Warehouse Supervisor- IA

PHOENIX; Davenport (IA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

PHOENIX's Davenport, IA plant seeks a Warehouse Supervisor to oversee warehouse and traffic functions, ensuring on-time, cost-effective delivery while maintaining safety and GMP standards.

You will supervise staff, coordinate carrier communications, manage cycle counts, and oversee loading/unloading, dock security, and inventory accuracy. This role emphasizes accident prevention and adherence to Food Safety and OSHA requirements.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED required.
• 3–5 years in a supervisory role.
• 2–3 years in a warehouse setting.
• Forklift experience required.
• Knowledge of Safety, GMP and OSHA guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Oversee warehouse and traffic functions to ensure on-time, cost-effective delivery.
• Direct and monitor activities for special projects.
• Coordinate calls with designated carriers and provide shipment information.
• Maintain cycle counting and inventory accuracy.
• supervise loading/unloading, dock operations, and security practices.
• Ensure compliance with Safety, FDA, OSHA and PHX requirements.
• Assist with training and shipping office operations.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Warehouse operations

Forklift operation

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

Forklift

Job description

This position supervises warehouse and traffic functions for the Davenport, IA plant to provide on time and cost-effective delivery for customers, and ensures accurate and timely production support, shipping, and receiving within a safe environment. This is a Safety Sensitive Position.

Description

This position supervises warehouse and traffic functions for the Davenport, IA plant to provide on time and cost-effective delivery for customers, and ensures accurate and timely production support, shipping, and receiving within a safe environment. This is a Safety Sensitive Position.

Essential Functions

• Conducts Green Area Meetings and maintains appropriate documentation;
• Responsible for cycle counting machine locations as needed.
• Directs and monitors activities for special projects;
• Responsible for calling designated carriers, providing them with appropriate shipment information;
• Responsible for checking hard allocation at beginning and end of shift and notifies manager of issues or shortages, based on the “No Raw Material Report”.
• Ensures continuity of support for manufacturing;
• Ensures resin/silo unloading procedures are strictly followed to maintain accurate, compliant, and sufficient resin inventory to meet production needs. Alert management if issues or shortages are encountered;
• Ensures bin checks are done in a timely manner and year-end inventory is 100% accurate;
• Reports railcar taps to vendors the day of which they occur, ensuring all required taps are complete by month end;
• Responsible for notifying railroad of required changes in railcar line-up on siding;
• Responsible for performing RMA’s and PO receipts, as required.
• Responsible for obtaining freight quotes;
• Monitors employee performance including annual performance reviews and disciplinary actions and reports findings to manager;
• Loads and unloads trailers for shipments and receipts as required:
• Secures trailers with dock locks or wheel chocks before entering with a forklift; removes or unlocks when loading/unloading is complete;
• Responsible for material handler duties, as Shipping and Receiving workload dictates;
• Assists with training department new hires;
• Assists with shipping office operations;
• Supports bailing operations as needed;
• Ensures all orders ship in a timely, accurate manner through interaction with appropriate company departments, warehouse personnel, customers and carriers;
• Ensures daily and weekly logs are completed in a timely manner;
• Installs and removes dock plates, opens and closes dock doors and ensure they remain locked for security and safety reasons;
• Label, stretch wrap, stage and ship orders in compliance with customer requirements and PHX procedures;
• Loads and unloads shuttle trailers and trailers to outside warehouses and other PHX facilities using appropriate transactions;
• Maintains up to date knowledge of export documentation requirements and prepare documents;
• Maintains staging lanes using fork lift;
• Assists with tote assembly as needed;
• Monitor facilities to ensure compliance with Safety, FDA, OSHA, Department of Homeland Security; other certification agency and PHX requirements;
• Monitors and supervises maintenance program regarding all warehouse equipment and facilities.
• Moves product from production floor and loads onto trucks or moves to designated warehouse location;
• Operate forklift, clamp truck in safe manner. Charge and water forklift batteries;
• Performs RTI’s for color, liner and WIP caps returned to the warehouse from production;
• Prepares for customer audits/visits and assists in implementing appropriate recommendations;
• Prepares weekly inventory report for purchasing;
• Prints Wave/ Pick Tickets, bills of lading and labels;
• Processes customer returns;
• Receives railcars into the IQRF system, unloads railcar resin into appropriate silos and notify manager of issues or shortages;
• Repacks cartons;
• Responds to telephone queries, receives and sends fax information;Utilize IQFR transactions for all receipts, movements and issues of raw materials and packaging components, staging and shipping of customer orders, warehouse transfers or customer returns.

Other Responsibilities

• Interacts with customers for questions or problem resolution;
• Serves on committees;
• Responsible for following all Food Safety and GMP related policies and procedures;
• Responsible for enforcing and following all Safety Rules, policies, procedures and work instructions;
• Other responsibilities, as required.

Requirements

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• High School diploma or GED.

Experience

• 3-5 years’ experience in a supervisory role;
• 2-3 years’ experience in warehouse setting;
• Forklift experience.

Physical Demands

• Simple Grasping (40-70%) - filing; handling paper;
• Firm Grasping (40-70%) - filing; handling paper;
• Fine Manipulation (at >70%) - phone; expediting orders.

Equipment Used

• Forklift, personal computer, laptop, printer, copier, calculator, telephone, clamp truck, fax machine, scissors, radios.

Contacts

• Management, Maintenance, Production, Customer Service, Vendors.

Supervision/Backup

• Warehouse Manager