Shipping Supervisor

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Position Summary:

The Shipping Supervisor oversees general shipping activities and supervises shipping department personnel. This position ensures that processes for storage and shipping maintain accuracy, completeness, and optimal condition of shipments. The role is essential to support organizational goals and model best practices, guided by our values of Excellence, Accountability, Transparency and Stewardship (EATS).

Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Ensures shipping employees perform their job responsibilities correctly and safely.
• Supervises and provides direction to shipping employees in the office and cold storage.
• Performs shipping floor duties as needed, including driving a forklift.
• Ensures all finished goods are inspected, loaded correctly, and meets requirements for each country fruit is being shipped to.
• Ensures correct product is loaded on the trucks.
• Ensures all employees comply with company policies.
• Communicates with County and USDA inspectors regarding export/import fruit.
• Coordinates and directs shipping employees to maximize efficiencies and minimize costs.
• Reviews labor costs daily and weekly.
• Oversees all shipping operations during every shift.
• Compares shipment contents with manifest.
• Ensures all safety protocols are followed.
• Determines staffing requirements for busy and off seasons.
• Communicates with County and USDA inspectors.
• Ensures all protocols are followed for exporting and importing Fruit.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Recruits, interviews, hires, and trains new staff.
• Oversees the daily workflow of the department.
• Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations.
• Handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy.
• Ensures timecards are reviewed and approved properly.
• Partners with safety to promote a positive safety culture.
  
  

Requirements

Essential Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily, including all important aspects of the job- whether performed daily, weekly, monthly, or annually; and any duty that occurs at irregular intervals. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Possess team leader qualities with the ability to work well and communicate effectively with fellow employees and management.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of company information.
• Ability to foster accountability, good communication, and excellence in employees.
• Ability to train and work with operational personnel and create a positive environment that encourages employees to interact within the organization.
• Ability to delegate and coordinate tasks of a team.
• Ability to positively influence others and manage conflict.
• Ability to maintain professionalism dealing with customers, employees, and growers.
• Ability to work independently and exercise independent judgment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and detail oriented.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to focus and complete duties in a timely manner.
• Ability to multitask, adapt quickly to change and resolve errors in a timely manner.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks and follow-up.
  
  

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Bachelor’s degree in business and /or agriculture related major, preferred
• 3 years of shipping experience
• 1 years of supervising experience
• Proficient computer skills with Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) and Famous.
• Forklift Operator Certification
• Bilingual verbal and written English/Spanish
  
  

Salary Description

$68,640 per year