Group Team Lead III

Specific Duties

• Safe and efficient operation of forklifts and passing certification training.
• Unload and move inbound shipments safely to storage locations or production floor, and stack and store product accurately.
• Pull and prepare product for sales orders or work orders, ensuring exact quantity, description, and lot number match the RF screen.
• Perform picking duties efficiently to meet customer service standards.
• Fulfill work orders according to manufacturing schedules.
• Issue materials or return material on a real-time basis via JD Edwards AS400 application and RF technology to/from work orders.
• Post products through both JDE and warehouse BOSS accurately to buy Lot, Quantity, and Item Code.
• Back up all warehousing functions in both frozen and dry goods areas.
• Check or count freight for accuracy and/or damage and infestation.
• Perform daily cycle counts and participate in annual physical inventories.
• Maintain a clean, neat, and orderly work area.
• Absorb and assist in maintaining the security of the warehouse.
• Conduct operations in a manner promoting safety and report any compromising food safety issues to management.
• Perform inventory transfers/transactions and adjustments to inventory balances using the ERP application and/or RF technology.
• Load, unload, move, stack, and stage products and materials using a forklift.
• Maintain the facility’s equipment and materials in a neat, clean, and orderly fashion.
• Daily inspect and perform minor maintenance on the forklift or other equipment.
• Operate all equipment in a safe and efficient manner following prescribed work methods.
• Keep appropriate records and reports to ensure tight inventory control and security are maintained.
• Ensure proper stock rotation via FIFO principles.
• Communicate effectively with departments such as Packaging/Corrugated vendors, Manufacturing personnel, Customer Service, Engineering, Finance, and others as required.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of inventory control systems and processes and the ability to utilize them for daily activities.
• Accountability of processes throughout the supply chain regarding production or external customers.
• Experienced in Forklift Truck Operations.
• Able to work in Cold Storage environments with temperatures ranging from 24 degrees Fahrenheit to –10 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Able to communicate effectively with Corrugated vendors, Manufacturing personnel, Customer Service, Engineering, Finance, and other company personnel as required.
• Knowledge of Warehousing processes and how these processes can be integrated into existing company practices and requirements.
• Ability to analyze and reconcile inventory variances.
• Ability to maintain an accurate and well-organized warehouse and receiving/shipping dock.
• Ability to interface with IT on enhancements or problems with the system application and/or initiate requests necessary to improve or correct inventory control issues.
• Ability to manage pre-production processes (i.e. tempering work order requirements), working with production supervisors and personnel on workload and staffing for the microwave.
• Ability to manage the inventory and temperatures of all products in the tempering room and work with QA to ensure leftover inventory is used where possible.

Job Qualifications

• Knowledge of inventory control systems and processes and the ability to utilize them for daily activities.
• Experienced in Forklift Truck Operation.
• Able to work in Cold Storage environments with temperatures ranging from 24 degrees Fahrenheit to –10 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Able to communicate effectively with Corrugated vendors, Manufacturing personnel, Customer Service, Engineering, Finance, and other company personnel as required.
• Knowledge of Warehousing processes and how these processes can be integrated into existing company practices and requirements.
• Ability to analyze and reconcile inventory variances.
• Ability to maintain an accurate and well-organized warehouse and receiving/shipping dock.
• Ability to interface with IT on enhancements or problems with the system application and/or initiate requests necessary to improve or correct inventory control issues.
• Ability to manage pre-production processes (i.e. tempering work order requirements), working with production supervisors and personnel on workload and staffing for the microwave.
• Ability to manage the inventory and temperatures of all products in the tempering room and work with QA to ensure leftover inventory is used where possible.