Warehouse Line Lead (Frontline Coordinator)

Due to the relocation of our warehouse operations, this position will be moving to 100 Dartmouth Drive, Swedesboro, NJ approximately in the April 2025 timeframe or sooner depending on business needs.
You will begin your position working in our Florence, NJ location and will transfer to our Swedesboro, NJ location once the warehouse operations move.

*MUST HAVE FORKLIFT EXPERIENCE*

Position Summary:

The Frontline Coordinator assists the Team Lead with ensuring accuracy and timeliness of all job functions.

Groupe Bonduelle is a company that is making a positive impact
Groupe Bonduelle is the world leader in ready-to-use plant-rich food. By joining our company you will have an opportunity to make a positive and sustainable impact on yourself, others and the planet. You will play an active part in our mission to inspire the transition toward a plant-rich diet to contribute to people's well-being and planet health.

Groupe Bonduelle Fresh Americas is the U.S. business unit of France based Groupe Bonduelle (BON.PA). We are the first business unit of Groupe Bonduelle to become a Certified B Corporation. We operate three processing facilities throughout the U.S. and employ nearly 3,000 Associates who focus on producing and bringing to market fresh vegetable products, prepared salads and plant-rich meal solutions.

Groupe Bonduelle is a 170 year old French family-owned company that has been at the forefront of plant based food innovations since 1853. Our ready-to-use plant-rich food products are grown on 168,000 acres by our grower partners and marketed in nearly 100 countries. The company currently employees more than 11,000 Associates globally.

Join us at Bonduelle Fresh Americas for an opportunity to advance your career in a culture that places people first and makes contributing to a better future through plant-based food our top priority.

Bonduelle Fresh Americas is a Certified B Corp for a better life. Bonduelle chose B Corporation because of its comprehensive and rigorous standards and its ability to measure a company’s governance as well as worker, community, and environmental impact.We aim to make a positive impact on People, Planet and Food, as seen in our global B!Pact objectives. B Corp certification validates our positive impact and tells the world we are part of a community using business as a force for good.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitoring work of all associates according to their function and assists with training new hires and coordinates and manages associate breaks/lunches.
• Oversees timely and proper placement of items in inventories.
• Coordinate and communicate with production personnel regarding product availability, aging issues, and selective product usage.
• Verifies in transit numbers from the Transportation Department, investigates major discrepancies and reports to the Supervisor.
• Fill in for Team Lead and associates as needed.
• Communicate with the driver (in-house and outside carriers) and report and communicate with Dispatch on load status as needed.
• Complete required operational departmental forms.
• Observe and ensure associates are selecting/picking/rotating according to schedule and reviews all paperwork to ensure that it has been filled out correctly.
• Assign work orders.
• Perform routine cycle counts.
• Responsible for following all GMP/PPE and Safety guidelines and food safety and food quality programs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Knowledge of GMP’s & Safety Guidelines.
• Leadership experience.
• 2 years of forklift experience.
• Comprehension of basic math and good computer skills.
• Team player and ability to multitask.
• Willingness to work in a cold environment.
• Able to work a flexible schedule & ability to work in a fast paced environment..
• Ability to understand plant KPI’s (production, quality & safety).
• Reading, Writing, Speaking English Preferred.
• GED/High School Diploma.

Physical Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, this position entails use of ladders and catwalks to reach production equipment, regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is regularly exposed to extreme cold for extended periods of time. The associate frequently works in high, precarious places. The associate is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.