What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Production Associate position at Imperial Trading?
BENEFITS:
- Competitive Medical, Dental, & Vision package.
- Paid vacation, birthday, personal days.
- Employer paid basic life policy with competitive buy-up options.
- Disability insurance.
- 401(k) with employer match.
SUMMARY OF DUTIES:
Responsible for assisting AOS in any capacity needed for the accurate picking/processing and handling of outbound customer orders for the assigned area(s)
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILTIES:
Additional duties, which are necessary to carry out the function of the LPA, may be assigned and are incorporated by reference into this job description
- Responsible for assisting AOS in the following capacities as assigned by AOS:
- Lead = lead and/or direct any employees as needed to perform daily duties and reinforce policies and procedures then report all violations to AOS immediately;
- Floater = pick, stamp, replenish, order select (on all equipment), load, palletize or any production function as needed to accomplish daily production requirements;
- Audit/Train = audit orders/areas, etc. and/or train/motivate any employees in any functions as needed/directed and ensure production goals met;
- Communicator/Motivator = communicate all employee/process/production issues to AOS, continually motivate employees daily to “Bring IT”; solicit feedback from employees and report to positive and negative feedback to AOS
- Safety/Security liaison = address any safety and security concerns immediately and communicate to AOS
- Responsible for all order processing, including picking, processing guidelines specific to Areas, securing/sealing, and proper case/carton counts shipped
- Maintains accurate record keeping of all orders shipped and Line Summaries Verified and initialed in each Area assigned by AOS
- Maintains and ensures good housekeeping of stamp machines, conveyors and work area as applies
- Assist, as directed, when short staffed or heavy workload requires additional manpower; in addition, assist in other Areas when assigned Area is completed till ALL Areas are done or directed by LPA otherwise
- Performs above listed duties in a cooperative, capable manner, processing the information effectively and communicating the information as needed effectively; consult with AOS daily for completion of shift and LPA is no longer needed for the day
- All personnel within this job description shall be subject to cross-training into jobs within the organization based on Company needs
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
LPA does not have any employees that report directly to this position. Supervision is only as needed to direct employees in the area assigned. The unit consists of receiving, stamping, cutting, building displays, and including pulling and stamping cigarettes in Cig Area, picking, toting, strapping, palletizing, verifying totes and auditing.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- The physical demands of this job include light to heavy physical activity performing some strenuous activities of an administrative, productive and/or technical nature that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job as needed.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands or arms. The employee is often required to talk or hear.
- The employee must be able to regularly lift 25 to 50 pounds and occasionally 75 pounds as needed. Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job in a warehouse environment.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee must regularly work near moving mechanical parts and in outdoor weather conditions. The employee must occasionally work in wet, humid, cold and freezing conditions.
- The noise level of the work environment is usually loud.
AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT:
All employees of the Company are employees’ at-will and, as such, are free to resign at any time without reason. The Company, likewise, retains the right to terminate an employee's employment at any time with or without reason or notice. Nothing contained in the Employee Handbook, or any document provided to the employee is intended to be, nor should it be, construed as a guarantee that employment or any benefit will be continued for any period. Any salary figures provided to an employee in annual or monthly terms are stated for the sake of convenience or to facilitate comparisons and are not intended and do not create an employment contract for any specific period.
