Vallarta Supermarkets
Receiving Manager
Merced, California•Full-time
$21.14 - $22.81 hourly
$21.14 - $22.81 hourly
About the Job
Receiving Mgr
Store: Merced, CA.
Wage: $21.14 - $22.81.
Type: Full-time.
Wage: $21.14 - $22.81.
Type: Full-time.
Join the Vallarta Supermarkets Family!
Description:
Description:
At Vallarta Supermarkets, we’re more than just a grocery store, we’re a vibrant part of the communities we serve. We’re seeking friendly, service-oriented individuals who take pride in delivering extraordinary customer experiences and thrive in a fast-paced, festive environment. If you’re passionate about fresh, quality baked goods and love making people smile, we’d love to meet you!
About the Role:
The Receiving Manager is responsible for overseeing all receiving operations, ensuring compliance with company policies while maintaining an organized warehouse. This role supervises, trains, and supports team members to achieve accurate accountabilities for all inbound and outbound merchandise. The Receiving Manager also manages vendor relations, inventory control, and ensures compliance with safety and sanitation standards while modeling Vallarta’s core values: customer service, commitment, integrity, respect, humility, and teamwork.
What You’ll Do:
- Greet customers and team members, modeling Vallarta’s six steps of extraordinary service.
- Ensure compliance with Vallarta’s receiving policies, procedures, and security protocols.
- Train, supervise, and evaluate receivers and warehouse staff.
- Maintain accurate accountability of all inbound and outbound merchandise, including containers.
- Safely unload merchandise and transport to stock areas using equipment such as pallet jacks and forklifts.
- Review invoices and transfers; report discrepancies to scan coordinator, grocery manager, or store director.
- Inspect received products and report discrepancies or quality concerns immediately.
- Ensure perishable merchandise is rotated and out-of-code product is removed.
- Control shrinkage, pilferage, and department expenses.
- Maintain an organized, safe, and clean warehouse and dock area.
- Ensure transportation containers are returned promptly to designated areas.
- Support quarterly inventory audits and daily inventory control.
- Handle damaged/distressed merchandise per company policy.
- Ensure all powered equipment is used safely and never on the sales floor.
- Comply with local, state, and federal health, safety, and sanitation regulations.
- Report unsafe acts, conditions, or equipment to management immediately.
- Ensure team members follow company policies regarding rest and meal breaks.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Physical Requirements:
- Stand and walk constantly (6–8 hours/day).
- Frequent bending, squatting, twisting, and reaching above/below shoulders.
- Frequent use of hands for grasping, pushing/pulling, and fine manipulation.
- Lift and carry up to 25 lbs. frequently and up to 50 lbs. occasionally (longest distance: 12 feet).
- Use of pallet jacks, forklifts, and related warehouse equipment.
- Work near equipment and machinery.
- Exposure to dust, gas, fumes, noise, and varying temperatures/humidity.
- May be required to perform tasks at elevated levels (placing or retrieving items).
What We’re Looking For:
- Knowledge of grocery warehouse operations, receiving, and vendor processes.
- Ability to handle equipment such as dollies, pallet jacks, forklifts, ladders, and box cutters.
- Strong communication, leadership, and organizational skills.
- Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
- Basic computer proficiency (BR Data, Word, Outlook).
- Must be able to speak, read, write, and understand English.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.
Work Environment:
- Fast-paced supermarket warehouse and dock area.
- Exposure to perishable and non-perishable grocery products.
- Team-focused, collaborative environment with direct vendor and team member interaction.
Benefits:
Full-Time Team Members:
- Health medical plan: $25/week, plus free dental & vision.
- Free $25,000 Basic Life and AD&D Insurance.
- 401(k) Retirement Plan.
- Paid vacation.
- Access to legal services.
Part-Time & Full-Time Benefits:
- Paid sick time.
- Premium pay for holidays.
- Scholarship opportunities.
- Savings marketplace & credit union membership.
- Recognition programs (birthdays, years of service, spirit days, etc.).
At Vallarta Supermarkets, we believe our culture drives execution. If you’re dependable, motivated, and ready to ensure receiving operations run with accuracy and efficiency, we invite you to apply today to join our team as a Receiving Manager!
Vallarta Supermarkets is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusion and diversity. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives and will consider all qualified applicants for employment in accordance with all state, local, and federal laws. Vallarta Supermarkets participates in the E-Verify program.
About Vallarta Supermarkets
As of 2022, Vallarta counts on 53 stores throughout California (Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, Kern, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Tulare, Orange, and Fresno counties), and more than 8,000 team members. The Gonzalez family promises to continue to strive for excellence in everything we do so that our valued customers always have a Vallarta supermarket to call their own.From one small carnicería in Van Nuys in 1985 to 53 full-service markets across California, Vallarta Supermarkets is a living, breathing tribute to the hard work and customer dedication of our founding family and all of our valued employees.Vallarta Supermarkets was founded by Enrique Gonzalez Sr., who was later joined in the business by his four brothers, his son and nephew. Their family roots and humble origins began in the tiny town of Jalostotitlán, Jalisco, Mexico, where Enrique and his brothers were raised on a meager farm. Their parents instilled in them at very young ages the importance of family and the power of a strong work ethic to overcome challenges.When the opportunity arose to immigrate in the 1960’s, the Gonzalez family was thankful to stake their claim in the “land of opportunity,” the United States of America. Right away, the five brothers got to work in restaurants, either as short-order cooks or bussing tables. Even though some of the brothers were still in school, they all worked to help the family make ends meet.In 1985, Enrique Gonzalez Sr. began his journey in the grocery business when he opened Carniceria Vallarta in a 1,000 sq. ft market in Van Nuys, CA. He focused on selling the traditional cuts of meats popular in his native Mexico with an emphasis on unequaled quality and the friendliest of customer service. He soon expanded the business to a second location and brought his four brothers into the business. From there the adventure truly began, as they worked together as a family to build both a reputation for excellence and a successful business.The Gonzalez brothers believed that the key to Vallarta’s success would be to combine elevated customer service with the highest quality products to serve the growing Hispanic community whose needs may not be addressed by big chain stores.That’s why, from the beginning, Vallarta Supermarkets offered a wider variety of the freshest, traditional foods from Mexico, and Central and South America than any other store. They offered specialty and traditional items customers couldn’t find anywhere else: cut-to-order Latin-style meats (ranchera, diesmillo, lomo de res), spices, fresh fruit and produce, delicious prepared foods, pan dulce made daily, plus everything else you would expect from a traditional grocery store. Fast forward to today where Vallarta has expanded its offerings to include a juice and aquas frescas bar, tortilleria, bakery (panaderia), a cevicheria and more.