Shipping Team Leader

Summary: The Shipping Team Leader role trains, validates processes, and empowers employees to reach their fullest potential. The Shipping Team Leader will provide direction on assigned station/area to support on time delivery to our customers. The role also leads by example exhibiting the Gibraltar Values.    

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Lead training of all new hires and support ongoing training for team members.
• Ability to communicate the organization’s vision, strategy, and values.
• Ensure team members are completing standard work safely and accurately in alignment with KPIs.
• Determine priority/sequence of parts based on production/shipping schedule.
• Provides direction on daily tasks including but not limited to: completion of daily shipping goals
• Prints and processes all BOL shipping documents for delivery.
• Observes safety and security procedures; Reports potentially unsafe conditions; Uses equipment and materials properly.
• Aid in training and maintaining 6s of production area.
• Communicate cross-functionally with Production, Warehouse and Shipping departments to ensure alignment of our customer driven strategy and direction.
• Ensure quality standards are maintained by watching for product defects. Escalate when necessary.
• Administer and lead 8D problem solving process.
• Continuously strive to drive, improve, and monitor QAP companywide KPI’s: safety (6s), people, quality, cost of production, delivery/Inventory, continuous improvement, finance/cash, and commercial.
• General knowledge of basic computer skills including but not limited to: excel, word, email, Powerpoint, and company ERP/HRIS systems.
• Promotes company provided programs such as safety, recruiting, retention and employee engagement initiatives.
• Ensure employee and departmental compliance with all policies, procedures, values and mission and reports non-compliance to supervisor for resolution.
• Promotes employee conduct that is free from any form of harassment/discrimination (sexual, racial, religious, gender, etc).
• Ability to maintain regular attendance at ASC facility.
• Has strong curiosity to learn and develop in our business.
• May be asked to load a truck or run machine when needed.
• Sporadic travel may be required.
• Any other job assigned.

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Customer Focus

Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

Integrity and Trust

Is widely trusted; is seen as direct, truthful individual, can present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner; keeps confidence; admits mistakes; doesn’t misrepresent himself/herself for personal gain.

Education and/or Experience                                                 

High school education with one to two years of related leadership experience or relevant training; and/or have an established Individual Development Plan through Gibraltar. Must have a commitment to continuous personal and professional development which many include offsite training/travel.

Language/Reasoning Ability/Mathematical Skills                                                                               

Ability to add, subtract, count in simple units of measurement and or whole numbers. Ability to read, write and speak basic English and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to read and write simple lists.  Must be able to solve practical problems and deal with interpersonal conflict.       

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

May be asked to have a Forklift License to facilitate production.  Ability to be certified as a crane operator, forklift and power lock out procedures mastered.  OSHA training strongly preferred.                                                                                 

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  You must notify the company if such an accommodation is needed.

While performing the duties of this job, the empl