Warehouse Supervisor (1st shift)

Warehouse Supervisor Job Description 

 

POSITION SUMMARY:   

The warehouse supervisor is responsible for the day to day activities of the warehouse including the management of people within the warehouse function, to ensure company's targets and objectives are met to meet customer requirements, ensuring that staff comply with health, safety and standard operating procedures.  

 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Enforces established safety guidelines to promote a safe work environment.
• Overseas daily warehouse operations and supervises warehouse team members and the shipping and receiving of all materials.
• Assists in the planning, assignment, and execution of daily and weekly operational work goals in all warehouse phases, including shipping and receiving.
• Ensures requests for quality samples to be delivered to the Quality Lab.
• Oversees maintenance of physical condition and organization of warehouse.
• Timely competition of all cycle counts while delivering on inventory accuracy targets. 
• Monitors and motivates team members to meet deadlines and target goals.
• Ensures accurate and timely shipment and receipts.
• Perform duties following all good manufacturing practices (GMP’s) including food, equipment, and operating safety requirements.
• Resolves employee conflicts.
• Operates forklift, performs all equipment checks for personal operation; reviews all preoperational checklist for all forklifts in warehouse.
• Inspects packaged products, received ingredients and informs proper parties of damage or concerns and records in company systems.
• Oversee the completion of all necessary cleaning and workplace sanitation requirements.
• Record necessary warehousing information in a tablet, computer or by hand.
• Attend all required company training.
• Flexible to support work in all areas as needed.

 

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Fork Truck experience
• Warehouse experience

 

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES/COMPETENCIES:

• Must learn to drive forklift and have a Whitehall Specialties forklift license
• Knowledge of computerized inventory and tracking systems
• Perform duties following all good manufacturing practices (GMP’s) including food, equipment, and operating safety requirements
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills
• Write professional reports, prepare presentations and other business correspondence
• Work as a member of a team
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions and act upon them
• Time management skills
• Document management
• Uphold confidentiality of sensitive information
• Microsoft Office proficiency
• High attention to detail
• Maintain excellent attendance

  

ENVIORNMENTAL CONDITIONS:

• General Manufacturing Environment
• Withstanding extreme cold t