Shipping Supervisor

WestRock Company • Salinas, CA • 4h ago

Shipping Supervisor - Salinas, CA

The opportunity:

The Shipping Supervisor is responsible for overseeing daily activities for shipping functions of all outgoing products to customers. This role is responsible for managing all aspects of shipping and transferring product and materials, verifying and recording information on incoming and outgoing shipments, and providing leadership to departmental shipping personnel. The Shipping Supervisor must take precautions to protect warehouse contents against loss and operate in accordance with established procedures, policies and food safety guidelines

How you will impact Smurfit Westrock:

Maximize trailer utilization and efficiently use trailer pool to reduce costs \u2022 Schedule inbound and outbound loads and manage inbound and outbound shipments

Monitor daily and monthly inventories to guarantee accuracy and timely completion of inventory records

Coordinate and monitor courier rates to select the lowest rate to minimize shipping cost and remain within budget

Prepare daily and monthly management reports to communicate critical shipping information

Monitor the print order sheets to review and coordinate timelines with the customer schedule

Ensure proper resource allocation for all plant shifts to achieve maximum efficiency of plant operations Utilize knowledge of shipping procedures, routes, and rates to determine shipping priorities and methods for delivery to assure on-time delivery and exceptional customer service

People and Culture

Develop documentation and training on safety policies for employees

Ensure subordinates work safely and contribute to a collaborative safety culture that drives results

Communicate with various levels of management and departments to ensure that goals are accomplished

Ensure customer satisfaction by ensuring obligations are met in timely manner

Conduct daily department meetings and attend cross-functional meetings to foster communication and discuss improvement opportunities and new procedures

Critical Skills / Capabilities

Time Management: Plans, prioritizes, and manages time spent on accomplishing tasks to increase productivity and efficiency; demonstrates awareness and control over amount of time spent on activities; meets deadlines Job Description

Problem-Solving: Applies knowledge to frame, simplify and solve complex issues; focuses on identifying root causes to create solutions in a timely and decisive manner; reconciles conflicting and/or incomplete information to develop solutions

Detail-Oriented: Has an eye for recognizing errors or differences; plans and completes work with thoroughness, giving attention to specific information and individual details, conditions, necessary record keeping, and elements of that work

Collaboration: Works effectively with others to complete a task or achieve a common objective; ability to cooperate in both interpersonal and team relationships to foster enthusiasm and maintain mutual trust, candor, and respect for others. Works through conflict constructively

Leadership: Leads and motivates a team of people to achieve performance excellence; ability to read people and situations and adjust approach accordingly; proactively leads and enforces initiatives that drive organizational effectiveness; teaches others how to build trust-based relationships

Communication: Creates and delivers engaging presentations to internal and external audiences; develops new communication strategies and approaches to communicate data, insights, and critical messages resulting in clear understanding

Adaptability: Demonstrates agility, flexibility, and a willingness to modify one\u2019s approach to achieve desired results; responds quickly to changing demands, processes, and updated information

What you need to succeed:

Technical Skills

Microsoft Office- Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

Machinery Acumen

Forklift operations

Work Environment:

Frequent standing and walking in a hot, humid, or cold, non-climate-controlled environment noisy industrial work environment; exposure to machinery conditions of over 100\u2070F; ability to operate or learn to operate heavy equipment; maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations

Experience

Required: 2 to 3 years of production leadership experience

Required: 3 to 4 years of logistics/industrial/shipping experience

Education

Required: High School diploma or G.E.D. with equivalent experience

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging solutions. We are materials scientists, packaging designers, mechanical engineers and manufacturing experts with a shared purpose: Innovate Boldly. Package Sustainably. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity, and respect, we use leading science and technology to move fiber-based packaging forward.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.

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