Assistant Supervisor - Receiving

Fresh Express Salads; Streamwood (IL); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Fresh Express Salads in Streamwood, Illinois, is looking for an Assistant Supervisor to oversee the receiving process of products and ensure team performance meets expectations. This role includes coordinating unloading, supporting process improvements, and maintaining food safety standards.

The position requires flexibility in working hours, adaptability to a cold environment, and proficiency with AS 400 and Excel. A High School Diploma is required.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in team environments.
• Willingness to work flexible hours.
• Self-motivated with a focus on food safety standards.
• Ability to operate in cold and wet conditions.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate unloading processes.
• Support process improvement initiatives.
• Manage associate development and safety.
• Ensure sanitation and housekeeping at shift-end.
• Maintain food safety and quality standards.
• Complete all required reports on time.
• Suggest improvements for the receiving process.
• Attend regularly and reliably.

Skills

Team collaboration

Flexibility

Innovation for food quality

Cold environment adaptability

Bilingual (English/Spanish or English/Polish)

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

AS 400

Excel

Job description

The Assistant Supervisor will directly support business success by managing the accurate and the receiving process of products, finished goods put away and all other inbound freight. Primary responsibility will be to ensure that all Receiving loads are completed in a timely manner with 100% accuracy. The Assistant Receiving Supervisor will directly manage and ensure that Forklift Driver performance is meeting expectations (adjustable to meet business goals), and this will require him/her to always be on the Receiving areas monitoring the work of the team and the work of each individual Receiving Associate.

Schedule: Monday to Sat. from 3:30 pm to 1:30 am

Duties and Responsibilities

• Unload coordination.
• Support of process improvement teams.
• On-going management of associate development, discipline, safety and morale.
• Shift-end sanitation and housekeeping.
• Maintain food safety, employee safety, and all quality standards.
• Ensure GMP and SOP for rotation, receiving and warehousing operations.
• Timely completion of all required reports and paperwork.
• Make recommendations for receiving process improvement.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of this position.

Requirements, Education and Experience

• Demonstrated success working within a team environment.
• Flexible with hours and days worked.
• Self-starter with a desire to promote innovation to meet our Standards for Food Quality and Safety.
• Ability to work in a cold (34 degrees F) and wet environment.

Other Desired Qualifications/ Skills

• AS 400 and Excel proficiency
• Bilingual English/Spanish and/or English/Polish
• Food industry experience a plus
• 1-4 years Receiving experience

Education/Training

High School Diploma