Shipping Shift Supervisor

Job Description

Role

This position is responsible for shift supervision of shipping and warehousing, exterior trucking, overflow storage, releasing and dispatching functions.

Accountabilities

· Provide supervision of hourly employees in the shipping location;

· This includes approximately 11-19 employees assigned to the position's rotating shift;

· Take a leadership role in establishing a safe workplace by following established safety rules and holding all employees accountable for working safely; Maintain a clean and safe workplace through good housekeeping practices;

· Maintain working relationships with the union by following the terms of the collective bargaining agreement;

· Possess leadership skills including the ability to communicate a direction and expectations, to lead by example, recognize exceptional performance, deal with non-performance, and understand when and how to involve people correctly;

· Supervise the effective training of people, assigning work, counseling, appraising, transferring, and providing disciplinary action, as necessary within provisions of formal agreements between management and recognized employee bargaining groups;

· Prepare weekly employee work schedules;

· Coordinate activities with other shift supervisor(s);

· Direct the efficient operation of the shipping department;

· Ensure inventory accuracy through direct supervision of the receiving, storage and outbound functions, and a perpetual cycle counting process;

· Work closely with Logistics, Customer Service, Integrated Planning & Scheduling, and Converting to ensure on-time delivery to our customers;

· Strive for continuous improvement by recommending new and improved methods, standards, procedures and cost reduction ideas.

Qualifications

· Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required;

· Three to five (3-5) years experience supervising in a union environment required;

· Experience managing in a warehousing environment preferred;

· Strong people/team building skills;

· Self starter and intrinsically motivated;

· Must demonstrate pro-active skills in problem identification and developing solutions;

· Good problem solving, organization skills, and decision making;

· Knowledge of SAP/Optivision systems preferred;

· Must be detailed oriented.

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