Position Available – ACBC Food Shelf, Anoka MN

About ACBC: We are a non-profit food shelf established in 1971 to provide food and clothing for persons in Anoka County. Approximately 18,000 families are served each year.

ACBC Address: PO Box 774, Anoka, MN 55303, Phone: (763) 422.0046 Email: support@acbcfoodshelf.org                               Website: http://www.acbcfoodshelf.org/

Position: Food Shelf Operations Manager

Position Overview: 

• 40 hours per week
• Work hours:  Monday 7:30am-3:30pm, Tuesday 7:30am-5:30pm; Wednesday 7:30am-3:30pm, Thursday 7:30am-5:30pm (some evenings); Friday 7:30am-11:30am.  Work evenings and occasional weekends.

• Additional hours may be required based on the needs of ACBC
• Review provided after 90 calendar day probation period.

Desired Start Date: ASAP

Salary & Benefits: $25.00 per hour; paid holidays; Personal Time Off – 120 hours, Retirement Simple IRA plan with 3% employer match, $225 Benefit Stipend (paid in first paycheck of the month)

Reports to: Executive Director

Reporting to this position: Volunteers

General Purpose:  To meet client needs, provider leadership, and create a safe and efficient environment for operations and services

Position Summary:  Responsible for the day-to-day operations of ACBC food programs.  This includes distribution of food to clients, providing leadership in special distributions and programs, providing leadership and guidance to volunteers performing all variety of roles in the ACBC operations, and assisting with administrative needs, while ensuring services are provided equitably and with dignity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities, included but not limited to: 

• Place all food orders and maintain inventory control of product to ensure usage, FIFO, and reporting
• Ensure readiness and organization of shopping area and warehouse
• Ensure readiness and organization of special events
• Maintain clean and safe spaces in warehouse, sorting areas, and market
• Serve as a backup to retail recue, food deliveries, and donation pickups
• Compile daily, monthly and quarterly statistics

• Work with area volunteers for training and best practices
• Manage donation intakes

Essential Duties and Responsibilities, included but not limited to (continued): 

• Conduct monthly and yearly inventories
• Manage facilities contracts and coordinate building maintenance
• Other general support duties as assigned

Education and Experience: 

• 2 Year associate degree or work equivalent
• 3 + years of warehouse experience
• Food shelf / grocery store experience preferred

• Valid driver’s license with clean MVR

• Must pass a DOT physical

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: 

• Interpersonal skills when dealing with clients, coworkers, volunteers, and management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prior experience with conflict management
• Computer, word processing, and data entry skills 
• Time management and organization skills
• Take initiative to solve problems 
• Adapt to changing work conditions daily 
• Work with diverse populations
• Ability to handle occasional high stress situations when dealing with clients or volunteers 

• Must be able to support and contribute to team goals
• Food safety knowledge and FIFO management

Work Environment/Physical Demands:  The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Frequent lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds; frequent walking, reaching, pushing, pulling, kneeling, squatting, bending, standing, and sitting.
• The potential for prolonged standing, walking, squatting, and/or bending
• Frequent use of a pallet jack (loads of 100+ pounds, up to 1,000 pounds.  Frequent use of carts with loads of 100+ pounds
• Ability to enter the cold case, cooler, and freezer thereby being subjected to cold temperatures for extended periods of time
• Work environment of varying temperatures (retail/warehouse/office environments) and frequent exposure to outdoor elements during donations drop-offs and retail pick-ups.  Frequent work in warehouse with shelves and storage equipment.  Some office and desk work
• Use of industrial cleaners, ladders, and pallet jacks

ACBC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment and expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, incomed derived from public assistance programs, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

Please email resumes to: support@acbcfoodshelf.org or mail to PO Box 774, Anoka, 55303