Shipping Supervisor 2nd Shift

POSITION TITLE: SHIPPING SUPERVISOR

REPORTS TO: Shipping Superintendent/Plant Superintendent/Plant Manager

SUMMARY

Supervise forklift operators and unitizers, and handle all aspects of overseeing shipping duties.  Cross-train employees in key positions.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Maintain quality, efficiencies, and production levels set by management.  Communicate these standards to your staff.

Supervise forklift operators in the daily routine of loading trucks neatly and to the customer's complete satisfaction.

Attend daily Scheduling Meeting and assist the Plant Scheduler in meeting our customers' requirements.

Prepare work orders for and coordinate repairs of trucks, trailers, forklifts, dock plates, and dock doors.

Coordinate with Sales Service the delivery of the customer orders on time.

Work with Specialty Sales in receiving and transporting orders.

Enforce corrective action procedures when applicable and conduct meetings with the violating employees.

Conduct weekly Production/Safety meetings with departmental personnel.

Adheres to daily production schedule.  Makes recommendations for optimizing the schedule to meet cost, quality, delivery and service goals.

Communicate with necessary supervision to avoid problems between shift changes.

Establish high morale within your department by showing fairness, consistency, and an interest in employee problems.  Maintain confidentiality.

Maintain accurate inventories.

Coordinate with your supervisor and Maintenance Superintendent on any repairs or preventive maintenance done in the department.

Keep upper management informed of problems or situations that may affect the performance of your department.

Improve career skills by enrolling yourself in seminars, technical courses, and related college courses.

Implement, maintain, support and comply with all company policies and procedures, including safety program and good housekeeping.

Additional duties as assigned by management.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Directly supervises all employees assigned to the department.  Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; conflict resolution; team building; coaching and leading employees to improve; addressing complaints and resolving problems; documentation; and setting an example of superior behavior, attitude and performance.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or GED

Prior forklift operator experience

Prior shipping department experience

Minimum one year prior supervisory experience

Candidates are PREFERRED who offer the following:

College and/or related technical experience

Prior work experience in the corrugated industry

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. 

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Able to read a tape measure with speed and accuracy.  Able to calculate figures and amounts such as percentages, measurement, volume and rate.  Able to apply concepts of high school math.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

The individual must have a working knowledge of the following:

Equipment design and capabilities that can be translated into efficient operation.  This also supports the supervisor's role of teacher and trainer for his/her personnel.

Cost issues in order to make daily decisions that will reduce overall costs and will help the supervisor find areas that require improvement.

Quality standards.

Regulatory requirements including but not limited to wage and hour requirements, environmental and waste minimization, company policies, and personnel requirements including OSHA, DEQ and EEO.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

May be required to maintain a current Lift Truck Operator License.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee is occasionally required to sit.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the functions of this job.

Pratt is America's 5th largest corrugated packaging company and the world's largest, privately-held producer of 100% recycled containerboard, with more than 9000 highly-skilled, green-collar employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability. Pratt was founded in the USA more than 30 years ago and, since then, has shown dramatic growth with sophisticated manufacturing facilities in more than 27 states.