Site Supervisor

Primary Purpose

Environmental, Health & Safety

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the daily safe, efficient, legal and economical operations of assigned branch, including transportation, warehouse and tank farm.
• Facilitates compliance to corporate health, safety, and environmental affairs policies, including completion of all required training, documentation and record keeping.
• Supports sales efforts consistent with corporate and regulatory compliance, health, safety and environmental affairs standards.
• Supports branch health and safety program and conducts safety audits in conjunction with Branch Operations Manager.
• Affords timely and detailed incident investigations and communicates root causes and recommends corrective and preventive measures.
• Regularly updates upper management on branch performance, including cost and productivity opportunities and issues, and branch or industry related trends.

Staff Supervision

• Conducts daily pre-shift meetings, communicates expectations to employees and maintains a supervisory presence throughout the branch.
• Captures day-to-day work activities to ensure operational goals and objectives are met.
• Ensures all employees have the required tools and training on matters related to safety, operation standards and department goals.
• Creates a positive work environment and fosters employee ownership of branch operations and performance.
• Might oversee the completion of drug testing and medical surveillance as required.

Branch Administration

• General office work, email communications and correspondence with internal and external customers.
• Supports inspections and paperwork associated with hazardous waste generation and waste pickup transport.
• Participates in inspections from outside agencies (DOT, EPA, FDA, DHS).

Sales Support/Customer Service

• Supports Branch Operations Manager with maintaining budget and operating plans to achieve branch goals.
• Responsible for meeting customer requirements and fulfilling orders in a cost-effective manner using appropriate risk management and Standard Operating Procedures.

Quality Assurance

• Pairs with appropriate departments to resolve product quality issues in an efficient and timely manner.

Inventory Management

• Responsible for cycle counts and physical inventory, including quarantined material.
• Supervises daily operations, including repack & transportation functions in inventory management system (e.g. UVX2000).

Facility Maintenance

• Performs other related duties as required or requested.

Skills

• Supervisory Leadership; proven ability to communicate with, support, and motivate employees to achieve operational objectives
• Analytical; ability to track, record and report department production
• Experience with performance metrics and process improvement
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications; Excel and Word
• High level of decision-making ability; balancing customer’s needs and company objectives
• Strong organization skills with the ability to handle diverse and significant workload
• Knowledge of cGMP requirements as it pertains to FDARP as applicable to the facility
• Knowledgeable in all aspects of chemical distribution and UNIVAR Standard Operating Procedures
• Ability to operate all warehouse equipment
• Ability to respond to emergency response situations
• Basic understanding of UVX2000
• Some branches may require HazMat certification or Hazwoper Certification.

Education

• High School Diploma/GED required
• Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent experience
• 3-5 years operations experience
• Knowledge of chemical distribution facility operation preferred
• Working knowledge of governmental requirements related to the chemical industry; i.e. OSHA, EPA, RCRA, DOT, etc. preferred or demonstrated ability to attain such knowledge

Benefits

We offer a Total Rewards package that includes market-aligned pay and incentives as well as a diverse benefits offering to support our employees’ physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.