Warehouse Supervisior

Overview

Position summary:

Plans, organizes, and monitors the shipping, receiving, storage, and distribution of all items received either from suppliers or production ensuring a smooth and consistent operation. Plans and coordinate the activities of material handlers. Assists in the warehouse as needed, displays a high sense of urgency to and from customer service to sales, and maintains daily interaction with plant operations, scheduling and quality assurance.

Maintains operations to adhere to food safety standards.

• Plan work schedules and assign duties to maintain adequate staff for effective performance of activities and response to fluctuating workloads.
• Review work throughout the work process and at completion to ensure that it has been performed properly.
• Assist picking, packing and distribution activities.
• Resolve personnel problems, complaints, and formal grievances when possible, or refer them to higher-level supervisors for resolution.
• Counsel employees in work-related activities, personal growth, and career development; identify competencies; prepare and deliver Performance Appraisals.
• Collaborate with workers and managers to solve work-related problems. Inform designated employees or departments of items loaded and problems encountered.
• Oversee stock control and processing orders.
• Ensure annual budget requirements for the Warehouse and S/R Department are met. Anticipate and request funding for future personnel requirements. Anticipate and request funding for future material handling equipment.
• Responsible for maintaining current automated and computerized systems.
• Follow all safety regulations and comply with federal, state, and local warehousing, shipping and receiving requirements.
• Keeping stock control systems up to date and plan future capacity requirements.
• Responsible for inventory control – works with the Accounting Department to conduct physical counts.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

• Experience in shipping, receiving, warehouse operations; shipping international shipments of hazardous material via air, ocean and over the road.
• Must be computer literate with data management and system operation with the ability to evaluate and understand data for the purpose of implementing systems to maintain or implement control.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Knowledge of Bar Code Technology and Electronic Data Interchange a plus.
• Mathematical aptitude. Familiar with "unit" conversions and basic concepts of statistics.
• Strong organization and communication skills with attention to detail.
• Management of Personnel Resources - Assessing performance, Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Ability to operate a forklift and pass Cvista's Forklift Training Program.