Warehouse Lead Person

Leads Person

The Leads Person is responsible for working with the department supervisor on training of new and existing personnel, providing a safe work environment and assigning of work duties.

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Assists in training of all processing and production personnel in assigned department
• Assists supervisor in updating training for existing personnel whenever equipment changes are instituted or new procedures are implemented
• Helps in providing for a safe work environment for all personnel and helps ensure that all production complies with food safety standards as established by Michael Foods (Dry sanitation)
• Works with supervisor to help maintain sanitation standards of facility
• Assigns work tasks to department personnel
• Load/Unload trucks
• Basic inspection of material
• Rotates/put away inventory
• Pulls/set up material for production
• Cycle counting daily and general organization of Packaging Warehouse
• Identify and assist with shrink/damage investigation
• Assists with safety audits to identify potential safety issues and participates in a Safety team
• Interact with truck drivers and verify shipment accuracy and production personnel to meet product needs
• Enter all receipts in SAP and investigate any discrepancies
• Copy and distribute delivery documentation
• Troubleshoot with production
• Process STO and special shipments as needed
• Interact with accounting to fix delivery discrepancies and cycle count variances
• Vendor interaction when needed, if buyer out of office, shipment mistakes, delivery scheduling
• Manages pulling material from off site warehouse to meet production needs
• Scheduling deliveries with trucking companies
• Assist with inventory management to ensure stock out for ingredients and packaging
• Assumes personal responsibility to insure safe and healthy workplace for everyone. Adhere to all safety policies and procedures and, incorporate safety and health in all jobs and tasks
• Adheres to Quality work practices, follows GMP's, maintains sanitary conditions and ensures that product quality is maintained
• Reports to management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety and quality
• Able to work overtime and holidays when needed
• Insures regulatory compliance at all times
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications include:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent (Preferred)
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations
• Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's
• Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, and diagram or schedule form
• Self-motivated and a willingness to learn
• Leadership and/or experience training new employees
• Must be able to work overtime and weekends (once a month) and willing to work an alternate shift
• Must have basic computer skills (excel, word, etc.)
• Ability to obtain forklift operator license
• Ability to obtain First Aid/CPR training

Physical requirements include:

• Capable of safely lifting 75 lbs on occasion
• Ability to work in cold, wet, noisy, dusty and humid environments