OCC Warehouse Manager

SUMMARY: This role will be responsible for managing the operations of the OCC Warehouse, safety, employee management, and continuous improvement of our OCC Warehouse operations.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Lead and manage the performance and efficiency of the OCC warehouse.
   1. Manage OCC Warehouse inventory through release numbers for wastepaper purchase orders, tracking OCC BOL scale weights to monitor scale accuracy, and entering carrier assets into SMS as directed by the Director of Transportation and Logistics.
   2. Monitor the quality of the incoming fiber, coordinate with procurement.
   3. Manage inventory in warehouse to ensure regular turns.
   4. Manage the continuous feeding of fiber to the fiber line, and ensure it is properly mixed for downstream production in the mill.
   5. Responsible for managing the bale audit compliance program including moisture readings and sampling of incoming fibers.
2. Manage and lead the OCC Handlers and the Lead OCC Handler.
   1. Engages, motivates, and empowers others to establish a high performing work team and culture of improvement in the OCC Warehouse.
   2. Manages the training and evaluation of new employees on job performance.
   3. Utilizes the Lead OCC Handler to teach and evaluate the qualifications of new employees.
   4. Responsible for crew assignments and scheduling of OCC Warehouse personnel.
   5. Assist with recruitment of OCC Handlers which includes interviews and local job fairs.
   6. Responsible for 30/60/90 evaluations, annual reviews, and retention recommendations in OCC Warehouse.
   7. Responsible for efficient timekeeping in Paycom, incident reporting, and staffing in the OCC Warehouse.
3. Works in partnership with the mill team to ensure a safe work environment and environmental compliance.
4. Works jointly across all departments to achieve mill operational and reliability excellence goals.
5. Set and enforce housekeeping standards within the department.
6. Adhere to all safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures.
7. Special projects and assignments as business dictates.
8. Responsible for the maintenance, creation and control of all personally identifiable information or any other information protected by any Confidentiality or Privacy Standards or Company Policies that you have access or knowledge of, including but not limited to any state or federal regulations including HIPPA.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

The OCC Warehouse Manager oversees the OCC Handlers and the Lead OCC Handler.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

1. Eligible to work in the US.
2. High school diploma or equivalent.
3. 3 to 5 years of containerboard or recycled containerboard manufacturing/operations/engineering experience or 2 to 3 years of front-line supervisory leadership is preferred.
4. Effective problem solving and project management skills.
5. Results oriented and demonstrated initiative.
6. Strong computer skills and abilities required to learn business specific software (SMS).
7. Customer focus on both internal cross functional partnerships and external relationships.
8. Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills.
9. Understanding of safety, health, and environmental.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand for a prolonged period as well as bending and stooping regularly.
2. The job duties will require the employee to utilize repetitive fine manipulation with hands.
3. The employee is frequently required to talk or hear.
4. The employee is required to reach with hands and arms.
5. The employee must regularly push/pull/lift 40 pounds unassisted and occasionally more with assistance.
6. Specific vision abilities for this job include close vision, distance vision and depth vision.
7. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

1. Able to work in hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environment.
2. Willingness and ability to wear safety glasses, earplugs, hard hat, steel toed boots and any other required PPE (Personal Protective Equipment).

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS N/A

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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