What are the responsibilities and job description for the Shipping Working Foreman position at Alpha Baking Company?
. The individual will work in a fast-paced work environment preparing items for shipment by performing the following duties:
- Oversees general shipping activities
- Leads shipping staff
- Maintains shipping department
- Responsible for loading & unloading truck
- Physically moves bread/bun stacks to shipping dock using a two-wheel cart to stage product.
- Repetitive use of upper extremities to break down stacks of product to be sent to depot locations.
- Physically shuttle bread trays and materials to the staging area.
- Unloads semi-trailers and routes incoming shipments, rejects damaged items, records shortages, and corresponds with shipper to rectify damages and shortages.
- Loads cased bread/bun products onto pallets.
- Operates electric pallet jack to move or hoist materials from packaging to shipping dock.
- Operates stretch wrap bander to palletize bread/bun products for shipment.
- Performs all computer functions necessary to track various aspects of goods.
- Efficiently works within a busy dispatch department.
- Creates shipping labels and handles shipping information.
- Works well with the shipping team to complete orders in a timely manner.