Cooler Supervisor

Description

As employees of a farmer-owned cooperative, we come to work every day trying to honor the tireless effort and care these farming families put in every day, all day, 365 days a year. Our farmer-owners tend to think in generations, with some of our farms being run by the same families for over a century. We carry this approach into our business, knowing that each and every one of us makes a difference in allowing these generational traditions to continue, taking pride in knowing that we nourish our friends, neighbors, nation, and even the world with healthy and delicious dairy products. Our products include milk, flavored milk, yogurt, dip, sour cream, cottage cheese, Italian cheese, and ice cream mix marketed under the Upstate Farms®, Bison®, Milk for Life®, and Intense Milk® brands.

Must be available for 3rd shift, along with weekends and holidays.

Responsible for supervising the daily activities of the warehouse to ensure safe, efficient and accurate receiving, storage, retrieval of raw materials and finished goods, and loading of outbound shipments to external customers. Additionally, responsible for servicing production via provision of raw materials and consumables as well as managing efficient removal of finished goods from production lines and processing elements to help maintain the flow of production. Ensures the safety of the work team and safeguarding of company assets.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Supervise and assist in the daily warehouse operations and shipping area to include filling and shipping customer orders (including labelling and staging as needed), satisfying internal shipping requirements, ensure accuracy of shipments and supporting documentation and receiving incoming material.

Ensuring work orders from production, packaging lines, receiving finished goods, and inventory transactions are accurately logged. This also includes overseeing reconciliation activity.

Manages offsite inventory, working with 3PL partners to coordinate transfers, receipts, and any necessary adjustments

Ensures compliance with inventory accuracy initiatives, including cycle counts and year-end physical inventory audit.

Coordinates and enforces company policies and procedures for a safe and efficient operation.

Measures and reports the effectiveness of departmental activities.

Assists in developing and maintaining departmental work instructions and SOP’s.

Recommends measures to improve quality of service, increase efficiency of department, work crews and equipment performance.

Pro-actively confers with other supervisors to coordinate activities between departments and serve internal customers.

Supervises warehouse team, assigns tasks appropriately and assesses performance against KPI’s.

Motivates and coaches employees.

Maintains standards of health, safety, food and security including GMP, HACCP, SQF, as per Company policies and applicable regulations.

Responsible for the care, use and maintenance of tools used in the warehouse including forklifts and other materials moving equipment, racking, hand-held scanners, and data input terminals.

Other duties as assigned.

Experience & Education Required:

Associates Degree and minimum of 3 years of relevant warehouse experience including 2 years of supervisory experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Knowledge & Skills – Required:

Demonstrate Leadership skills and ability to manage and coach warehouse team members

Proven ability to implement and enforce process improvement initiatives.

Knowledge of Truckload, LTL and refrigerated transportation and distribution operations.

Demonstrated expertise with warehouse management software and databases including Microsoft Office

Strong decision-making skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Detail oriented and highly organized with excellent follow-up practices

Food warehouse experience a plus

Confidentiality:

The Warehouse Supervisor is exposed to confidential Upstate Niagara customer and product information on a consistent basis.

Management Responsibility

The Warehouse Supervisor directly manages union workforce employees. Responsibilities include training/coaching employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. S/he operates under the guidance and general direction of the Warehouse Manager, with responsibilities to support the Plant Manager and their initiatives.

Work Environment

Majority of time spent in the warehouse and cooler with some time spent in the office or in meetings. Incumbent must be able to sit, stand, bend, reach, walk, lift up to 25lbs and use standard computer equipment with Microsoft products Excel and Word (Computer, Copier, Fax and Phone). Time in the Warehouse facility will expose the incumbent to heat, cold and noise.

Ability to see is imperative.

Pay: $65k-$75k/year

The salary range indicated in this posting represents the minimum and maximum of the salary range for this position. Actual salary will vary depending on factors including, but not limited to, budget available, prior experience, knowledge, skill and education as they relate to the position’s qualifications, in addition to internal equity. The posted salary range reflects just one component of our total rewards package. Other components of the total rewards package may include participation in group health and/or dental insurance, retirement plan, wellness program, paid time away from work, and paid holidays.

Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc. is committed to equal employment opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)