Assistant Shipping Supervisor

Who We Are
A producer-owned pork processor, comprised of 200 dedicated Midwest family farms, focused on providing customers with quality pork products they can trust, in a culture that fosters innovation and opportunity.

Summary
Perform the necessary procedures to be able to cover the shipping supervisors and shipping clerk positions as is needed. Responsible for leading the inventory process to maintain accurate finished good, dry ice, and pallet spacer inventory. Assists with supervision of production employees to ensure shipping and warehousing guidelines are being met within established timing, quality, and cost standards. Trains, directs, coaches, and leads the production team in the day-to-day operations to meet production, safety and quality requirements.

Drives the communication of production goals and objectives, as well as results in order to effectively motivate the team to maintain a high standard of product quality while maximizing plant efficiencies. This person will provide after hours support for the department.

Education, Licensure and Experience:

• High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) preferred and 2+ years of related experience and/or training in a Production environment; required.
• Clerical experience preferred.
• Previous food processing experience, supervisory experience, manufacturing knowledge and understanding of yields, plant efficiencies, and operations procedures, preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task, work under pressure and meet deadlines required.
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills required.
• Knowledge of SAP, Internet, Spreadsheet, Word and Order processing, and Inventory software, preferred.
• English proficiency required.
• Bilingual preferred, but not required.

Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be a minimum of 18 years of age and must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilitiesinclude the following (

Please note:

This in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position. Other duties may be assigned as deemed necessary and appropriate.):

Performs daily walks and visual inspections of the production floor in observation of unsafe acts or conditions; takes immediate corrective action where necessary.

Maintains safety/environmental self-audits & visual checks, champions all safety or ergonomic activities for the department and helps to develop and meet plant safety goals.

Maintain desired company safety plan. Ensure all employees know and understand the Safety plan and the Food Quality plan.

Trains employees to ensure safe operating procedures are followed, including lock-out and tag-out.

Adheres to product/shipping specification requirements throughout the manufacturing process to maintain the desired product quality results.

Maintains accurate inventories in the department and works with employees to assure procedures are being followed to maintain these inventories.

Maintains adequate knowledge of products, equipment, and shipping/warehousing procedures to ensure the ability to direct employees to perform the job properly.

Ensures tasks are completed in accordance with HACCP and USDA regulations, taking corrective action when necessary.

Assures we have enough supplies in the department to keep production moving. This would be items such as dry ice, spacers, etc.

Maintains communication with the various carriers to answer questions relating to status of loads.

Maintain or exceed goals on departmental costs, efficiencies and other goals set by the shipping department.

Works with the Superintendents and Lead Supervisors to maintain knowledge of typical problem areas in the department and methods for corrections and improvement.

Suggests changes in workflow processes and use of equipment to increase efficiency of the department and/or production crew to maintain the lowest level of downtime and costs possible.

Traces and analyzes key product result measures for improvement opportunities.

Verify all trucks have left on time to assure on time delivery.

Communicate with a variety of people to make sure all details around loads are handled. This communication can be with carriers, salespeople, internal and external customers.

Sends load information for all loads shipping out of the facility.

Build loads and book with carrier.

Handle all orders and shipping documentation for Marketship and Rendering department including, but not limited to preparing invoices for loads that have shipped, preparing shipping documentation for next day's loads and printing bills.

Handle all orders, both for domestic and international.

Work closely with the USDA on export loads…