Warehouse Supervisor

Healthy Pet is an industry leading manufacturer of pet bedding and litter made from sustainably sourced, responsibly rescued natural plant fiber for active, happy pets. We are a private company with global presence, a long-term perspective and substantial resources for continued growth.

Healthy Pet is currently seeking a Warehouse Supervisor to join our team at our Jesup, GA location. The Warehouse Supervisor is Responsible for safely and efficiently receiving, handling, storing, tracking and shipping materials and products in a cost-effective manner.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensures strict adherence to safety policies and procedures and compliance with state and federal regulations. Regularly conducts or participates in safety and training meetings.
• Monitors and maintains an organized, clean, and safe work environment by performing facility audits.
• Participates in the creation and maintenance of warehouse performance standards. Creates and maintains reporting systems to monitor performance and accuracy. Tracks and trends productivity and ensures warehouse efficiencies.
• Proactively coaches and constructively motivates staff to meet and exceed objectives.
• Develops and implements procedures to ensure materials and products are properly received, stored, and shipped in a timely manner to meet customer and production requirements. Ensures compliance with customer load requirements and company policies and procedures.
• Performs on-hand materials planning to ensure sufficient levels of raw materials are available to support scheduled production.
• Facilitates customer interactions and on-time delivery with a goal of zero defects.
• Oversees inventory control, data management, and processes. Reviews, organizes and maintains physical systems with a goal of waste elimination. Ensures smooth transactions and accurate record keeping. Conducts monthly physical counts and reconciles variances including month-end and year-end inventory.
• Analyzes and plans inventory cycle counts to be conducted by the Warehouse Lead.
• Balances staff assignments based on expected volume and monitors progress to ensure tasks are completed in a timely and cost effective manner. Minimizes labor overtime and expenses.
• Builds and maintains a positive team-oriented work environment. Promotes and facilitates interdepartmental teambuilding.
• Organizes racking and floor space using storage design principles. Identifies and implements improvements.
• Meets warehouse financial requirements by providing costing information. Monitors expenditures, identifies variances, and implements corrective actions. Takes initiative in seeking out cost reduction initiatives in warehouse purchasing and storage options.
• Monitors and makes arrangements for equipment maintenance and repairs. Verifies forklift and HAZMAT certifications are held by appropriate staff, as required.
• Participates in the selection of new employees. Plans, assigns, trains, supervises, and evaluates work of staff. Conducts performance evaluations to guide the development of employees and provide a record of performance. Ensures effective employee relations. Initiates and documents disciplinary actions as approved by HR.
• Promotes lean principles. Works with other departments and assists with the creation updating and implementing of process improvement procedures, tasks, workflows and systems.
• Documents and maintains a manual of current procedures and tasks explaining responsibilities.
• Organizes, updates and maintains databases, records, and other documents.
• Prepares correspondence, reports or other documents, keeping others adequately informed.
• Assists with loading and unloading of trailers as needed.
• Uploads orders to Transportation Management System through Shipment File Upload. Ensures accuracy of information contained within upload file.
• Monitors, plans, and reconciles shipments within the Transportation Management System to ensure correct carrier selection, mode selection, and shipment information.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Ideal Candidate has the following:

• Associate degree. Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Six years of experience in a manufacturing warehouse environment, including three years of related…