Warehouse Supervisor

Safety First. Excellence. Pride. Integrity. Compassion. Trust. Are you ready to plant your career in a place where words like these serve as the foundation for doing business every day? At Michigan Sugar, our purpose is Making Life Sweeter, and our mission is Creating Growth and Opportunity.

Michigan Sugar Company has an immediate, full-time opportunity for a Warehouse Supervisor, located at the Bay City Factory, 2600 S. Euclid Ave., Bay City, MI 48706.

JOB SUMMARY

Manage sugar handling, packaging, warehousing, shipping, and receiving operations efficiently to minimize costs and maximize our productivity. This position will also work with our sales and quality departments to meet customer demands while keeping a safe quality food (SQF) environment for our customers. This position requires leadership skills to coach and train employees on operating safely while promoting a team atmosphere.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Supervise employees in Packaging, Warehousing and Shipping operations.

• Lead improvement efforts and researching costs for capital projects.
• Provide training and development for employees in SOP, GMP/Food Safety and Occupational Safety.
• Prepare in advance and participate in all scheduled and unscheduled audits.
• Managing and implementing the onboarding process for new employees.
• Enforce Michigan Sugar personnel policies, the collective bargaining agreement and comply will all labor laws.
• Scheduling employees for temporary off shifts to meet customer demand.
• Handle employee complaints, grievances, and discipline.
• Support the maintenance team with the reliability of the equipment.
• Oversee the sustainment of the sugar warehouse facilities and silos.
• Enforce Michigan Sugar safety policies and MIOSHA regulations.

Responsibility toward Food Safety & Quality

• Assure sugar handling, packaging, warehousing, and shipping operations are following 21CFR100 "Current Good Manufacturing Practices in Manufacturing, Packing, or Holding Human Food". Enforce Michigan Sugar GMP policies.
• Assure all required records under the "Establishment and Maintenance of Records" section of the "Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002" are maintained as it relates to immediate previous source and immediate subsequent recipient of food.
• Support the Food Safety Committee as a member. Conduct monthly self-inspections according to the MSC Sanitation Self Inspection Program.
• Support the HACCP program. Assure screens, magnet and metal detectors are being monitored according to the HACCP plan and corrective action procedures are carried out.
• Support the sanitation and cleaning program in and around the sugar warehouse.
• Assure employees are following good housekeeping practices.
• Assure the pest control program follows Michigan Sugar and AIB standards in the around in and around the sugar warehouse.
• Respond to customer complaints regarding packaging quality. Determine root causes, implement, and document corrective actions.
• Conduct and document mock recalls every six months. Correct any deficiencies.
• Assure COA's are provided with shipments when required.
• Assure shipping vehicles picking up sugar are inspected and documented.
• Ensure deliveries of incoming ingredients and packaging materials are inspected and documented.
• Carry-out segregation procedures for non-conforming products.
• Assure storage practices follow AIB standards. An 18" perimeter of space must be provided between stored products and walls.
• Direct stock rotation to avoid excessive age of product and materials.
• Provide for the segregation of feed grade and non-food grade lubricants and segregated storage of cleaning chemicals.
• Administer glass and brittle plastic program in and around the sugar warehouse. Arrange for periodic documented audits of all essential glass and brittle plastic.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree of Management and or 3 to 5 years of equivalent relevant experience
• Proficient computer skills in all areas for communication, documentation and ordering supplies
• Ability to manage the preventive maintenance plan and required documentation
• Food safety training or ability and willingness to obtain required training

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Lead by demonstrating ethics and integrity, displaying drive and purpose, demonstrated capability to learn, and managing self and increasing self-awareness.
• Provides model behavior to demonstrate corporate values
• Leading your team as a coach to pull them forward into the future
• Ability to work with a cross functional team and train them
• Recognizing individual talent to staff team for success
• Ability to deliver results working within collective bargaining agreement
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Flexible and able to work in fast paced and varying environments
• Ability to quickly problem solve and make decisions

NOTE: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by staff assigned to this position. The above statements are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills that may be required. All staff may be required to perform duties outside their normal responsibilities as needed.

Michigan Sugar Company offers competitive market wages for both hourly and salaried employees, opportunity for professional growth and development, and comprehensive benefit packages that may include medical, dental, 401(k) and paid time off. To learn more visit

Michigan Sugar Company was founded in 1906 when six smaller sugar companies merged their operations. In 2002, Michigan Sugar Company became a grower-owned cooperative and in 2004, it merged with Monitor Sugar Company to form the company that exists today.

Michigan Sugar Company is headquartered in Bay City and has sugar beet processing facilities in Bay City, Caro, Croswell and Sebewaing. Its nearly 900 grower-owners plant and harvest up to 140,000 acres of sugar beets each year in 17 Michigan counties, as well as Ontario, Canada. Those beets are sliced at the factories and turned into about 1.3 billion pounds of sugar annually.

That sugar is sold to industrial, commercial, and retail customers under the Pioneer and Big Chief brands.

Michigan Sugar Company has approximately 1,000 year-round employees and an additional 1,100 seasonal workers. It is the No. 1 employer in Huron County, the No. 2 employer in Bay and Sanilac counties and the No. 3 employer in Tuscola County. The company's annual payroll is more than $90 million and its annual local economic impact is about $700 million.

Michigan Sugar Company is the third largest of eight sugar beet processing companies in the United States and Michigan is one of 11 states where sugar beets are grown in the country.

Michigan Sugar Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer