Shift Supervisor

About the role

The Shift Supervisor will lead and direct warehouse floor personnel, ensuring safety and quality of work, and addressing facility and equipment maintenance issues. Reporting to the Fulfillment Manager, the incumbent will oversee daily warehouse operations and assist with process and procedure improvements.

Responsibilities

• Develops, coaches, and mentors team members for excellent performance.
• Evaluates staffing needs, administers safety, communication, teambuilding, etc., ensuring safety and production quality requirements are met.
• Inspects department areas to ensure safety and cleanliness standards are in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practices and 6S Lean Manufacturing practices.
• Maintains safe and healthy work environment by daily walks, audits, surveillance checks, following and enforcing standards and procedures.
• Ensures proper utilization of equipment, manpower, and materials to eliminate downtime, injuries, and/or scrap.
• Develops more efficient means to identify limiting factors of equipment, staffing, and materials to better utilize available resources and to maximize productivity.
• Maintains control of production man-hours, reviews daily production plan to maintain and improve scheduled production levels of finished product for distribution.
• Implements and supports training programs in coordination with the Warehouse Manager to ensure that all associates possess and maintain the necessary skills to perform their duties safely and productively.
• Coordinates daily warehouse floor activities and delegates assignments to warehouse associates based on critical factors, including individual experience, abilities, knowledge, and the associate’s documented record of performance.
• Maintains control of non-labor warehouse supplies in accordance with established budget guidelines.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing production, current Good Manufacturing Practices, and other regulatory issues affecting manufacturing to ensure safety and cleanliness standards are maintained.
• 5+ years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Licenses and Certificates: Lean Six Sigma Green Belt preferred.

Skills

• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills to provide advice and overall solutions to identifying issues.
• Ability to function effectively in stressful, fast-paced situations, with the personal leadership to influence and positively motivate self and others.

Abilities

• Ability to be an effective member of and lead complex project teams.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and the ability to direct/motivate teams.
• Ability to demonstrate problem solving, trouble-shooting and strategic thinking skills.