Overview:
Beacon Fisheries is a privately held seafood distributor located in Jacksonville, FL. We have been in business since 1996.
We are seeking an Inventory Control & Logistics Manager to own the daily execution and strategic oversight of all product movement and storage within our facility. This role is responsible for the integrity of our temperature-controlled spaces (freezer and cooler) and dry goods storage, ensuring strict adherence to cold-chain compliance, food safety standards, and inventory accuracy.
Acting as a vital bridge in our supply chain, this position works hand-in-hand with the Processing Team to coordinate immediate pre and post-production storage and with the Purchasing Team to align inbound freight with real-time capacity and inventory needs.
Key Responsibilities
1. Shipping & Logistics Management
Oversee the absolute fluid movement of all inbound and outbound freight, optimizing dock space and ensuring strict compliance with seafood safety regulations.
· Cross-Docking & Consolidation: Maximize facility efficiency by managing cross-dock operations and logistically consolidating shipments to reduce freight costs and handling times.
· Inbound Freight Operations:
o Coordinate and manage all inbound delivery appointments to prevent dock congestion.
o Oversee the initial Quality Control (QC) check upon receipt, ensuring product temperature, specifications, and packaging meet company standards.
o Maintain flawless food safety and receiving records, ensuring regulatory compliance (FDA/HACCP) for all incoming seafood and materials.
· Outbound Freight Operations:
o Manage outbound shipping schedules and carrier appointments to guarantee on-time delivery to retail and wholesale partners.
o Enforce pre-loading inspections and maintain detailed outbound food safety records (e.g., trailer temperatures, cleanliness logs).
2. Inventory Control & Storage Operations
Maintain 100% inventory accuracy and strict shelf-life rotation across all distinct storage environments. Implement and enforce standard operating processes for physical handling and system tracking.
· Freezer Management (Frozen Seafood Inventory):
o Define and optimize storage processes to maintain cold-chain integrity freezer storage.
o Establish routine, rigorous inventory count cycles (cycle counts and full physical wall-to-walls) for frozen inventory
· Cooler Management (Fresh Seafood Inventory):
o Manage high-velocity, short-shelf-life fresh inventory using strict First-In, First-Out (FIFO) parameters.
o Execute daily inventory counts and freshness assessments to minimize shrink and ensure rapid turnover.
· Dry Goods Management (Packaging & Ingredients):
o Streamline storage processes for master cartons, retail films, labels, and ingredients.
o Conduct regular inventory counts to support the Purchasing Team, ensuring production never faces stockouts on critical dry components.
3. Cross-Functional Collaboration
· With the Processing Team: Coordinate the seamless transfer of freshly processed seafood into the cooler or freezer, ensuring production yields match physical inventory logs.
· With the Purchasing Team: Provide real-time data on dry goods usage rates, frozen storage capacity limits, and receiving schedules to optimize procurement cycles and prevent overstocking.
Qualifications & Requirements
-Experience: 3–5+ years of warehouse, logistics, or inventory management experience at a manager level, ideally within a seafood processing, meat processing, or highly perishable food distribution environment.
- Cold-Chain Expertise: Deep understanding of temperature-controlled storage environments (refrigerated and frozen food defense).
- Food Safety Knowledge: Strong familiarity HACCP, FDA regulations, and standard food safety record-keeping.
- Systems Proficiency: Experience utilizing Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) or ERP software for inventory tracking and data accuracy.
- Leadership: Proven ability to manage dock staff, collaborate across departments, and enforce operational accountability.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $58,240.00 - $81,120.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- How many years experience utilizing WMS or ERP software?
- How many years experience in warehouse, logistics or inventory management at a management level?
- How many years experience in Cold-Chain environments?
- Do you have strong familiarity with HACCP, FDA regulations, and standard food safety record-keeping?
- This is a drug-free facility. Are you able to pass a pre-employment drug test and random drug testing?
Ability to Commute:
- Jacksonville, FL 32258 (Required)
Work Location: In person
