Warehouse Lead Person

Post Holdings, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Michael Foods, Inc. in Wakefield is seeking a Leads Person to support training of new and existing personnel, maintain a safe workplace, and assist with production planning for the packaging department.

You will work with the department supervisor to assign tasks, help ensure compliance with GMPs and food safety standards, perform cycle counts, inventory management, and coordinate with truckers and SAP for receipts and deliveries. Overtime and alternate shifts may be required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED completed; 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.
• Basic arithmetic and measurement understanding for packaging tasks.
• Ability to interpret written, oral, and diagram instructions; self-motivated and willing to learn.
• Leadership experience or training new employees; overtime and weekend work may be required.
• Must have basic computer skills and forklift operator license/First Aid training are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist in training of all processing and production personnel in the assigned department.
• Assist supervisor in updating training when equipment changes or new procedures are introduced.
• Help maintain a safe work environment and ensure GMPs and food safety standards.
• Work with supervisor to assign work tasks to department personnel.
• Load/Unload trucks and perform basic material inspection.
• Rotate/put away inventory and pull/set up materials for production.
• Conduct cycle counting and organize the Packaging Warehouse.
• Assist with safety audits and coordinate with trucking and production teams.
• Enter receipts in SAP and resolve discrepancies; communicate delivery documentation.
• Coordinate inventory management to prevent stockouts of ingredients and packaging.
• Assist with off-site material pull, on-site deliveries, and scheduling with trucking companies.
• Maintain compliance with safety and quality policies; perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Training

Safety awareness

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Business Unit Overview

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that’s First in Food.

Location Description

Wakefield is one of the largest production facilities within Michael Foods. We serve as a flex plant and are able to produce everything from a whole pasteurised egg to liquid, dried, hardboiled and curds.

Responsibilities

POSITION SUMMARY

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:

• 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 news 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

EDUCATION AND EXPEREINCE

• 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:

• Capable of safely lifting 75 lbs on occasion


• Ability to work in cold, wet, noisy, dusty and humid environments

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