Operations Work Leader 2nd Shift

DVFlora; New Jersey; On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at a leading floral distribution company that values its employees and fosters a family-oriented culture. This full-time role as an Operations Work Leader involves overseeing night operations, ensuring timely processing of orders, and training staff to meet departmental goals. You'll be instrumental in maintaining high standards of accuracy and efficiency in a fast-paced warehouse environment. With a commitment to employee growth and an excellent benefits package, this is an opportunity to make a significant impact in a thriving industry. If you have strong leadership skills and a passion for logistics, we invite you to apply and help shape the future of floral distribution.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Plan

Life Insurance

Short-term Disability

Long-term Disability

Qualifications

• 3+ years of warehouse experience with leadership role preferred.
• Strong communication and analytical skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct the night operations team for order processing.
• Ensure accuracy in picking, packing, and material handling.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Team Building

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Multi-tasking

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Outlook

Apprise

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Corporate Headquarters (Sewell, NJ) - Sewell, NJ

Position Type: Full Time

Salary Range: $18.50 Hourly

Job Shift: Sunday 12pm- Finish/ Monday-Thursday 2pm

Job Category: Warehouse

Description

Company Overview:

For over six decades, the Delaware Valley Floral Group (DVFG) has been at the forefront of providing professional retail florists, event designers and supermarkets across the nation with the highest quality of fresh cut flowers, greens, botanicals, and floral supplies. Established in 1959 as a modest family venture, the DVFG has flourished into one of the largest floral distribution companies in the United States.

Our modern corporate headquarters, spanning over 100,000 square feet, is strategically situated in Sewell, New Jersey. Complementing this central hub are multiple satellite logistics, distribution, and sales facilities located in key geographical regions, including Edison, NJ, Jessup, MD, Hauppauge, NY, Syracuse, NY, Hartford, CT, Wilkes-Barre, PA, Shrewsbury, MA, Pittsburgh, PA, Cleveland, OH, Richmond, VA, Miami, FL, and Oxnard, CA.

Our mission extends beyond just being a floral wholesaler to our customers; We Aspire To Be Their Most Valuable Supplier. Every member of our team plays a pivotal role in ensuring our customers receive the best possible products and services to help their business grow. We recognize that our employees are the cornerstone of our success as well, which is why we are committed to fostering a family-oriented culture where every individual's contributions are deeply valued and appreciated. Join us in shaping the future of floral distribution and become a part of our dynamic team here at the DVFG!

We offer an excellent and comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, company paid life insurance, voluntary life insurance, and 401(k) Plan.

Delaware Valley Floral Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce at all levels of the business thereby creating a culture that allows us to better serve our customers, our employees, and our communities.

Operations Work Leader 2^nd Shift

The overall purpose of this position is to provide a high level of leadership and direction within night operations. The Work Leader will work with the 2nd shift Operations Supervisors to ensure timely and accurate processing of loose-pick and botanical orders, provide the proper training, tools, and communication for employees to meet or exceed departmental and individual goals, and continually identify opportunities for process improvement.

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This is a full-time hourly position. This position operates on a schedule supporting Fresh Flowers and Botanicals working Sunday-Thursday second shift with additional hours/days needed during peak seasons.

Picking:

1. Work with pickers to minimize/eliminate picking errors and improve order accuracy.
2. Ensure proper procedures for product rotation are being followed consistently.
3. Monitor open pick tickets to ensure on-time departures.
4. Monitor and manage daily Fresh Flower and Botanical volume, and adjust staff accordingly.
5. Work with Central Desk to ensure order fulfillment.

Packing:

1. Monitor and manage daily Fresh Flower and Botanical packing volume, and adjust staff accordingly.
2. Work with S&CR to ensure order fulfillment.
3. Ensure proper procedures are followed in dry packing, procona (buckets), and botanical packing to eliminate damaged/returned product.

Replenishing:

1. Monitor and manage daily Fresh Flower replenishment, the unboxing of Botanical product, and adjust staff accordingly.
2. Perform cooler, botanical, and greenhouse sweeps with the goal of identifying any misplaced or unidentified products.

Checking:

1. Monitor and manage daily Checking and adjust staff accordingly.
2. Ensure product receives final checks/approvals before packed, eliminating any damaged/returned product.

Material Handling:

1. Monitor and manage daily Material handling staff accordingly.
2. Ensure product is scanned, sorted, and palletized accurately to ensure end customer receives correct product.
3. Adjust staff according to volume to ensure conveyors run continuously and breakdown area does not back up.
4. Audit pallets for accuracy to catch any sort errors prior to loading on line hauls.

Work Environment:

This position operates in a warehouse, greenhouse, and cooler environment (34 degrees). The employee will utilize warehouse equipment such as Pallet Jacks, RF scanners, and box cutters.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and read. This position is very active and requires standing for long periods of time, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, and crouching. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items up to 50 pounds. The employee will also wear and use a scanning device on their wrist. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Qualifications

Requirements:

1. Minimum of 3 years of warehouse experience, with at least 1-2 years in a supervisory or leadership role.
2. Strong leadership, team building, and motivational skills.
3. Knowledge of Microsoft Products (Excel, Word, Outlook) and Apprise.
4. Strong verbal and written communication skills, as well as the ability to communicate effectively to large groups of people.
5. Strong team building, motivational, and planning skills.
6. Ability to multi-task and manage deadlines.
7. Ability to successfully manage within deadlines, prioritize and set goals to achieve department and company objectives.
8. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to multi-task.
9. Demonstrated ability to drive, participate in, and adapt to change in a positive manner.
10. Working with or handling fresh flowers (or other perishables).