What are the responsibilities and job description for the Warehouse Supervisor position at Archer Daniels Midland?
Warehouse Supervisor – Wheat Milling
Port Colborne, Ontario
Operations
Salaried – Non-Exempt Compensation
Successful completion of pre-employment medical and reference check
About the Position
The Warehouse Supervisor is responsible for providing hands-on supervision and direction for Warehouse operations supporting 700 tons of 20 kg bagged flour per day. The position directly reports to the Plant Manager and works closely with Plant Superintendent to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable daily operations.
The Supervisor will spend significant time on the production floor leading and supporting employees, monitoring operations, addressing issues, and identifying opportunities to improve safety, quality, productivity, efficiency, and customer service. The role also requires working knowledge of the Warehouse Management System (WMS), including the ability to troubleshoot system issues and ensure accurate inventory, production, receiving, and shipping transactions.
This position requires strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities, meet time-sensitive deadlines, maintain accurate records, and communicate effectively with plant leadership, employees, customers, transportation, purchasing, production scheduling, off-site warehousing partners, auditors, and regulatory agencies.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day leadership and direction for approximately 15–20 hourly unionized employees across Mix, Packaging, and Warehouse operations, including scheduling, training, coaching, and development.
- Promote a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with ADM policies, work rules, food safety, quality, sanitation, housekeeping, and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Monitor daily operations to achieve production, quality, yield, efficiency, productivity, and customer requirements while maintaining a hands-on presence on the production floor.
- Coordinate with Commercial, Sales, Transportation, Purchasing, Production Scheduling, Milling Operations, Maintenance, and other departments to support production and operational needs.
- Utilize and troubleshoot the Warehouse Management System (WMS) to manage inventory, receiving, production, and shipping activities and maintain accurate records.
- Monitor equipment and process performance, partnering with Maintenance to address issues, minimize downtime, and support preventive and predictive maintenance.
- Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities to improve safety, quality, productivity, efficiency, inventory accuracy, and waste reduction.
- Support labor relations and communicate effectively with employees, plant leadership, customers, auditors, off-site warehousing partners, and regulatory agencies as required.
- Complete required reporting and documentation accurately and on time while demonstrating ADM Core Values and promoting accountability, teamwork, respect, and continuous improvement.