Fresh Sort Lead

Fresh Sort Lead – We are growing our team

• Full-Time, Permanent position
• 37.5 hours per week
• Competitive base salary of $62,100 annually

Who We Are

The Greater Vancouver Food Bank is a non-profit organization with a mission to provide healthy food to those in need. The GVFB provides support through direct distribution to those in Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster and the North Shore, as well as through 160+ agency partners both locally and provincially. Through this model, the GVFB envisions a British Columbia where everyone has access to healthy food through efficient distribution, innovation and partnerships.

To learn more visit: www.foodbank.bc.ca

The GVFB is a proud winner of BC's Top Employers 2026

The GVFB is a certified Living Wage Employer This recognizes the GVFB’s commitment to paying fair wages, upholding good work standards for our employees, and contributing to poverty reduction and a higher standard of living in our community.

What We Offer

We believe in providing employees with flexibility, and the resources and tools to excel in their role. Employees will work alongside people who are passionate about food insecurity and community. We provide an inclusive office environment with excellent Skytrain accessibility and free parking on-site.

This is a full-time, permanent position, with the opportunity to learn and grow. The successful candidate can expect a competitive base salary of $62,100 annually, depending on experience.

Our competitive benefit plan includes extended healthcare and dental, and a Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) where employees are matched upto 7% of their contributions. Employees also receive three weeks paid vacation annually, as well as two paid personal days, and a paid birthday day off.

Career and personal development are at the forefront of the GVFB’s culture. After three months of employment, employees have access to $1,600 towards professional development, $850 of which can be utilized towards wellness initiatives

Come and enjoy working in an inclusive, award-winning workplace

Position Overview

As the Fresh Sort Lead at the GVFB, you will provide hands‑on leadership for the day‑to‑day operations of fresh food sorting, inventory rotation, quality control, and fresh product movement. This role is responsible for coordinating workflows, supporting staff and volunteers, promoting a culture of safety and accountability, and ensuring the efficient flow of fresh products from receiving through distribution. As a key member of the GVFB Warehouse Team, you will lead by example, drive operational excellence, and support continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring compliance with food safety requirements, health and safety standards, and organizational procedures. Working in a fast‑paced environment, the Fresh Sort Lead will coach team members, resolve operational challenges, and help foster a positive, high‑performing, and collaborative workplace culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations for fresh food sorting, produce packing, refrigerated and frozen storage rotation, and fresh product movement.
• Run daily High-5 meetings for assigned team members and translate priorities from the Warehouse Assistant Manager into clear daily work plans.
• Maintain clear, timely, and respectful communication with assigned team members and colleagues across the organization, ensuring priorities, changes, issues, and follow‑up actions are understood and appropriately shared.
• Provide day‑to‑day training, coaching, support, and direction to Sort Coordinators, Warehouse Associates, staff, volunteers, and other assigned team members.
• Delegate sorting, packing, rotation, replenishment, staging, housekeeping, and fresh product movement tasks and monitor completion.
• Escalate workload, staffing, safety, food quality, refrigeration, conduct, performance, inventory, or service concerns to the Warehouse Assistant Manager.
• Complete and document daily safety, maintenance, housekeeping, cleanliness, and refrigerated‑area inspections and promptly report deficiencies.
• Coordinate fresh and frozen product flow from receiving and quality assessment through sorting, rotation, storage, order preparation, staging, and outbound movement.
• Ensure refrigerated and frozen products are rotated consistently using approved stock‑rotation practices and internal procedures.
• Monitor cooler and freezer organization, product placement, capacity, temperature‑related concerns, and safe access to stored product.
• Ensure fresh products are directed to the correct sorting, refrigerated, frozen, packing, staging, preservation, di