strong safety culture and follow all safety policies, procedures and regulations; identify and communicate workplace hazards and correct or seek assistance in correcting unsafe actions or conditions; participate in safety meetings as required.

Note: This job description is not exhaustive and may evolve over time.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, or related field (or equivalent experience)
  • 7–10+ years of experience in logistics, warehousing, or supply chain operations
  • Experience with ERP and WMS systems
  • Strong leadership and team development skills
  • Proven ability to manage warehouse and inventory operations in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in food, beverage, or CPG industries
  • Experience supporting or leading ERP/WMS implementations
  • Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement background
  • Bi-lingual (English/Spanish) preferred

Travel

This position requires up to 5% travel

Work Expectations

  • This is a regular, full-time position with daily office hours onsite. 
  • The ability to be available for work daily and extended hours as necessary.
  • Work is performed inside an office or manufacturing plant and outside in what may be adverse weather conditions.
  • The work environment can involve exposure to heat, cold, humidity, moving machinery, extreme noise, visual strain, confined spaces, fumes, odors, dust mists, and gases.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and listen.
  • This position requires long periods of sitting/working at a computer, standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing.
  • The employee should be able to lift and/or move items up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Why Join Red Boot Beverage

Join Red Boot Beverage as a Director of Logistics & Warehousing and take ownership of the operational backbone of a fast-growing beverage company where your leadership directly drives efficiency, accuracy, and customer satisfaction. In this high-impact role, you’ll shape and scale warehouse, inventory, and logistics operations, implement best-in-class systems and processes, and lead a high-performing team in a fast-paced environment. You’ll have the opportunity to influence cross-functional success across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Sales, and Quality while building the structure needed to support continued growth. If you’re energized by complex challenges, continuous improvement, and creating operational excellence at scale, this is a chance to make a lasting impact in a company that’s moving quickly and building for the future.

Benefits

  • Simple IRA
  • Simple IRA matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Flexible spending account
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

Note: We are not accepting third-party solicitations from recruiting firms.

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