# General Manager, Food Distribution Center

Context: The Common Market is a nonprofit social enterprise building a more resilient and equitable food system. Through our regional chapters, we connect family farmers with schools, hospitals, universities, and community organizations. Our 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. Role Description: The 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. Working 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. Candidate Profile: We 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 wit

- **Id**: 491686
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/commonmarket-general-manager>
- **Role**: Management
- **Role family**: Management
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Bedford Park, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-02T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-02
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T19:02:33Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 9
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4983
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Life insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Warehousing, Food Logistics, Industrial Real Estate, Nonprofits & Foundations

## Company

- **Id**: 6496
- **Name**: The Common Market
- **Domain**: commonmarket.org
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/commonmarket>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

## Salary

- **Min**: 100000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 100000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 9

## Requirements

- **Management years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-07T01:19:02Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 9
- **Expected fill days**: 42
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 100000
- **Is top pay**: no

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