Supply Chain Lead - D Shift - (INTERNAL ONLY)

BEL•Traverse City, MI

About The Position

Bel, makers of iconic brands including Babybel, The Laughing Cow, Boursin, and GoGo Squeez is a growing global company that values your contributions, strives to create a sense of belonging for everyone and offers career growth and development opportunities, as well as competitive total compensation and meaningful well-being benefits from day one. For All, For Good, our company signature, reflects Bel’s commitment to sustainability and healthier and responsible food for all. The company has headquarters in Chicago (Bel Brands USA) and New York City (GoGo Squeez) and operates 5 manufacturing plants in Little Chute, WI; Leitchfield, KY; Brookings, SD; Traverse City, MI; and Nampa, ID. Job Summary: The Supply Chain Lead will be responsible for all tactical management of the Supply Chain Department on the shift assigned. The Lead is responsible for running one of the areas of Supply Chain Production Support (Yard, Warehouse, Switcher Truck, VIF Operations/Palletizer), while also providing guidance to all other operators in the other areas of the department. The Lead can make decisions concerning staffing coverage, equipment-related issues, inventory management, incident investigation, reporting and response. The Supply Chain Lead is the first point of contact for all Supply Chain business on their shift and is responsible for escalations to the Supply Chain Supervisor or Manager when needed.

Responsibilities

Perform daily work actions with all apple yard drivers including but not limited to: Reception, Tagging, Storage, Sampling/Testing Direct unloading and reloading priorities/materials
Determine material destinations and storage locations
Work with Apple Yard Specialist to locate and prioritize the use of stressed apples in storage to mitigate spoilage and protect blend adherence
Serve as a back-up to Apple Yard Specialist and Shipping and Receiving Specialist with ability to perform basic functions of their roles
Monitor temporary storage trailers during holiday shutdown weeks to ensure it maintains proper temperature to maintain ingredient quality
Manage chemical deliveries and material waste stream outside the production facility to ensure proper material waste control Interface with Shipping and Receiving Specialist to schedule vendor pickups of waste materials
Target 100% compliance of material by stream to ensure the right material goes in the right place, escalate trends in non-compliance
Monitor and communicate container levels to maintain production and waste flow, avoiding all stoppages due to container level issues
Work directly with management and execute special projects related to waste removal
Manage maintenance requests for compactors
Obtain certification to receive bulk and non-bulk chemical deliveries and support chemical movements between production and warehouse facilities
Manage and dictate material waste stream locations and assure general cleanliness of area of responsibility
Assure adherence to blend specifications
Act as direct backup to the Apple Yard Specialist for blend recommendations and composition requests
Proper lot staging in the pre-production area
Proper nesting/removal of waste bins
Recommend blend proportions and apple type in accordance with past blend history and/or R&D approved additions
Assure that safety initiatives are adhered to by performing behavior-based safety observations and report all accidents/incidents in assigned area
Populate and follow up on work orders in Corim
Support pre-production area by acting as a resource for apple-specific changes or resource needs
Act as certified MNA trainer for all MNA equipment that requires licensing and refresher training
Act as first point of contact and reception for all equipment deliveries
Direct and staff salt/sand efforts in outdoor pedestrian areas where contractor does not shovel and salt
Ensure driveways and parking lots remain cleared in accordance with third party contractor and Materne snow removal contract
Facilitate communication between snow removal contractor and be on-call 24/7 during snow events
Level 1 Material Handler
Maintain Licensure on: Stand-Up Fork-Lift, Yard Switch Truck
Lead the supply of apples from storage to the staging area for production in collaboration with the Apple Yard Specialist and in accordance with the following requirements:
Pursue corrective action with technical services group for equipment repairs
Primary point of contact and lead for Snow Removal on your shift
Meet or able to meet the following qualifications (minimum), and be able to perform each job so that they are included on backup coverage lists for each position:
First point of contact for Supply Chain related topics on assigned shift