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Through our regional chapters, we connect family farmers with schools, hospitals, universities, and community organizations.\nOur Great Lakes distribution center handles and delivers fresh, perishable food to institutional customers. We are seeking a General Manager to lead daily operations across warehouse, fleet, food safety, and frontline teams.\nRole Description:\nThe General Manager owns the daily performance of the Chicago food distribution center, from inbound receiving and inventory control to accurate order fulfillment and on-time delivery. This hands-on leader is accountable for service, safety, staffing, cost, and continuous improvement.\nWorking with the Executive Director, Sales, Customer Support, and VP of Operations, the GM makes day-to-day decisions independently, develops staff, and ensures that warehouse and transportation operations can support growth.\nCandidate Profile:\nWe are seeking a hands-on distribution leader who can supervise warehouse associates and drivers while addressing operational issues directly in a lean, fast-paced facility. Experience with foodservice, fresh produce, refrigerated distribution, or comparable perishable-food operations is particularly valuable.\nThe strongest candidates pair warehouse and fleet leadership with food safety knowledge, sound financial judgment, and the ability to manage multiple priorities without large support teams.\nKey Responsibilities:\nFood Distribution & Warehouse Operations\nLead receiving, storage, picking, packing, staging, and shipment of fresh and perishable products, maintaining safe handling and cold-chain practices.\nMaintain inventory accuracy, product rotation, traceability, and effective controls to limit shrink, spoilage, and waste.\nManage warehouse staffing, equipment, workflow, order accuracy, productivity, and service-level performance.\nOversee procurement coordination, inventory availability, and product flow while partnering with Sales and Customer Support to meet customer commitments.\nTransportation & Fleet Management\nDirect route execution, driver scheduling, safe loading, dispatch, and on-time delivery.\nOversee the five truck fleet, including preventive maintenance, vehicle inspections, repairs, and operational readiness.\nSupervise drivers and oversee applicable DOT compliance, vehicle safety, route efficiency, and transportation costs.\nFood Safety & Quality\nOversee site-level implementation of the SQF food safety program, including audit readiness, corrective actions, documentation, and staff compliance, in coordination with designated food safety personnel.\nMaintain compliance with applicable HACCP, FSMA, sanitation, temperature-control, and customer requirements.\nPeople, Financial & Operational Leadership\nLead hiring, onboarding, scheduling, coaching, and performance management for warehouse and driver teams.\nDevelop and manage site-level labor and operating budgets; analyze costs and make decisions that directly affect site-level financial performance.\nTrack operational KPIs, including productivity, order accuracy, safety, on-time delivery, labor efficiency, and product waste.\nResolve operational problems proactively and implement practical process improvements.\nSuccess in This Role\nConsistent delivery performance, inventory accuracy, safe food handling, and reliable fleet operations.\nSuccessful food safety audits, timely corrective actions, and effective labor and operating cost control.\nStrong frontline accountability and issues resolved without unnecessary escalation.\nQualifications:\n· Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.\n· 7-12+ years in operations, logistics, or distribution, including 3-5+ years leading frontline or supervisory teams.\n· Experience in a food-handling environment required; direct food distribution, foodservice, fresh produce, refrigerated distribution, or comparable perishable-food operations strongly preferred.\n· Demonstrated experience with warehouse operations, inventory management, and order fulfillment.\n· Experience overseeing delivery drivers, transportation operations, and fleet maintenance; 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