Shipping Supervisor

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Accountable for the safety of all employees for whom they are responsible through active engagement in safety activities and providing clear, consistent communication of safe work expectations
• Support and investigate situations in which line/equipment stoppage occurs due to perceived, imminent safety risk
• Complete responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and procedures, and applicable laws
• Actively lead risk assessment activities for their area of responsibility by driving prioritized corrective and preventative actions to eliminate/reduce environmental, health or safety risks
• Lead all required meetings with safety (I.e. Pre-Shift, Department, Change Management, General communication, Town Hall, etc..)
• Complete incident investigations, root cause analysis and implement corrective actions accordingly in a timely and thorough manner
• Ensure the proper training and development of all assigned employees for whom they are responsible.
• Set goals for their organizational unit; achieve goals and ensure that all employees understand and work toward achieving goals
• Motivate and coach employees through good communication and frequent performance feedback. Identify and coordinate additional training as needed.
• Sort and segregate ship tickets, assign shipment routings, contact trucking companies to make sure customer shipments go out on time.
• Provide necessary export documentation and QA documents for required shipments.
• Insure attendance and employee time worked is kept properly with documentation.
• Provide shipment information to needed parties.
• Responsible for 5S of office and sample operations area.
• Responsible for safety of employees with zero accidents.
• Work on special projects and teams as needed to insure continuous improvement.
• Printing and processing of all customer shipments with on time shipments that is in the Distribution Centers control.
• Provide correct documentation for all shipments.
• Make sure direct reports are shipping orders on a first in first out basis.
• Communicate with customer service on a daily basis to ensure that the Franklin facility is on target to make monthly shipment dollars if orders are available.
• Maintain daily employee time processing and attendance reports. Verify employee hours, attendance and vacation.
• Responsible for Sample area making sure 5s is maintained and samples are shipped to customers in a timely manner

BACKGROUND PROFILE:

• 4 year degree or equivalent combination of education and experience acceptable.
• At least 3 year of experience in shipping. Overall knowledge of general manufacturing a must.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead others
• Good interpersonal skills when dealing with tough employee issues
• Must be computer literate and proficient with E-mail and Microsoft Office applications (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc...)

PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF JOB:

• Supervisor must be able to monitor assigned departments.
• Supervisor must be able to locate materials throughout the plant.
• Supervisor must be able to perform safety audits.
• Supervisor must be able to lead safety meetings.
• Supervisor must be able to communicate with maintenance and quality departments.
• Supervisor must be able to perform paperwork and computer work.