Shipping Supervisor, Pipe & Fittings (Booneville, MS)

Westlake•Booneville, MS

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The role of the Shipping Supervisor is to direct the company’s regional shipping/distribution operations to ensure that the company’s supply network is sustained and operating in an efficient and effective manner. Westlake Pipe & Fittings, a Westlake company (NYSE:WLK), is the second-largest polyvinyl chloride pipe and fittings manufacturer in North America. Westlake Pipe & Fittings supplies gasketed, solvent weld and restrained joint pipes and a wide range of fittings for a diverse list of markets including municipal water and sewer, plumbing, water well, pool and spa, and agricultural and turf irrigation. Westlake Pipe & Fittings is an industry leader in product development with Certa-Lok® spline-lock technology and product systems that are focused on building A Better Foundation™. We believe in creating a supportive and inclusive culture that empowers and encourages our associates to succeed through individual achievement and teamwork. A career at Westlake Pipe & Fittings, is enriched with an innovative spirit, high work ethic, and rewarding experiences. We foster a culture that supports professional development, personal growth, and opportunities for advancement.

Requirements

5+ years’ supervisory experience preferred.
Experience with building products warehousing and shipments.
Excellent communication.
Ability to translate your skills to other employees through training and mentoring.
Hands-on experience with departmental metrics, experience monitoring the quality, quantity, cost and efficiency of shipping operations.
Familiarity with MS Excel and MS Office suite.
High School Diploma or GED required with some post-secondary education.
Strongly prefer some shipping experience in plastics extrusion.

Nice To Haves

SAP experience preferred.
Forklift Certified preferred.

Responsibilities

Leads and promotes staff to perform duties in a safe and environmentally responsible manner applying rules, regulations and policies with fair and consistent practice.
Verifies that safety checks are being completed on forklifts and drivers are maintain safe driving during transit.
Coordinates company truck driver and schedules routes.
Leads internal efforts in developing implementation of best practices throughout the shipping operation.
Engages team in safe practices and observations.
Manage day to day shipping operations, measures performance for on-time, in-full delivery performance, shipping costs for all forms of transit, warehouse inventory management, warehousing productivity and quality, and workforce planning requirements.
Adjusts trucks and crewing, to maintain available shipping resources.
Monitors and coordinates pipe wrapping and partial units.
Investigates cause analysis issues for problem reconciliation and leads corrective action for complaints related to transportation, logistics handling and warehousing of finished products.
Manages physical condition of warehouse, equipment, and yard.
Reviews and verifies pipe inventory count and condition.
Processes slow moving and faded obsolescence monthly.
Completes required cycle counts on a quarterly basis.
Prepares work order for repairs and requisites for replacement of equipment.
Directs staff to support strategic customer care service objectives, enhance staff, team skills and competencies, and establish team performance objectives.
Ensures that all carriers comply with legal, quality and safety standards.
Confers with department heads to ensure coordination of warehouse activities with activities of other functions such as production, sales, quality control and purchasing.
Define the needed skills, tools and equipment to meet shipping department objectives.
Establishes standard operational procedures for activities such as verification of incoming and outgoing shipment’s, handling and disposition of materials and keeping warehouse inventory current.