Shipping Supervisor - 1st Shift

Description

The Shipping Supervisor oversees outbound product shipments, maintains safety protocols, and leads the shipping team.

• The Shipping Supervisor maintains a clean and safe environment, enforces safety protocols, and performs periodic inspections of equipment and facilities to prevent accidents and hazardous situations.
• Enforce all OSHA related requirements.
• Report daily safety observations and keep the department focused on safety.

• Directly supervise and coordinate all activities for outgoing products and materials.
• Act as a working supervisor alongside shipping personnel.
• Work with Logistics Manager to ensure the department is staffed as required.
• Work with Logistics Manager to assign, direct, review, and monitor staff work to maximize safety and productivity.

• Schedule truck drivers' runs in the most cost‑efficient and time‑saving manner possible; review drivers' logs daily.
• Supervise forklift operators in loading trucks neatly and to customers' satisfaction.
• Attend daily scheduling meetings and assist the plant scheduler to meet customer requirements.
• Develop a strong rapport with freight lines.
• Cycle count inventory to positively impact inventory accuracy.
• Manage aged materials using FIFO and optimizing techniques.
• Oversee all outgoing inspections.
• Utilize all resources to maximize throughput.
• Use the computer system to track on‑time delivery.
• Ensure shipping warehouse housekeeping and organization is at an acceptable level.

• Other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or GED with a combination of the following:
• Two years' experience as a forklift operator and/or truck driver.
• Previous shipping/receiving experience.
• Previous supervisory experience.
• Previous experience in the corrugated box industry preferred.
• General knowledge of OSHA, SQF, and 6S standards.

• Forklift certified.
• Demonstrated advanced skills with the standard features of various personal computer word processing and spreadsheet software (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other proprietary programs-Amtech).

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, talk or hear; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
  
  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

In addition to a competitive wage, the selected candidate will enjoy a comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, prescription drug, wellness programs, STD, LTD, life insurance, company matching 401(k) and pension. Green Bay Packaging benefits may vary by position or division.

Started in 1933, Green Bay Packaging Inc. is a family‑owned, vertically integrated company consisting of corrugated container plants, a folding carton facility, recycled and virgin container board mills, pressure‑sensitive label roll stock plants, timberlands, a paper slitting operation, and a sawmill facility. Headquartered in Green Bay, Wis., Green Bay Packaging Inc. employs over 4,600 team members and operates 40 facilities in 16 states, each with a dedication to innovative development of its products and forestry resources, with a focus on safety, sustainability, quality, and continuous improvement.

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