Packaging/Warehouse Supervisor
About The Position
The Packaging & Warehouse Supervisor plans and directs efficient packaging, warehousing, and shipping of industrial and consumer sugar and by-products to meet sales requirements and maintain customer service standards. The role is responsible for maintaining packaging and warehousing equipment and systems, ensuring food safety and quality assurance for stored, packaged, and shipped products, and protecting employee safety. The supervisor oversees the sugar warehouse, screening, silos, bulk shreds, pulp bagging, pellet loading, and warehouse maintenance shop. The position manages employees, staffing, training, equipment maintenance, production and inventory plans, outside storage, packaging supplies, and inventory accuracy. It also coordinates daily with logistics and fleet management staff to ensure products meet customer specifications and are available efficiently, and is accountable for budget preparation, control, and variance reporting.
Requirements
- Extensive knowledge normally obtained through completion of an engineering or technical degree; mechanical and/or electrical training is preferred.
- Ability to manage multiple strategic plans in a constantly changing environment.
- Ability to supervise and motivate a diverse workforce across varied packaging, warehousing, and shipping activities.
- Strong written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills for working with employees at all levels, customers, and marketing companies.
- Planning, problem-solving, and implementation skills.
- Ability to understand and effectively apply food safety, quality assurance, and safety regulations.
- Mechanical aptitude and technical abilities.
- Enterprise computer systems abilities, including SAP, Microsoft Office products, and control systems.
- Valid driver's license.
Nice To Haves
- Mechanical and/or electrical engineering or technical education.
- Five to eight years of relevant work experience in an industrial setting and/or food manufacturing environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead and promote a positive work culture based on the company values of Safety, Integrity, Quality, Teamwork, and Accountability.
- Oversee the sugar warehouse, screening, silos, bulk shreds, pulp bagging, pellet loading, and warehouse maintenance shop.
- Improve packaging and bulk-loading efficiencies by managing people, time, and equipment to meet or exceed established goals.
- Maintain certification as the Company Site Safe Quality Food (SQF) Practitioner and lead the development, implementation, review, and maintenance of food safety fundamentals, the Food Safety Plan, and the Food Quality Plan.
- Supervise and motivate employees, manage staffing levels, and ensure training needs are met.
- Manage predictive and preventive maintenance for all equipment.
- Manage packaging, toting, and bulk-loading efficiencies, and ensure planned product movement supports inventory management and adequate storage capacity.
- Manage outside storage of remelt sugar and coordinate its return for reprocessing with factory management; manage additional outside storage when toting operations are underway.
- Develop a packaging production plan based on factory production, inventory levels, and sales projections.
- Participate in daily planning with Midwest Agri-Commodities and United Sugars Logistics and Fleet Management staff to understand the total sales plan and ensure availability of high-quality product that meets customer specifications cost-effectively and efficiently.
- Ensure accurate sugar and by-product inventory and reconcile inventory discrepancies.
- Maintain adequate inventories of packaging materials, totes, pallets, and other warehousing supplies.
- Prepare and control budgets and report variances for labor, materials, utilities, and capital.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical insurance eligibility starting on day one
- Health savings account
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match and contribution
- Paid dental insurance
- Paid basic life insurance
- Paid short- and long-term disability
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Paid time off
- Paid sick leave
- Paid parental leave
- Paid volunteer opportunities
- Paid holidays
- Discretionary bonuses
- Tuition reimbursement
- Service awards
- 24/7 employee assistance program with access to eight confidential visits with a licensed counselor at no cost
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
