General Manager - Barneveld

General Manager - Barneveld Warehousing & packaging

Role summary The General Manager for Americold Barneveld holds full strategic, operational, commercial, and financial responsibility for a multi facility cold chain operation consisting of two warehouses, including a dedicated packaging division.

The GM ensures safe, reliable, and efficient service delivery to customers, with a specific focus on supporting and growing major food retail / supermarket accounts.

This role requires deep expertise in retail grade logistics, including store order fulfilment, high frequency distribution, SKU complexity, and strict service level expectations.

The GM leads high performing teams, drives continuous improvement, and ensures the site meets Americold's standards for safety, compliance, customer service, and financial performance.

Key responsibilities

Operational leadership


* Lead daily operations across both Barneveld warehouses and the packaging division, ensuring service, safety, quality, and cost targets are consistently achieved.


* Maintain full accountability for site P&L, EBITDA performance, labour efficiency, and cost control.


* Ensure optimal warehouse flow, inventory accuracy, packaging productivity, and transport coordination where applicable.


* Oversee WMS/TMS/MRP utilisation to ensure accurate storage, efficient handling, and timely order fulfilment.

Food retail / supermarket expertise


* Serve as the operational lead for key food retail customers, ensuring service levels meet supermarket expectations for accuracy, speed, freshness, and compliance.


* Understand retail distribution patterns, store order profiles, promotional volume spikes, and shelf ready packaging requirements.


* Drive operational readiness for retail seasonality, high volume peaks, and strict delivery windows.

Customer & commercial management


* Build and maintain strong relationships with key customers, acting as the primary operational point of contact.


* Ensure customer pricing, profitability analysis, and service metrics are in place and continuously reviewed.


* Support Business Development with operational insights, feasibility assessments, and customer growth opportunities.

People leadership & development


* Lead, coach, and develop supervisors, managers, and frontline teams across warehousing, packaging, and support functions.


* Ensure succession planning, engagement, and capability building at all levels.


* Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and customer focus.

Safety, compliance & quality


* Champion a safety first culture across all Barneveld operations.


* Ensure compliance with food safety regulations, labour laws, import/export requirements, and Americold policies.


* Partner with Safety and HR teams to proactively mitigate risk and maintain high standards.

Continuous improvement & lean


* Drive Lean and Six Sigma initiatives to improve process flow, la...