Warehouse Supervisor PA

Why you will love working at Maola Local Dairies®:

• Built on over a century of dedication, Maola is always looking ahead investing in our people, strengthening our communities, and securing fresh, local dairy for the future.
• Join a farmer-owned cooperative rooted in integrity, sustainability, and a passion for providing fresh, high-quality Maola dairy products.
• We prioritize your well-being with competitive pay including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with employer match, paid time off, and more
• Our employees are an integral part of who we are — what you do and what you think matters.

SUMMARY:

Responsible for overseeing a wide variety of warehouse activities including but not limited to shipping, receiving, storing and delivering items within the warehouse and distribution center. Responsibilities also include but are not limited to the supervision of warehouse and distribution center.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILTES:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Accomplishes warehouse objectives by selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, maintaining a high level of motivation and morale, and disciplining employees, when appropriate. 
• Communicates job expectations to all warehouse and distribution center employees.
• Leads the team in all aspects of promoting the company safety program, immediately identifying and eliminating risks and driving safe working habits and behaviors. 
• Ensures that all warehouse and distribution center activities adheres to existing policies and procedures; including but not limited to full compliance with all OSHA regulations and GMP’s. 
• Meets warehouse operational standards by contributing warehouse information to strategic plans and reviews; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; identifying warehouse system improvements.
• Meets warehouse financial standards by providing annual budget information, monitoring expenditures, identifying variances, and implementing corrective actions.
• Moves inventory by scheduling materials to be moved to and from warehouses and coordinating inventory transfers with related departments. 
• Delivers supplies and equipment to departments by receiving and transferring items. 
• Maintains storage area by organizing floor space, adhering to storage design principles, and recommending improvements.
• Maintains inventory by conducting monthly physical counts; reconciling variances, and inputting data into the WMS system.
• Performs visual quality inspections of product in the warehouse and reports issues accordingly.
• Monitor and communicate short coded product to ensure sales.
• Support manufacturing to ensure all rework procedures are followed.
• Assist with inbound/outbound paperwork, errors, tracking and records filing.
• Maintains documentation associated with inventory
• Keeps equipment operating by enforcing operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, requiring preventive maintenance, and calling for repairs. 
• Works daily with production, customer service and distribution to ensure that external customer order fulfillment requirements are met accurately and on time.
• Maintains solid customer satisfaction levels relating to quality, accuracy of loads and on-time delivery, while ensuring the highest level of operational efficiencies. 
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational and training opportunities. 
• All employees are expected to support the Safe Quality Food (SQF) Program by following food safety and quality procedures, maintaining hygiene and cleanliness, and reporting any concerns. Team members must understand their role in the SQF System, complete required training, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement to ensure safe, high-quality products.
• Other duties as assigned by the Warehouse Manager.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum high school diploma with higher education or certification required.
• At least three (3) years of Manufacturing Warehouse Supervisory experience preferred.
• At least five (5) years of Manufacturing Warehouse experience preferred.

COMPETENCIES:

• Communication
• Communicate clearly and effectively through multiple channels – oral, written, visual, and non-verbal – ensuring our messages are understood and delivered appropriately, whether in-person or digitally.
• Accountability
• Take responsibility for actions and anticipate challenges before they arise.
• Solve problems both within and outside of departments, proactively addressing issues as they occur. 
• Customer Focused
• Prioritize understanding and meeting both internal and external customer needs.
• Ensure high levels of satisfaction and loyalty by anticipating customer requirements and striving for exceptional service.
• Initiative
• Proactive in identifying opportunities and addressing potential threats.
• Act independently and decisively, rather than waiting for situations to demand action.
• Problem-Solving
• Possess the ability to identify and address complex issues with minimal guidance.
• Skilled at analyzing challenges and finding practical, effective solutions. 
• Collaboration
• Take responsibility for deliverables while also supporting others to ensure that collective goals are met.
• Able to work harmoniously with others toward a common goal, recognizing and valuing each person’s contributions, is fundamental to successful collaboration. 

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

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear.  The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee must be able to reach, bend, extend, and lift 50-60 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The work environment may require working in the cooler room with varying degrees of temperature and may include contact with water or dairy liquids.
• Exposed to a noise level of 90 decibels.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate/high.  Wet/slippery work conditions.

Maola Local Dairies® is a farmer-owned cooperative sustainably producing a full suite of nutritious dairy products.  Maola processes milk, cream, butter, and dry milk powders through our network of six dairy processing plants. With a keen eye on quality, freshness, and love for the environment, Maola delivers dairy products that are both nutritious and sustainable to our local communities. For more information about Maola, please visit www.maolamilk.com.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.