General Manager Shipping - 1st Shift - Portland, ME

Barber Foods•Portland, ME

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for providing daily support to all team members in the areas of safety issues, production problems, quality issues, and problems. Responsibilities include assuring that team members have all the proper tools and equipment in proper working condition to perform their necessary job duties. The role involves conducting regular daily/weekly meetings with team members to communicate important information such as production changes, business news, order rates, safety programs and issues, overtime needs, etc., and listening to team member input on issues. On a daily basis, the individual will move throughout the various work areas to offer support, gain input from supervisors, lead persons, and team members, and monitor production activities. Other duties include completing and maintaining necessary paperwork required and associated with the production operations, facilitating and promoting the team concept by working with team members through coaching, leading, listening, coordinating, and supporting. The role requires communicating and coordinating on a daily basis with other supervisors to assure maximum product quality and productivity, and meeting with managers on a daily basis to discuss pertinent issues and to plan strategies for maximum productivity performance. Other responsibilities include conducting and coordinating weekly physical inventories, conducting counseling sessions and issuing disciplinary action as necessary, providing proper job and safety training for team members to insure maximum job performance, and continuously striving for the most cost-effective methods of producing a high-quality product. Finalizing monthly spice inventories, quarterly freezer inventory, and weekly trailer inventory are also part of the role, along with controlling inventory of pallet use and tracking. Additionally, the position is responsible for DOT yearly maintenance on all company-owned equipment that travels over the road and maintaining DOT requirements for the Hutchinson Complex.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required.
3 plus years warehouse experience.
Previous supervisory experience is preferable.
Computer skills - Word, Excel, SAP, Tyson 1 PPS.
Good communication and listening skills.
Ability to interact effectively with a wide range of people.
Strong leadership abilities.
Supervise 1st and 2nd shift Shipping Receiving Department.

Nice To Haves

College degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Assure that team members have all the proper tools and equipment in proper working condition to perform their necessary job duties.
Conduct regular daily/weekly meetings with team members to communicate important information such as production changes, business news, order rates, safety programs and issues, overtime needs, etc., and listen to team member input on issues.
Move throughout the various work areas on a daily basis to offer support, gain input from supervisors, lead persons, and team members, and monitor production activities.
Complete and maintain necessary paperwork required and associated with the production operations.
Facilitate and promote the team concept by working with team members through coaching, leading, listening, coordinating, and supporting.
Communicate and coordinate on a daily basis with other supervisors to assure maximum product quality and productivity.
Meet with managers on a daily basis to discuss pertinent issues and to plan strategies for maximum productivity performance.
Conduct and coordinate weekly physical inventories.
Conduct counseling sessions and issue disciplinary action as necessary.
Provide proper job and safety training for team members to insure maximum job performance.
Continuously strive for the most cost-effective methods of producing a high-quality product.
Finalize monthly spice inventories, quarterly freezer inventory, and weekly trailer inventory.
Control inventory of pallet use and tracking.
Oversee DOT yearly maintenance on all company-owned equipment that travels over the road.
Maintain DOT requirements for the Hutchinson Complex.