Nichols Farms is one of the top processors of pistachios in the United States. For more than two decades, Nichols Farms has maintained superior quality and exceptional service in supplying pistachio and almond products to major retail and wholesale clients domestically and internationally. Nichols Farms maintains a state-of-the-art processing facility at their corporate headquarters in Hanford, California, employing over 350 employees. Join the Nichols Farms Team in their objective of continued growth. Nichols Farms possesses a strong employee-oriented environment dedicated to training and growth of team members.

The Nichols Farms Mission and Vision supports a culture of striving for mutual success of our employees, suppliers and customers through operational excellence and educational development.

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position is responsible for working with multiple process departments to resolve any variances within inventory, handsort, and pack as needed. Ensure that all work orders and transactions are accurate and submitted in a timely manner. Support supervisors with management of work orders while working collaboratively with the teams to ensure accuracy of information/data. This position will require multitasking and making last-minute changes to accommodate product SKU's and/or processing order needs.

Safety Ability: Promote a "safety first" culture by following all safety rules (including Lockout/Tagout, Confined Space, Fall Protection and Hazard Communication).

Quality Ability: Perform all duties in accordance with Quality and GMP (good manufacturing practices) established company policies and procedures.

Continuous Improvement: Responsible for active participation in continuous improvement teams and processes. Support and participate in continuous improvement teams and lean initiatives also continue to improve our throughput of product.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Understand and be involved with the process of work orders for each machine.
• Develop strong and effective communication with inventory Clerks.
• Ensure team collaboration to close work orders in a timely manner.
• Solves issues with raw kernel and inshell processing work order variances.
• Apply FIFO when creating bin reports for processing areas.
• Ensure WIP (Work in Process) are getting tagged correctly.
• Create or modify work orders to accommodate products or machines.
• Work with processing teams to resolve variances on work orders/inventory.
• Report any inventory discrepancies to inventory department for a proper resolution.
• Report via email bins in limbo to inventory team
• Monitor and follow daily schedules for all processing departments. If any questions arise work with the scheduling team to resolve the issue.
• Research duplicate bins and work with team members to correct the bin numbers.
• Work with Quality Control to move bins to the correct status before generating bin reports.

• Train employees to exercise the correct processes and follow-up with leadership if frontline teams need re-training.
• Create interdepartmental collaboration.
• Maintain a clean and organized workstation.
• Maintaining good documentation records and reply to e-mails in a timely manner.
• Optimize time and familiarize yourself with department needs.
• Pack, handsort, and/or perform other duties as assigned according to company needs.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Education: High school diploma desired
• Experience 1-2 years of production clerk experience in a manufacturing environment
• Computer Skills: Proficiency in MS Office Suite - Word, Outlook, Power Point, Excel

JOB SKILLS:

• Preferably have experience with Sage/ ERP systems.
• Preferably to have experience with creating work orders and managing variances.
• Preferably have previous experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish is a plus.
• Forklift experience is a plus.
• Must have excellent time and project management skills.
• Knowledge of office equipment.
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Work with cross functional teams and always be professional.
• Be part of a positive, stable, and supportive environment.

JOB COMPETENCIES:

• Safety Awareness: Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety.
• Adaptability: Ability to adapt to change in the workplace. Capable of functioning in a fast-paced entrepreneurial setting.
• Prioritization: Ability to quickly prioritize among numerous pressing tasks and manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Interpersonal: Ability to effectively build working relationships and communicate effectively.
• Team Involvement: Works effectively with teams and work groups. Actively participates in problem solving and interacts with team and work groups to achieve team and organizational goals.
• Detail-oriented: Attention to detail, and ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks.

• Critical Thinking: Use logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weakness of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

• Active Learning: Understanding of new information for both current and future problem solving and decision-making.
• Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS and WORK ENVIRONMENT

As part of the scope of this role duties may include being inside the plant manufacturing environment, which may include high levels of noise. When working outdoors conditions can include extreme cold, heat, or humidity; and sometimes can include work in dusty conditions

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk, stand, climb stairs, and reach with hands and arms. The employee may lift and/or move up to 50 pounds occasionally. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and depth perception. The employee will, at times, be required to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), as designated by the company. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job description is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the Company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the Company may deem appropriate.

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