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University Park, IL United States |
| Position Type: |
Full Time |
| Post Date: |
04/17/2024 |
| Expire Date: |
06/16/2024 |
| Job Categories: |
Warehousing |
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Chicago (University Park), IL Warehouse Shift Manager
Job Title: Warehouse Shift Manager
Department: Chicago (University Park), IL Warehouse
Location: Chicago (University Park), IL
Supervision:
· Reports to Chicago (University Park), IL Warehouse Director.
· Executes work under direction or established procedures 10% of the time works independently setting work schedule priorities 90% of the time.
· Supervises warehouse lead staff, warehouse floor personnel.
Primary Purpose:
Provides hands-on leadership on the warehouse floor by training, monitoring, and evaluating assigned personnel and actively lead the receiving, warehousing, and shipping of product in a manner consistent with company culture, service, and cost objectives.
Essential Responsibilities:
· Ensure the safe and efficient operation of all materials handling equipment within a safe work environment.
· Supervise and coordinate unloading and orderly slotting of inbound shipments and picking, staging, and loading of outbound shipments in a timely, cost-efficient manner.
· Communication, coordination and support of all policies and procedures within the warehouse and company.
· Develop/ maintain work schedules of supervised staff.
· Conduct performance reviews and implement/ manage development plans for supervised staff.
· Train assigned personnel to accurately and consistently use warehouse management systems.
· Communicate work expectations and results achieved to assigned personnel.
· Listens to employee concerns, solicits employee suggestions/ input and follows up with employees.
· Picking, loading, unloading, dragging, and other duties as assigned.
· Applies lean tools and thinking to identify and eliminate waste
· Follows and applies standard work and work instructions
Occasional Work Performed:
· Committees and projects as assigned.
Safety Responsibility:
This position assumes responsibility for the workplace safety of self and co-workers, and for the safety conditions of the work location, exercises and promotes safe behaviors and shows unyielding support of programs, rules and policies regarding safety.
Working Conditions:
· Indoor work with hot and humid or cold temperature extremes.
· Possible need to arrive before and/or stay after shift in order to fulfill responsibilities.
· Extensive standing/walking while operating assigned pieces of warehouse equipment.
Qualifications & Requirements
Requirements:
· High school diploma or general equivalency degree required, four-year college degree preferred.
· Previous warehouse leadership experience required.
· Proven successful leadership experience (communication, coaching, organizational skills) required.
· Ability to perform well in a team environment across temperatures and departments.
· Ability to accept changing work demands and seek opportunities to improve warehouse operations.
· Excellent organizational skills
· Proficient in trained warehouse activities.
· Occasional overnight travel required ability to independently travel as needed, without restriction, by all modes of transportation, including car, plane or train for training or meetings.
Dot Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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| Contact Name: | Ashley Johnson |
| Contact Email: | ashley.johnson@dotfoods.com |
| Website: | www.dotfoods.com/careers |
Company Description:
Dot Foods is the nation’s first and largest food redistributor. Family-owned and operated for more than 50 years, Dot takes pride in developing innovative solutions for manufacturers, distributors and operators. We offer more than 105.500 products and deliver them in LTL (less-than-truckload) quantities in all 50 states. This business model creates a win-win for everyone in the food supply chain. Robert Tracy founded Dot Foods with the support of his wife Dorothy in 1960. RT and Dorothy knew if their new company was going to be a success, it would have to be built on a strong foundation. So they instilled a set of values within Dot that has never wavered in 50 years. Today, the trucks in the Dot Transportation fleet bear our brand promise: Trusted values. Innovative solutions. Shared growth.™
At Dot Foods, we owe much of our success to the diversity of our workforce. By creating an inclusive work environment that encourages and accepts the free exchange of ideas, we strive to attract continually, build and sustain a diverse culture.
In fact, it is the culmination of diverse ideas that help us double in size every five years, growing from a small business in the heartland of Illinois to a $5.5 billion company today.
Dot has a workforce over 4,000 strong in 10 facilities across the country. As a family owned company, we try to treat each of our employees not as numbers, but as a vital part of the family. We not only respect all opinions, we count on them to make us successful. If this sounds like a place where you can thrive and grow, then find out more at dotfoods.com.
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