Shipping Supervisor - Night Shift

SCOPEThe role of the Shipping Supervisor is to provide manufacturing front-line leadership to the Shipping team. The Supervisor is responsible for leading, motivating and developing front-line employees within their area of responsibility to achieve outstanding manufacturing results. This is done through enhancing teamwork, effective communications, actively listening to employees, and driving change. Additionally, the Shipping Supervisor must focus on safety, quality assurance, process efficiency and continuous improvement, and meeting customer expectations.

PRINCIPLE

ACCOUNTABILITIES Support without hesitation General Plant Safety, Food Safety, Food Defense Initiatives and Good Manufacturing Practices with an understanding that these are absolutes and are Priority #1.Responsible for the safety of every employee making sure that all safety procedures are being followed and non-compliance is addressed appropriately.

Responsible to ensure that all Food Safety policies and procedures are being followed and non-compliance is addressed appropriately.

Understands the HACCP Plan and ensures compliance and education of team with requirements

Complete an Safety Incident Report and/or Food Safety Incident Report if an incident is to occur and ensure that the report is completed and submitted before the end of the shift

Know where emergency STOP, and START/STOP buttons are located and ensure all Lock Out/Tag Out procedures for machine are followed when necessary

Provide business and technical leadership necessary to ensure the production line(s) meets and/or exceed goals in critical manufacturing success areas of Safety, Food Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost Perform as a front-line leader in a complex food manufacturing facility, providing motivation, training, coaching, support, inspiration and direction to diverse work force

Work and/or attend meetings during other shifts (including off-shifts and/or weekends) as necessary

Establish and sustain positive employee relations through effective communications with all employees in order to foster an environment where innovation and cooperation are used to solve problems

Promote positive employee and labor relations in a Union environment through effective conflict management and issue resolution

Provide effective, timely and fair performance and discipline feedback to team members and document as needed

Must be able to track daily results to ensure appropriate and immediate actions are taken to achieve business goals and objectives

Enforces compliance and drives accountability with company policies, procedures, and operational standards by effectively communicating expectations and changes to teams and holding the team accountable to those standards

Develops Action Plans to address opportunities for reducing unplanned downtime and waste within the Bakery Prepare, maintain and finalize all necessary paperwork for shift

Ensure employees are maintaining a clean work area and that they are cleaning throughout the shift.

Coordinates and Audits Job Instruction training for team members

Conducts shift huddles and provides feedback for Team Members Trains, retrains and cross trains all team members

Confirm readiness of area for next shift and supervisor

Completes other duties as assigned

Optimizing shipping processes using continuous improvement solutions designed to meet and exceed shipping standards and objectives

Must complete a GMP and Safety Inspection/Pre-Ops/ Shipping worksheet at the start of the shift

Responsible for ensuring that the Incoming Material Inspection Checklist and the Product Outgoing Trailer Inspection Document sheets are completed on a daily basis.

Ensure that the Driver Identification/Log Sheet is correctly completed on a daily basis.

Distribute loads sheets to the Selectors Approve adjustments to load, when necessary

Confirm employees are following correct operational procedures including FIFO Anticipate potential problem areas and delegate course of action to be taken

Communicate to Shipping Manager all needed employee information, lateness’s, absences and poor work performance

Must know all job functions in the area and assists and serves as back up to the Shipping Manager Perform all special requests by Warehouse Manager Works seamlessly with operational counterparts to ensure that key performance indicators related to production performance are positively impacted

Knowledge / Skills Strong leadership skills including strong communication and listening skills, team building, multitasking, and coaching skills.

Self-starter with the ability to prioritize, organize, and simplify

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Demonstrated problem solving and strong decision-making skills with the ability to prioritize with a sense of urgency and take appropriate action when necessary

Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities

Knowledge of OSHA regulations, HACCP and Food GMPs (in a bakery environment preferred)
Understanding of sanitation, food handling, and food safety…