Shipping Supervisor

Alpha Baking Company•Manitowoc, WI

14h

About The Position

Alpha Baking Company, Inc., a national distributor of breads, rolls and buns, as well as sweet goods, was founded in 1979. Headquartered in Chicago, Alpha Baking has three production plants in Illinois and others in Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Alpha Baking’s retail brands include S. Rosen’s, MaryAnn, Natural Ovens Bakery, Kreamo, and Golden Hearth, with additional product sold under private label agreements and the Alpha Baking foodservice brand. Our broad array of products can be found in national restaurant chains, quick service restaurants, schools, institutions, major league sports franchises, national grocery chains and independent grocery stores.

Requirements

Detail-oriented
Ability to multi-task
Works well in a fast pace environment
Reliable
Creative problem solver
Good communication and follow up skills
Able to run the day to day operations
Computer skills
Must be able to constantly stand and walk on concrete floors and trailer beds.
Frequent pushing/pulling of transport racks and bread trays.
Frequent bending, stooping, twisting, reaching, lifting, carrying is required.
Frequent to constant handling and grasping of bakery product trays, transport racks, and boxes.
Frequently lift and/or move items up to 50 lbs.
Must have reliable transportation and attendance to meet employer's attendance standards for 24/7 production facility.

Responsibilities

Leadership & Performance: Directly supervise and hold both shippers and foremen accountable for departmental KPIs, safety protocols, and daily objectives.
Driver Management: Oversee on-site and yard driver operations, ensuring timely departures, adherence to logbook regulations, and efficient dock use.
Operational Oversight: Maintain a high standard of floor leadership by auditing workflows and correcting deviations in real-time to ensure maximum efficiency.
Compliance: Enforce Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and safety standards across all personnel to maintain a "ready-to-audit" facility at all times.
Fills in for Foremen in their absence and assists them with their duties, physical and otherwise.
Physically moves bread/bun stacks to shipping dock using a two-wheel cart to stage product.
Repetitive use of upper extremities to break down stacks of product to be sent to depot locations.
Physically shuttle bread trays and materials to the staging area.
Unloads semi-trailers and routes incoming shipments, rejects damaged items, records shortages, and corresponds with shipper to rectify damages and shortages.
Loads cased bread/bun products onto pallets.
Operates electric pallet jack to move or hoist materials from packaging to shipping dock.
Operates stretch wrap bander to palletize bread/bun products for shipment.
Performs all computer functions necessary to track various aspects of goods.
Efficiently works within a busy dispatch department.
Creates shipping labels and handles shipping information.
Works well with the shipping team to complete orders in a timely manner.