Warehouse Supervisor - Nights presso Baldwin Richardson Foods

WHO WE ARE
Baldwin Richardson Foods is focused on enriching the flavor of life. As a full-service liquid products supplier and strategic partner to the food and beverage industry, Baldwin Richardson Foods combines its formulation expertise and unique packaging options with robust processing capabilities to produce high-quality sauces, toppings, syrups, fillings, and shelf-stable beverages for the world's most iconic Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs), Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) brands, and food service companies. Its state-of-the-art Innovation & Culinary Center transforms trends and culinary inspiration into legendary products through an award-winning commercialization process. The company also manufactures and markets Mrs. Richardson's dessert sauces and Nance's mustards/condiments in addition to producing finished goods for the private label sector. BRF maintains its headquarters and a manufacturing facility in Macedon, New York; with a Culinary Innovation Center in Westmont, Illinois; and offices and manufacturing facilities in Williamson, New York; Pennsauken, New Jersey; and Corona, California.  This role is located at our Pennsauken location.

WHAT WE NEED
This position acts as the Supervisor for the Warehouse Department. Provides direction to subordinates in each of the areas of responsibility while working towards execution of key deliverables for Safety, efficiencies, and individual development initiatives. Effectively staff employees on all shifts to support production and customer requirements. The qualified candidate for this position will possess the skills to effectively communicate expectations to all team members and offer ideas for continuous improvement towards delivery metrics.

Our Warehouse Team follows a 2-2-3 shift schedule, providing a consistent routine for work-life balance.  Shift hours for this role are 5:45pm - 6:00am.

Sample 2-2-3 Shift Schedule:
 Week 1: Work Monday, Tuesday - Off Wednesday, Thursday - Work Friday, Saturday, Sunday
 Week 2: Off Monday, Tuesday - Work Wednesday, Thursday - Off Friday, Saturday, Sunday

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Directs and manages 24-hour schedule of workflow and monitors performance of Warehouse (Shipping and Receiving activities).
• Ensures all material are reconciled within 24 hours of completion, making sure all inventory adjustments are completed as necessary to provide accurate & traceable inventory (in partnership with IC).
• Ensures that documentation and procedures are created for each of the areas of responsibility.
• Ensures materials are staged 24-48 hours in advance of schedule requirements. Work cross functionally to maintain material flow to operations.
• Supports each department’s process improvement initiatives and ensures implementation across all shifts using performance metrics.
• Monitors and ensure customer requirements are met and shipments are completed in full/on time. Works directly with customer service on order changes.
• Complete labor requirements planning to support 24-hour operation. Approves OT as needed to support customer/production requirements.
• Proactively provides Production and Planning with inventory information that will impede the schedule or cause disruptions to the schedule.
• Ensures self and staff understand the organization’s vision, values, goals and strategies and their relationship to their daily work.
• Performance Management: Manages employee performance by clearly defining job responsibilities and standards of performance; tracking progress against goals; providing clear, thorough, timely feedback; and addressing performance problems and issues promptly.
• Technical Expertise Leveraged: Ensures self and staff keep up to date on technical knowledge and developments that impact roles. Uses this information to drive improvements and/or prepare for changing requirements.
• Identifies opportunities in using information and processes outside of SAP and recommends plans to integrate them into SAP and increases efficiency of the process as a result.
• Actively initiate and support process improvement projects. Ability to complete problem solving/brainstorming activities to implement and document new processes.
• Identifies the impact of technology on business processes to ensure that it is used to maximum advantage; involves employees when implementing new technology and ensures they receive necessary training and follow through.
• Assigns and assists in organization and cleaning of dock, rack storage areas, and facility. Reports on resolution of any deficiencies that cannot be immediately corrected within the team.
• Identifies and assigns actions related to corrective actions developed during root cause investigations.
• Participates in internal food safety audit programs and offers suggestions for improved operations.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO BE SUCESSFUL

• A minimum of two (2) years of related supervisory and people development experience (hiring, firing, performance management and development) required.
• Forklift Certification required.
• High School Diploma or equivalent plus five years of experience in an inventory/shipping & receiving type environment and/or an equivalent combination of education and experience, required. Must be capable of performing all duties of Forklift Driver as required.
• Must be proficient in SAP transactions.
• Ability to read, write and interpret documents in English such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Basic Microsoft Outlook skills as evidenced by creating and sending messages, working with address books, message handling, creating, and using personal folders, scheduling appointments, working with meeting requests and managing tasks. Basic Microsoft Word skills as evidenced by the ability to produce basic business letters and simple tables and charts; as well as check spelling, set tabs, change page orientation, sort, save, open, and organize electronic files. Basic Microsoft Excel skills as evidenced by the ability to use workbooks, create simple formulas, insert, and delete data, create, and edit charts, filter and sort lists, and format data. Prior bar code experience required. 

At BRF, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. Your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

 You’ll also receive a comprehensive benefits package including a low premium and out of pocket cost medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k with company match, generous sick and vacation time, 9 paid holidays, birthday and floating holidays, volunteer time and more!