Warehouse Team Leader- BAI

Warehouse Team Leader-BAI Blackfoot

Essential Duties and Accountabilities

1. Safety: Responsible for facility safety. Actively involved in the behavior based safety process; coaches employees on the importance of being personally responsible for their safety related behavior. Ensure safety meetings are attended required training is completed assist or lead with tours and inspections and that safe working conditions are maintained and provided. Completes behavior based safety audits throughout each month. Ensures unsafe conditions are corrected in a timely manner. Complete through accident investigations in a timely manner.

2. Operations Management: Oversee adherence to all production shipping and receiving schedules in order to meet the requirements of both customers and plant operations and the pull system for packaging materials and ingredients. It is the Team Leaders job to ensure all team members are meeting customer specification as well as all GMP practices. Participates in the investigation and solution of any shipping or inventory errors and provides support to the Shift Manager. Performs all activities associated with the Lean pull system for packaging materials and ingredients. Be proficient in the following areas to support the distribution and issuing of all materials within the Supply Chain Management software system.
Moving Inventory.
Maintenance of Production and Pack Orders within the ERP management system.
Warehouse transfers.
Scheduled Deployment of Finished Goods on Sales Orders.
Run the MRP or Pull tool as needed to support the pull system

3. Employee Development: Responsible for development of team members by acting as a team coach and resource provider. Ensures that team members are properly trained and qualified. Facilitates team problem solving decision making fair and timely disciplinary action and conflict resolution. Facilitate the communication between shifts and teams and ensure the development of a high performance work environment.

4. Sanitation/GMPs: Responsible for meeting customer requirements through communication documentation training of team members and adherence to sanitation guidelines and GMPs. Responsible for meeting requirements of supplier certification programs and audits. Ensures corrective action is taken on corporate/customer sanitation audits.

5. Plant Administration: Act as an on-shift representative for emergency response coordination documentation compliance to company policies. Respond to HR related issues as needed conduct thorough investigations and coordinate results/issues.

6. Continuous Improvements/Basic Principles: Demonstrate a daily commitment to the continuous improvement process by following Lean Manufacturing principles and the Basic Principles. Strive to improve each work process and embrace change productively. Identify/implement value added and cost savings activities and projects.

All employees are responsible for upholding the principles of SQF 2000.

All employees are responsible for immediately reporting any food safety food quality or plant security issues to management for appropriate action.

Must maintain the highest standards of ethics and integrity while embodying the tenets of What We Stand For and The Basic Principles.

Must maintain the highest standards of data management by creating consistent reliable data which will ensure accuracy and in turn maximize the use of data and confidence in decision making.

Proactively manage safety by ensuring compliance with all Federal and State regulations and internal Company policies. Regularly complete behavior based safety observations. Ensure unsafe conditions are corrected in a timely manner.

Perform other duties as assigned

SUPERVISORY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Directing with the support of the warehouse supervisor a crew consisting of 6-7 people.


QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
To perform this job successfully the incumbent must be able to perform essential duties satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

COMPUTER SKILLS:
The incumbent must gain an understanding of the Company ERP system have a working knowledge of the Microsoft desktop applications and be able stay current on computer upgrades and / or modifications that pertain to the computer programs that the position requires.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:
Experienced in operating multiple varieties of forklifts pull packs and a yard spotter truck for moving trailers around the facility.

EDUCATION:
High school diploma or a minimum of five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to communicate effectively in English using the Basic Principles with all levels within the organization both verbally and in writing.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand. The employee frequently is required to walk; use hands to finger handle or feel objects tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stoop kneel crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The environment is very typical of a warehouse environment. May be exposed to very cold temperatures within the warehouse. There is a high amount of forklift traffic in a very congested area.

At BAF we are an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity and strive to create a supportive and inclusive community of individuals committed to helping each other and our company thrive. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color ethnicity disability religion national origin gender gender identity gender expression marital status sexual orientation age protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.