Shipping Supervisor

Position Summary: A skilled individual who plans, organizes and controls shipping operations of the plant, supervises, trains, and develops team members. Provides advice to management and team members to perform essential duties. This shift includes weekends.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Analyze shipping and warehouse issues and recommend solutions, such as improving shipping methods or implementing motivational plans
• Record information such as personnel, pounds or cases shipped, or operational data on specified forms or reports
• Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources
• Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects
• Guiding, directing, and motivating and including setting performance standards and monitoring performance
• Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members
• Coaching, mentoring, or helping others to improve their knowledge or skills
• Confirm box line and shipping leadmen run their areas productively and efficiently
• Make sure employees are performing work in a safe and efficient manner
• Ensure the quality of all areas within the Warehouse
• Act as a liaison between plant management and Fabrication or Harvest Supervisors
• Ensure all team members are following plant safety, quality, and attendance procedures
• Attend to and give input at daily Supervisor meetings
• Attempt to minimize downtime and maximize efficiencies
• Tour area frequently to ensure team members are performing their work properly and to ensure employee morale
• Work on various special projects
• Attempt to ensure that the shipping area reaches its daily standard and make correction in procedure if necessary
• Must be able to accurately monitor and control inventory.  This will include spot checks, receiving validation, manifest reviews, and physical inventories
• May be involved in disciplinary procedures with team members. These may range from verbal warnings to terminations

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in shipping operations
• Supervisor experience preferred
• Strong organizational interpersonal & communication skills
• Bilingual important but not necessary
• Must be 18 years of age and authorized to work in the US
• Must pass pre-employment screening to be eligible for employment
• High School Diploma or GED with College training preferred but not required
• Must be able read, write and speak English
• Must be able to communicate effectively in a diverse workforce and upper management

Physical Ability:

• Ability to stand, bend, lift up to 100 pounds

• Performing physical activities that require considerable use of arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, and stooping, as needed.

Work Environment:

• Ability to work 10-12 hours a day in a cold or hot environment.

Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive.  Employee may perform other related duties as needed to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.