JOB PURPOSE

Manages, analyzes, initiates, and controls all phases of fresh pork warehouse operations, including the material handling, shipping and freezer departments, which processes over 400,000 pounds of products each day in a pork processing facility. This position is a hands-on supervisor role, managing up to twenty employees and coordinating department activities and tasks to complete, improve and maximize department efficiencies, workflow optimization and staffing deployment. Ensures product quality and food safety standards are met as well as maintaining a safe work environment for employees. The shipping/logistics supervisor will manage all activities in either the material handling, shipping or freezer departments.

RESPONSIBILITIES & TASKS

• Responsible for throughput targets for warehouse operations meeting the established key metrics in the department.
• Applies a systematic approach and engineering principles such as lean manufacturing to ensure workflow optimization for area of responsibility.
• Responsible for department efficiencies. Investigates, identifies, and resolves operational constraints in the process, such as on time deliveries, loads per hour and uses variances or bottlenecks and provides real-time solutions.
• Analyzes department processes and equipment to ensure operations are performed consistently.
• Utilize daily data to impact and maximize performance.
• Ensures the department is prepared and set up daily for maximum efficiencies
• Demonstrates a clear understanding of key performance indicators and the impact on operations.
• Ensures the daily shipping, material handling and freezer schedules are attained.
• Monitor work schedules to ensure manning is at the established standard to meet the daily schedule attainment. Ensures accurate record of staffing and time worked.
• Supervise all employees, monitoring work performance, directing work, ensuring accurate timekeeping, and ensuring team members are trained and qualified and performing duties safely
• Adheres to all Company policies and standard operating procedures with regards to product quality, food safety and work-place safety

CORE COMPETENCIES FOR SUCCESS IN ALL ROLES: instills trust, communicates effectively, action oriented, accepts accountability, and drives results.

CRITICAL COMPETENCIES

Decision Quality

Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.

Optimizes Work Processes

Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.

Manages Complexity

Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

REQUIREMENTS

• College degree in an engineering field or more than four (4) years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing facility preferably logistics or supply chain
• Excellent computer skills including the use of Microsoft Office programs (Excel, Outlook, Word)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in the English language including the ability to communicate with team members at all levels within the organization and regulatory agencies
• Experience with AS400, Kronos, ADP eTime, Carlisle systems preferred but not required

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to move around the facility. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to hot, cold and/or humid conditions. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock and vibration may exist. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud requiring hearing protection in all protection areas.

ABOUT SEABOARD FOODS

At Seaboard Foods, we create the most sought-after pork. A top U.S. pork producer/processor and leading exporter to 30+ countries, we are committed to bringing excellence to the table, seeking a better way to produce wholesome pork and connect every step between our farms and family tables. Together, more than 5,000 employees in five states work in our farms, feed mills, and processing plant, to produce Prairie Fresh® pork, ensuring the well-being of our animals, the environment, our employees and the communities we call home.