Supervisor, Commodity Inventory Controller

Mastronardi Produce•Laredo, TX

17h•Onsite

About The Position

The Supervisor is the primary person responsible for achieving all departmental goals including rejection percentage, inventory freshness, timely allocations, minimize dumps/donates, and increase percentage from inventory. The Supervisor is the commodity department’s main contact with both the commodity planners and operations management. The supervisor oversees all department subordinates, including training, as well as day to day functions.

Requirements

Willingness to work independently, with minimal supervision and take ownership of job
Comfortable making decisions
Must have strong communication skills
Detail oriented
Will need to learn significant Product / Industry knowledge
Must be high-performance team player and be willing to work in a dynamic, growing, demanding and fast-paced environment
Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills
Need to be creative, adaptable and able to accurately handle out-of-the-ordinary issues with a sense of urgency
Must have ability to effectively follow-up and handle multiple projects with strong personal time-management skills and effectively manage associated stress
Proficient in basic computer-use skills (i.e. Word, Excel) and will need to learn NAV, JDA
Must be a self-starter and willing to work flexible hours
Position requires sitting, standing, walking and bending on a regular basis. Limited kneeling, squatting and crawling required
Must be capable of lifting up to 30 lbs
Must have manual dexterity to perform computer skills

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree preferred
Previous experience in produce industry preferred
Bilingual English/Spanish preferred

Responsibilities

Achieve departmental Goals for including rejection percentage, inventory freshness, timely allocations, minimize dumps/donates, and increase percentage
Work with the Operations team to communicate daily Production and Sales Order allocations
Insure all sales orders are allocated through inventory or production so that customer service objectives are achieved
Maintain, in conjunction with planner, an inventory plan for the 0-3-day horizon that includes tracking of inbounds, production plans and forecasted sales
Routinely check product quality in inventory and at receiving
Coordinate and assist in communicating customers’ expectations with the commodity team, Production, and Shipping
Maintain regular communication with the Commodity Planners, Production Schedulers, Commodity Inventory Controllers, and Production Managers
Maintain regular communication with Receiving and Logistics, with specific emphasis on load priorities and product specifications
Make suggestions to Sales for the disposal/movement of surplus commodities in a timely fashion
Verify GMP and Organic compliance is maintained in assigned area of responsibility
Communicate missed quality issues with procurement and quality to get NCs in place
Liaise between sales and commodity operations to insure customer expectations are satisfied
Coordinate all sample requests for all commodities
Coordinate DNS/Blowout/Dump product lists daily for all commodities
Training new hires for the Commodity Inventory Controller positions
Be involved in the interview process for the Commodity Inventory Controller position