OPPORTUNITY SUMMARY: As Shipping Supervisor, you will be responsible for overseeing daily activities for shipping finished rolls to customers; managing all aspects of shipping, roll finishing, warehousing, and providing direction and leadership to shipping personnel.HOW YOU WILL IMPACT WESTROCK
Ensure shipping employees work safely and contribute to a collaborative and a proactive safety and housekeeping culture that drives results.
Prepare and review daily and monthly reports to communicate critical shipping information.
Communicate with various levels of management and departments to ensure that goals are accomplished.
Work collaboratively with Mill Production, Production Planners and Transportation Planners to assess, manage and prioritize customer requests to ensure load planning accuracy and enable high customer satisfaction.
Order and maintain proper levels of materials and supplies.
Generate weekly crew schedules for department.
Monitor and evaluate loading and planning processes to ensure orders are loaded correctly, damage free and efficiently.
Supervise shipping employees; manage a robust training program, perform employee reviews.
Tender load ready times to carriers based on production ready dates and times.
Back up Materials Management Associate and Logistics Manager as needed.
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:
High school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent.
Prefer 1 - 3 years of production leadership experience.
Prefer 2 - 3 years of logistics/industrial/shipping experience.
Focus on increasing customer satisfaction by ensuring obligations are met in timely manner.
Aptitude to calculate estimated costs associated with the shipping/delivery functions.
Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with other managers, staff, Corporate Transportation, CSR’s, Production Planners, and vendors.
Proficiency in computer skills including Microsoft Office- Excel, PowerPoint, Word.
Well-developed oral and written communications skills.
Proficiency in mill MES system "Panther" is preferred.
Ability to coach and develop talent to create a highly productive, safety-conscious team.
Strong decision-making skills with the ability to adapt and quickly respond to unforeseen changes in the production environment.
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