Warehouse Supervisor

Are you seeking a stimulating role that provides an avenue for career growth and personal development? Look no further - the role of Warehouse Supervisor at Gambrinus is designed for go-getters like you. As a Warehouse Supervisor, you will be offered an environment where your leadership skills can shine, and where your hard work is valued. Our track record speaks volumes about our commitment to our employees – we are renowned for being a supportive and beloved employer. The role will provide you with a sense of connection, not just to your team, but also to the wider Gambrinus family and the vibrant community we serve. Our employees love working here because we value teamwork, sustainability, and work-life balance. It's an unmissable opportunity - a chance to be a part of something impactful!

The Warehouse Supervisor implements and monitors warehouse operations. Key responsibilities are accurate and timely product selection and conveyance, proper bag and bulk vehicle loading, packaging material management, and supportive and collaborative leadership. As a part of the operational leadership team, the Warehouse Supervisor plays a vital role in maximizing warehouse efficiency to support customer demand and inventory goals.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversees the daily operations of the warehouse team to ensure safe and efficient operational success and prioritization of key company initiatives.
• Creates operational plans and schedules for warehouse operations and proactively communicates and delegates to employees throughout the site. Ensures operational productivity and efficiency goals are achieved on a daily basis.
• Creates and sustains an engaging culture for both direct reports and indirect reports to grow, develop, and meet company and career goals.
• Leads and actively participates in the product selection process that fills customer orders according to customer and management specifications. Communicates product selection tasks to warehouse employees to ensure fulfillment goals are consistently met.
• Loads vehicles with proper weight distribution and safe loading practices.
• Collaborates with Production Supervisor on the daily production schedule. Leverages customer order demand and safety stock levels to appropriately plan operational needs.
• Creates and manages SOPs for warehouse operations, ensuring proper training and process review on an ongoing basis.
• Leads inventory control processes, ensuring inventory tracking is up to date on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Collaborates with the commercial and logistics team to manage and procure warehouse supplies such as malt bags, strapping, and cardboard.
• Performs all finished product operations including malt cleaning/blending, truck and rail loading, and screenings loading.
• Facilitates and tracks compliance for employee training on an ongoing basis, including forklift and safety certification requirements.
• Understands the significant food safety hazards of work activities and the food safety benefits of improved personal performance. Ensures safety standards are upheld on an ongoing basis.
• Performs role and responsibilities to achieve conformance with the food safety policy and procedures and with the requirements of the Food Safety Management System including the use of Management of Change documentation as well as the emergency preparedness and response requirements.
• Does not depart from specified operating procedures without first verifying with operational leadership whether the change will trigger any food safety hazards, adjusts as needed.
• Reports any unusual conditions in the plant or deviations from requested production parameters to operational leadership.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned to support the company and its operational needs.

MINIMUM EDUCATION & WORK REQUIREMENTS

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) desired.
• Associate or Technical degree preferred.
• 2+ years warehousing, material handling, and equipment experience required.
• Previous warehouse experience in a manufacturing facility desired.
• Previous experience managing hourly employees.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Goal-driven leader that understands operational metrics, takes ownership of individual and team results, and creates accountability to improve productivity and efficiency.
• Strong technical skills and understanding of plant processes and equipment.
• Proven knowledge and ongoing compliance with safety and security procedures with the ability to determine appropriate action beyond guidelines and the proper use of equipment and materials.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills with the ability to proactively initiate contact and build strong, lasting working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven ability to understand the impacts job decisions have in direct relationship to costs, quality, energy usage, plant efficiencies, and customer satisfaction.
• Demonstrated responsiveness and reaction with appropriate urgency to situations and events.
• Strong problem solver that can identify and resolve problems in a timely manner by gathering and analyzing information, developing alternative solutions, and using analytical reasoning skills to drive groups to a successful solution.
• Proven accuracy and thoroughness abilities with demonstrated ways to improve and promote quality individually and as a team leader.
• Understands how to foster team collaboration with a balance of team and individual responsibilities. Proven ability to contribute to building a positive team spirit, prioritizing success of team, and supporting all efforts to succeed.
• Methodical, detail-oriented, and consistent approach to tasks.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions in accordance with applicable laws.

• Routinely manually lifts parts, equipment, and other objects exceeding 50 lbs./23 kgs.
• Occasionally needs to manually apply over 100 lbs./46 kgs force in any direction.
• Often is in contact with dust, heat, cold and chemicals.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, and be on your feet for most of a shift.
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and talk or hear.
• Frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and use ladders/stairs.
• Occasionally works in adverse conditions such as extreme weather, at heights and confined spaces.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.