Commodity Handler Supervisor

Upper Sandusky, OH, United States of America

Job Reference JR0091162

Professional Areas Industry

Function Operations, Engineering and Maintenance

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally.

This position is responsible for supervising all aspects of truck/rail receiving process from inbound grading to binning, meal loadout, hulls loadout, meal storage, scale/probe house, bean storage/conservation and all truck/rail activities coordination. Bean receiving at a high capacity of unloading and segregates/assigns inbound bean to storage bins/barns according to grade specifications; and load out of meal/hulls by rail and truck accordingly with customer specifications and commercial/logistic requirements.

This position is also responsible for monitoring operations and supervising all receiving operators, Rail Meal Loadout Operators, Truck Meal Loadout Operator, Rail Operators, and Grader/Scale Operators in their assigned areas, and that the plant operates in a profitable and safe fashion.

• Coordinates and supervises rail/truck unloading and loading operations. Coordinates and leads normal operations, startups, shutdowns, industrial cleanings and changeovers at the Commodity Handler and Scale House areas. Coordinates railcar movement in and out of railcars with railroad personnel.
• Encourage team participation in maintaining a clean and organized workspace. Provide an injury-free work environment for employees, staff, contractors, visitors through engagement, JHAs, training programs, good manufacturing practices, LDC standards/policies, and proactive elimination of exposures. Maintain and improve housekeeping in all areas. Implement and maintain 5S practices in the workplace. Conduct regular audits to ensure compliance with 5S standards.
• Promote a safe and healthy work environment. Continually improve safety record by addressing both physical safety issues and employee safety attitudes. Enforce safety protocols and procedures. Conduct regular safety audits and risk assessments.
• Initiate plans and processes aiming for continuous improvement to minimize beans receiving, meal, chemical unloading costs through effective utilization of manpower, equipment, facilities, materials, and capital. Assure attainment of business objectives and productions schedules while ensuring product standards that will exceed our customers’ expectations.
• Promote a culture of continuous learning and improvement. Establish group and individual accountabilities throughout all the employees at the Commodity Handler and Scale house area for safety leadership, problem solving and cost reduction. Facilitate team meetings to brainstorm and implement improvement ideas. Monitor progress and measure the impact of improvement initiatives.
• Participates in annual business planning and budgeting of the plant. Manage spending against budget and in relation to changes in Bean receiving and load out volume. Continually researches and refines unloading and loading operations to ensure the best possible usage of assets; maintains a good line of communication with Shift Leaders, Operators, managers and all areas of the plant.
• Maintain individual skills keeping up to date with latest production and production management concepts. Ensure team members are skilled in maintenance tasks. Promote a culture of continuous learning and improvement. Train team members on basic maintenance tasks. Ensure regular cleaning, inspection, and lubrication of equipment. Encourage team ownership of equipment maintenance (Autonomous Maintenance).
• Ensure that the product being shipped meets our customers’ standards, policies and practices through the…