Warehouse Supervisor- IA

Description

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position supervises warehouse and traffic functions for the Davenport, IA plant to provide on time and cost-effective delivery for customers, and ensures accurate and timely production support, shipping, and receiving within a safe environment. This is a Safety Sensitive Position.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

- Conducts Green Area Meetings and maintains appropriate documentation;
- Responsible for cycle counting machine locations as needed.
- Directs and monitors activities for special projects;
- Responsible for calling designated carriers, providing them with appropriate shipment information;
- Responsible for checking hard allocation at beginning and end of shift and notifies manager of issues or shortages, based on the “No Raw Material Report”.
- Ensures continuity of support for manufacturing;
- Ensures resin/silo unloading procedures are strictly followed to maintain accurate, compliant, and sufficient resin inventory to meet production needs. Alert management if issues or shortages are encountered;
- Ensures bin checks are done in a timely manner and year-end inventory is 100% accurate;
- Reports railcar taps to vendors the day of which they occur, ensuring all required taps are complete by month end;
- Responsible for notifying railroad of required changes in railcar line-up on siding;
- Responsible for performing RMA’s and PO receipts, as required.
- Responsible for obtaining freight quotes;
- Monitors employee performance including annual performance reviews and disciplinary actions and reports findings to manager;
- Loads and unloads trailers for shipments and receipts as required:
- Secures trailers with dock locks or wheel chocks before entering with a forklift; removes or unlocks when loading/unloading is complete;
- Responsible for material handler duties, as Shipping and Receiving workload dictates;
- Assists with training department new hires;
- Assists with shipping office operations;
- Supports bailing operations as needed;
- Ensures all orders ship in a timely, accurate manner through interaction with appropriate company departments, warehouse personnel, customers and carriers;
- Ensures daily and weekly logs are completed in a timely manner;
- Installs and removes dock plates, opens and closes dock doors and ensure they remain locked for security and safety reasons;
- Label, stretch wrap, stage and ship orders in compliance with customer requirements and PHX procedures;
- Loads and unloads shuttle trailers and trailers to outside warehouses and other PHX facilities using appropriate transactions;
- Maintains up to date knowledge of export documentation requirements and prepare documents;
- Maintains staging lanes using fork lift;
- Assists with tote assembly as needed;
- Monitor facilities to ensure compliance with Safety, FDA, OSHA, Department of Homeland Security; other certification agency and PHX requirements;
- Monitors and supervises maintenance program regarding all warehouse equipment and facilities.
- Moves product from production floor and loads onto trucks or moves to designated warehouse location;
- Operate forklift, clamp truck in safe manner. Charge and water forklift batteries;
- Performs RTI’s for color, liner and WIP caps returned to the warehouse from production;
- Prepares for customer audits/visits and assists in implementing appropriate recommendations;
- Prepares weekly inventory report for purchasing;
- Prints Wave/ Pick Tickets, bills of lading and labels;
- Processes customer returns;
- Receives railcars into the IQRF system, unloads railcar resin into appropriate silos and notify manager of issues or shortages;
- Repacks cartons;
- Responds to telephone queries, receives and sends fax information;
- Utilize IQFR transactions for all receipts, movements and issues of raw materials and packaging components, staging and shipping of customer orders, warehouse transfers or customer returns.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Interacts with customers for questions or problem resolution;
- Serves on committees;
- Responsible for following all Food Safety and GMP related policies and procedures;
- Responsible for enforcing and following all Safety Rules, policies, procedures and work instructions;
- Other responsibilities, as required.

Requirements

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

- High School diploma or GED.

EXPERIENCE:

- 3-5 years’ experience in a supervisory role;
- 2-3 years’ experience in warehouse setting;
- Forklift experience.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

- Simple Grasping (40-70%) - filing; handling paper;
- Firm Grasping (40-70%) - filing; handling paper;
- Fine Manipulation (at >70%) - phone; expediting orders.

EQUIPMENT USED:

- Forklift, personal computer, laptop, printer, copier, calculator, telephone, clamp truck, fax machine, scissors, radios.

CONTACTS:

- Management, Maintenance, Production, Customer Service, Vendors.

SUPERVISION/BACKUP:

- Warehouse Manager

Salary Description
$72-76,000/Year