Warehouse Supervisor - Day Shift

Dawn Food Products IncBurlington, OntarioOn-siteFull-timeMid level, 2–5 yearsListed 3 hours ago

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About this role

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Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.

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Why work for Dawn Foods?

PEOPLE. PRODUCTS. CUSTOMERS.

Why should you apply? We invest in you!

- Industry-leading health insurance and well-being coverage from Day 1

- Competitive Pay

- Generous company retirement benefit contributions

- Paid time off

- Professional training

- Professional growth through tuition assistance and educational programs

- An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce

- Family-owned business over 100 years in service

Job Purpose and Overview

The Warehouse Supervisor at Dawn Foods oversees daily shipping and receiving activities, ensuring that incoming shipment are free from damage or discrepancies and outbound shipments are picked, packed and shipped accurately and on time. This role supervises the warehouse team, including assignment of tasks, training and coaching of team members and evaluation of team member performance.

Shift Schedule :

Monday-Friday 5:00 am - 1:30 pm with occasional Saturday work as required.

What Will You Do as a Warehouse Supervisor at Dawn Foods?

- Monitor and maintain accurate inventory levels; ensure inventory audits and cycle counts are completed

- Ensure cross training for all jobs to achieve department flexibility including supervisor backup

- Supervise warehouse staff providing coaching or disciplinary action as needed

- Manage pallet inventory to ensure no gaps in production or shipping

- Ensure all material handling equipment (forklifts, pallet jacks, etc) is properly maintained and inspected

- Enforcement and review of sanitation practices

- Customer billing

- Ensure the warehouse team has the necessary equipment and documentation to perform their tasks

- Demonstrate the “Dawn Values” of Team Dawn and supports the Circle of Excellence

What Does It Take to be a Warehouse Supervisor at Dawn Foods?

- High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required

- Four years of experience in warehouse or distribution environment (i.e. knowledge of warehouse operations; JBA system and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) helpful.

- Requires strong oral, written and communication skills

- Must be able to handle many diversified tasks at one time and correctly prioritize conflicting, time sensitive task

- Requires the ability to safely operate a forklift and other heavy warehouse equipment including counterbalance and swing mast forklift. Prior certification preferred

- Computer skills required

- Experience with SAP preferred

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to grasp, move, or utilize objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to use sensory perception for quality measurement of products.

- The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus

- Temperature fluctuates with the season – colder during the winter/warmer during the summer

- Working around heavy machinery – hearing protection required in production area

Note: The level of physical effort may vary from site to site and in some cases be greater or lesser than documented here.

Company Provided/Required PPE

- Non-slip steel-toed shoes

- Gloves

- Hair Net

- Beard Net (if needed)

- Safety glasses/ safety ear protection

- Additional PPE may be required

Compensation

The base salary range for this position is $71,550-$107,330 with 5% bonus eligibility.

If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click "Apply.”

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An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other status or condition that is protected by applicable law.

Requisition ID: 38413