Assistant Shipping Supervisor

The Jel Sert Company marks a major milestone this year, 100 years of success, innovation, and industry leadership. The Jel Sert Company has focused on creating high-quality, high-value foods and beverages that help bring people together. Jel Sert is proud to have been awarded the Great Place to Work certification and recognized as the Best Workplace to Work in Chicago and a Best Workplace in Manufacturing and Production. We are currently looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join our team as anASSISTANT SHIPPING SUPERVISOR. If you are looking for a work environment that encourages personal growth, responsibility, and a shared vision for creating incredible products that help create lasting memories, then Jel Sert wants you!

The Assistant Shipping Supervisor coordinates the efforts of a labor force of approximately 10 employees to perform shipping, receiving, storage, and distribution duties. Departmental safety, productivity, and quality are key drivers of performance.

This position will require the employee to work overtime as needed. Overtime is scheduled based upon individual job responsibilities and the needs of the department.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Issues job assignments to ensure orders are picked up and loaded according to schedule.
• Evaluates and determines course of action on loading, receiving, and storage problems.
• Develop solutions to achieve departmental goals.
• Covers alternate shifts as needed.
• Completes required paperwork.
• Preparing for upcoming work assignments and/or projects.
• Coordinate repairs of material handling equipment needs within the facility.
• Monitors department safety and procedures, ensuring all employees are trained accordingly.
• Address performance and personnel issues as necessary.
• Works with the department supervisor in developing solutions.
• Support P3 operations as necessary, meeting expected time constraints.
• Act as WISE WMS system resource for all HQ activities.
• Supports corporate and production departments as needed on special projects and tasks

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Knowledge of the transportation industry and warehouse operations, and how it affects the company.
• Minimum of 1-2 years of supervisory experience.
• Strong leadership, planning, and problem-solving skills.
• Effective interpersonal skills and be able to handle confrontational situations professionally.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English and Spanish; Bilingual Spanish is mandatory.
• Must have basic computer skills (i.e. Microsoft Office programs and internet).

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Strong verbal & written communication skills.
• Highly organized, methodical, disciplined, and detail-oriented.
• Utilize leadership and teambuilding skills for employee growth and retention.
• Must lead by example, morally and ethically.
• WMS and/or Manufacturing QAD experience is a plus.
• Forklift experience preferred.

BENEFITS & SALARY

Jel Sert Company is committed to pay transparency and will provide further compensation information during the interview process. The minimum compensation for theAssistant Shipping Supervisoris $26.26 per hour. The actual compensation to be paid will be determined upon an offer. Compensation is determined by a candidate's experience, education, skills, training, and the internal equity within our organization. In addition to a competitive compensation package, regular full-time corporate employees of Jel Sert are eligible for our extensive benefits programs that can be reviewedhere.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.
• Stooping: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist.
• Kneeling: Bending legs at the knee to come to a rest on the knee or knees.
• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the legs and spine.
• Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing: Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward, or outward.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position.
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm, as in handling.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture, by touching skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and make fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection).
• The worker is required to have visual acuity to operate heavy equipment.
• The worker is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of assigned work, or to make general observations of facilities or structures.
• Sitting: Ability to sit at a desk or workstation for prolonged periods of time, often doing computer work

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Manufacturing environment

• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: Activities occur inside and outside.
• The worker is subject to noise: There is sufficient noise to require the worker to shout to be heard above the ambient noise level.
• The worker is subject to hazards, including a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, and exposure to high heat.

FOOD SAFETY and QUALITY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Follow applicable procedures and work instructions.
• Monitor Quality Control Points (QCP) if applicable QCCPs.
• Ensure SQF compliance with all department procedures.
• Back-up Assistant Shipping Supervisor

IMPACT ON JEL SERT SUCCESS

This job provides leadership and motivation to employees in order to achieve maximum production.