Logistics Supervisor - 1400

Core Values

• As a Logistics Supervisor, you are expected to maintain Grand Prairie’s Core Values in all communications with employees, visitors, and outside service providers. 

Role

The purpose of the Logistics Supervisor is to oversee the logistics functions at your assigned facility, to organize and monitor the receiving, storage and distribution of all items received by or sent through your assigned site. 

Responsibilities 

• Coach, develop, and lead logistics/warehouse team members
• Analyze data and prioritize work assignments to direct the daily actions for the shifts and/or functional area
• Ensure their ability to safely operate material handling equipment to move materials to and from storage configurations
• Develop and implement material flow strategies and processes to eliminate waste and increase productivity
• Monitor the unloading of all materials into the receiving department; ensure materials are staged for counting and inspection; ensure receiving reports accurately report material received
• Oversee the supplying of materials to production and stage materials accordingly
• Ensure materials are stored properly to conserve space and comply with allergen and safety procedures
• Monitor and measure receiving and warehouse performance for accuracy of location, receiving reporting, movement and storage of material, and transfers to service parts
• Maintain Lot Code integrity, FIFO, allergens, and proper identification of all part numbers
• Ensure that Cycle Counts are completed monthly and maintain 97% accuracy or better 
• Participate in safety programming and lead warehouse/logistics training
• Lead ERP within logistics/warehouse staff, including training and competencies
• Ensure compliance with SQF programs
• Provides forklift and/or pallet jack training and ensures that all operators are following proper procedures

Education & Training Requirements 

• High School diploma or GED required, or equivalent experience
• Have a valid driver license to be insurable through GPF insurance
• Basic math comprehension for inventory purposes

Work Experience Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in warehousing, receiving, inventory control and/or materials management in a manufacturing environment
• Supervisory experience preferred
• Driving Powered Industrial Truck experience

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Ability to stand, reach, lift, bend, kneel, stoop, climb, push, and pull items weighing 50 pounds or less
• Exposure to variation in temperature, including work for prolong periods in a freezer environment
• Some periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Ability to travel to other locations to assist in logistics functions
• Operate Powered Industrial Trucks throughout warehouse and freezers

Expectations

• Able to manage working in a diverse environment
• Ability to promote open communication for effective conflict management
• Follow detailed instructions
• Critical thinking and decision making
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions
• Ability to be forklift and pallet jack certified; with teaching credentials to train others
• Understand and follow First-In-First-Out (FIFO) Policy
• Understand basic food safety requirements to position
• Maintain Inventory accuracy
• Pass a non-DOT, employment drug screening

Any offer is contingent on passing a non-DOT, employment drug screen and completing an employment verification request.

Grand Prairie Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing a workplace that is free from discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

In certain limited circumstances, Grand Prairie Foods may require a bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) that is reasonably necessary to the normal operation of our business, and will only be applied where permitted by law and essential for the performance of specific job duties.