Assistant Production Manager- 2nd shift

About the role

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. The Assistant Production Manager (APM) performs supervisory and other management responsibilities while also performing unloading and other warehouse labor assignments.

Success factors

• Year over year improvement in retention and turnover
• Year over year improvement in DART rating
• Financial targets as determined by company leadership are met or exceeded
• Year over year sustained or improved workers' compensation costs
• Year over year sustained or improved direct wage costs

Behavioral characteristics

• Ability to commit to requests for assistance and follow through to make sure that they are complete and escalate as necessary
• Ability to effectively organize, prioritize and time manage workload
• Ability to hold self and others accountable for high-quality, timely and effective results
• Ability to mentor and assist direct reports to help achieve personal and professional goals by providing opportunities to learn new skills

Responsibilities

• Directs associates to perform operations safely and efficiently
• Utilizes daily huddles with associates to ensure operating procedures and assignments are communicated properly
• Coordinates work assignments and ensures assignments are completed timely
• Communicates with associates, host management, transportation partners, and leadership to ensure performance standards and safety goals are accomplished
• Provides recommendations for hiring, promotions, and terminations of associates
• Makes recommendations and implements changes for performance improvement
• Maintains safety mindset through daily safety inspections, adherence to safety policies, EHS Safety Audits, reporting potential safety threats; works with leadership to remedy threatening situations
• Guarantees safeguard measures are being adhered to maintain cleanliness and a debris-free work area
• Prints necessary papers for operation
• Mentors and trains new associates
• Performs load verification for accuracy
• Ensures Time Keeping (Kronos) policies and procedures are enforced and adhered to
• Performs timekeeping audits and approves time

Physical requirements

• Warehouse work environment with varying temperatures, at both hot and cold extremes
• Must be able to lift cases by hand weighing from 25 to 95 pounds
• Must be able to operate warehouse/material moving equipment
• Ability to lift, walk, bend, twist, reach, push and squat the majority of the workday
• Use of standard office equipment in typical office environment/conditions
• Ability to use close and distance vision to focus on computer screen for the majority of the workday

Qualifications

• Experience receiving or unloading in a warehouse or distribution setting
• Knowledge of logistics, preferred
• Ability to read, write and understand English