Warehouse Supervisor- TN

PHOENIX CLOSURES•Rankin, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Warehouse Supervisor oversees warehouse and traffic functions at the Newport, Tennessee plant to support on-time, cost-effective customer deliveries and accurate, timely production support, shipping, and receiving in a safe environment. This is a safety-sensitive position. The role supervises warehouse activities and employees, coordinates shipping and receiving operations, maintains inventory accuracy, and ensures continuity of support for manufacturing. It also oversees compliance with applicable safety, food safety, FDA, OSHA, Department of Homeland Security, certification-agency, and company requirements. The position reports to the Warehouse Manager.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
3–5 years of experience in a supervisory role.
2–3 years of experience in a warehouse setting.
Forklift experience.
Ability to meet the listed physical demands: simple grasping and firm grasping for 40–70% of work (filing and handling paper), and fine manipulation for more than 70% of work (phone and order expediting).

Responsibilities

Conduct Green Area Meetings and maintain the required documentation.
Cycle count machine locations each shift; ensure timely bin checks and 100% accurate year-end inventory; and prepare the weekly inventory report for purchasing.
Direct and monitor special projects, monitor employee performance, and report findings to the manager.
Call designated carriers with shipment information, obtain freight quotes, and ensure orders ship accurately and on time through coordination with company departments, warehouse personnel, customers, and carriers.
Check hard allocation at the beginning and end of each shift and notify the manager of issues or shortages.
Maintain manufacturing support, including following resin and silo unloading procedures, keeping resin inventory accurate and sufficient, receiving railcars in the IQRF system, unloading resin into appropriate silos, and alerting management to issues or shortages.
Ensure adequate crewing for departmental responsibilities and company requirements.
Report railcar taps to vendors on the day they occur, ensure all required taps are completed by month end, and notify the railroad of required changes to railcar line-ups on the siding.
Obtain control numbers and perform RMAs and purchase order receipts.
Load and unload trailers, shuttle trailers, and trailers serving outside warehouses and other PHX facilities, using appropriate transactions; secure trailers with dock locks or wheel chocks before forklift entry and remove or unlock them after loading or unloading.
Perform material-handler duties as Shipping and Receiving workload requires, including moving product from production to trucks or designated warehouse locations and maintaining staging lanes with a forklift.
Support training for department new hires and assist with shipping office operations.
Communicate with night-shift employees, including prioritizing the overnight schedule.
Discard scrap in the bailer and change the bailer when full.
Complete daily and weekly logs on time; install and remove dock plates; open and close dock doors; and ensure doors remain locked for security and safety.
Label, stretch-wrap, stage, and ship orders in compliance with customer requirements and PHX procedures.
Maintain current knowledge of export-documentation requirements and prepare export documents.
Make production boxes using the box maker or tape gun, and load the box maker with boxes.
Monitor facilities for compliance with Safety, FDA, OSHA, Department of Homeland Security, other certification-agency, and PHX requirements.
Monitor and supervise maintenance programs for warehouse equipment and facilities.
Operate forklifts and clamp trucks safely and charge and water forklift batteries.
Perform RTIs for color, liner, and WIP caps returned from production; repack cartons; and process customer returns.
Prepare for customer audits and visits and help implement appropriate recommendations.
Print ship sets, bills of lading, and labels; respond to telephone queries; and receive and send fax information.
Use IQFR transactions for receipts, movements, and issues of raw materials and packaging components, staging and shipping customer orders, warehouse transfers, and customer returns.
Interact with customers to answer questions or resolve problems; serve on committees; and follow and enforce food safety and safety policies, procedures, rules, and work instructions.
Perform other responsibilities as required.