Shipping Supervisor

Position Responsibilities

Assists in leadership of a manufacturing facility department focused on delivering world class sustainable performance
Ensures safety, health and environmental compliance.
Directly supervises, motivates and evaluates a team of hourly employees who are responsible for operations involving food production and packaging activities, materials, and warehousing.
Provides guidance to department for continuous improvement initiatives.
Provides adequate support, training and development of department staff.
Implements Food Safety Quality Control functions to meet the Companys Quality System requirements.

Work Experience Requirements

Professional Experience

5+ years total professional distribution experience with progressive responsibility and growth.
Food or Similar Industry Experience

Food, beverage, pharmaceutical or CPG industry experience in a complex manufacturing environment preferred or a combination of food manufacturing with manufacturing experience in other similar industries preferred.
Continuous Improvement

Demonstrated track record of understanding and applying continuous improvement principles and practices including the use of root cause analysis
Quality

Ideal candidate must have had a track record of responsibility for managing to high-quality standards including GFSI in Food Industry or ISO in non-food industry.
Spanish proficiency preferred.

Culture Fit

The candidate who will be a strong motivational/ cultural fit should demonstrate a high degree of the following leadership traits:

Adaptability

Ability to read and adapt to their environment and flex their style and approach based on the context. Bring change in a steady, managed way vs. a forced manner.
Organizational/ Political Savvy

Understand and leverage organization networks and build alliances with key stakeholders throughout the journey. Have a strong sense of organization politics and ability to avoid political pitfalls.
Teamwork/ Collaboration

Ability to partner with colleagues and teams in a collaborative fashion to deliver work output.
Strategic Perspective

Ability to maintain a strategic perspective, yet roll-up the sleeves and do work when necessary. Build the strategic framework from which s/he will manage from and leverage key experts to utilize their talents to deliver within that framework.
Problem-Solving

Sharp and analytical problem-solving skills; Ability to break down issues/ problems methodically and develop sustainable solutions.
Communication/ Interpersonal Skills

Ability to be a comfortable and open communicator including proactively sharing information, bringing issues/ concerns to the table early and collaboratively working through solutions. Candidate will also demonstrate level of comfort

Education Requirements

Bachelors Degree preferred.
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