2nd Shift Cooler Supervisor

Join a team that nourishes life from farm to table! Upstate Niagara Cooperative, proudly owned by 200+ local family farms, is one of America's largest and most stable dairy cooperatives. Guided by farmer- and employee-led values, we process and market high-quality milk, yogurt, dips, sour cream, cottage cheese, and more under our trusted brands: Upstate Farms®, Bison®, Milk for Life®, and Intense Milk®. Here, you'll support sustainable farming, strong communities, and the mission to deliver fresh, local dairy to families every day.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Achievement of established department goals of load-out, production volume, quality, safety, and cost reduction.
• Provides leadership and guidance to employees for the purpose of development and establishment of a good working atmosphere.
• Coordinates daily load-out and production activities to meet business objectives.
• Communicates non-compliances in a timely fashion to appropriate Managers for corrective action.
• Communicates with department managers to maintain efficient operations.
• Assigns job responsibilities to employees, according to policies, to meet planned shipping and production schedules ensuring that the proper equipment and operating techniques are followed.
• Monitors changes in employee morale and works to resolve problems within departments.
• Maintains employee records and inputs employee time into payroll system
• Responsible for ordering and maintaining inventory for all packaging for the facility.
• Responsible for ordering and maintaining inventory for all fruits for the facility.
• Responsible for ordering and maintaining inventory for all ingredients for the facility.
• Ensures standard operating procedures for job functions are accurate and up to date.
• Maintains product/code rotation of Cooler and Plant inventory. (FIFO) First in, First out.
• Responsible for assigned safety program. (Forklifts)
• Conducts accident investigations as needed.
• Responsible for Cooler and Warehouse employee job performance, including safety, orientation, training, and discipline.
• Assures compliance with employee relations policies and programs.
• Monitors and enforces all Company policies.
• Instructs and trains current and future employees as needed.
• Coordinate's load-out schedules, production runs, bills of lading, trailer inventories, and master sanitation schedules.
• Check daily inbound for discrepancies using our ERP system.
• Schedule inbound daily deliveries.
• Review daily pick sheets
• Cycle count from pick sheets daily.
• Inventory corrugate (trays, boxes) against the daily plan for accuracy
• Manage inventory of fruit, powder, & ingredient lot codes. FIFO.
• Manage fruit inventory accuracy and make ERP adjustments weekly
• Audit WIP inventory usage weekly and make inventory adjustments in ERP.
• Schedule delivery appoints with external storage warehouses for inbound fruit and packaging.
• Schedule weekly recyclable pickups.
• Manage product / material holds, vendor returns, and obsolete items.
• Leads continuous improvement activities to improve safety, losses, performance results, processes, and costs.
• Actively participates in the Management review process.
• Ensures that food quality and food safety are the highest priorities in the North Country Dairy facility, demonstrated by active participation from employees at all levels, including personal involvement in the auditing of procedures and processes.

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma
• Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate people
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate the performance of direct reports
• Ability to think analytically
• Ability to communicate clearly, verbally and in writing
• Ability to manage time effectively
• Must show enthusiasm, initiative, pride in work and a commitment to the organization and its mission
• Good computer skills, demonstrating proficiency in MS Windows, Word, and Excel
• Ability to work with ERP systems.
• Good human relation skills, ability to work well with others and be a team member

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science or Business discipline
• Prior experience in Dairy/Food manufacturing and/or Warehousing

Pay: $72 - $82k a year *

* The salary range listed for this position represents the good faith and reasonable minimum and maximum pay for this role at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, training, knowledge, education, and overall qualifications. The posted salary range reflects just one component of our total rewards package. Other components of the total rewards package may include participation in group health and/or dental insurance, retirement plan, wellness program, paid time away from work, and paid holidays.

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