Shipping & Receiving Lead - 2nd shift at BWAY Corporation

The Shipping Lead is responsible for front-line leadership in day-to-day operations of a designated shift to include safety, quality, efficiencies and meeting customer expectations. Provides direction to warehouse floor employees in the areas of shipping & receiving, material handling, training, and other related areas striving to improve overall operational efficiencies.

Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership and training to accomplish Mauser production objectives to all employees for Safety, Quality, Production, Packaging, and Maintenance.
• May conduct and/or participate in safety meetings. Conducts DuPont STOP observations to identify safety issues and follows-up as necessary with appropriate team members.
• Works with Shipping Supervisor to ensure vacancies are covered for any planned/unplanned absences.
• Establishes and monitors shift performance for safety, quality, and production standards.
• Enter shipping data accurately into system; to measure and monitor KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) around efficiencies, downtime, inventory and overall production.
• Updates communication boards to keep production floor team members informed about safety, quality and efficiency metrics.
• Works with other team members to control and improve efficiency, minimize labor overtime, downtime and repair expenses.
• Promotes shop floor organization, plant housekeeping with employees lean utilizing techniques such as 5S with shift personnel.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Ability to successfully perform all shipping/receiving functions to include non-cdl spotter duties.  
• Ability to complete the shipping/receiving paperwork duties to include bill of landing, shipment verifications, driver, inventory, and quality control audits.
• Ability to successfully communicate using the company email system for the material handling departmental requirements. 

Requirements: 

• Experience in manufacturing environment; preferably a warehouse, packaging or injection molding environment.
• Knowledge of QAD system, and the ability to work efficiently with the Microsoft Office.
• Embraces continuous improvement.
• Six Sigma Green or Black Belt Certification a plus.
• Self-directed team player.
• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Flexibility to work multiple shifts.

Physical Requirements:

• Plant facility runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week consistently, excluding designated holidays or prearranged shut down. 
• Employee’s base schedule is: Monday to Friday 2:50pm to 11pam weekly repeating.
• Ability to lift up to 55 lbs. overhead loading product onto trailers
• Ability to get on and off company equipment, forklift, to load and unload assigned trailers and move product throughout production site. 
• Ability to walk, stand, crouch and climb to perform duties
• Use of hands and fingers to perform job function
• Ability to be on feet consistently 8 hours up to a 12 hours per scheduled shift
• While performing the duties of this job, the individual is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
• The work environment can be very hot, over 90 degrees.
• Vision: 20/20 corrected and normal hearing range
• Ability to wear company required personal protective equipment; safety glasses, hardhat, earplugs, gloves, and any other necessary item based on assigned task. 

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