Job Description

Description

Warehouse Supervisor-Graveyard

Department

Dry Mill/Shipping Departments

FLSA Classification

Exempt

Salary Grade/Level/Family/Range

$68,480k-$82,825k

Reports to

Warehouse Manager

Date

5/20/2025

 

Summary/objective

The Warehouse Supervisor has responsibility for the following areas: Freezer, Dry Warehouse, Mill Room, Spice Storage Room, Shipping Cooler, and the entire Supplies Warehouse area. These responsibilities include but are not limited to organization, housekeeping, and proper maintenance. The position is responsible for supervision and control of people working in those areas and control of ongoing operations in those areas. Additional responsibilities include inventory maintenance, level setting, scheduling, and purchasing of products and supplies from outside sources. Position performs essential communications with other departments including Sales and Production.

 

Qualifications: 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.

 

Essential functions

Includes the following. Other duties may be assigned as required.

• Directly responsible for the supervision and training of all personnel reporting to the position.
• Responsible for holding safety meetings, ensure safe practices, procedures, and work areas. Hold GMP and other scheduled meetings as required.
• Responsible for department productivity relative to meeting standards for quality and productivity.
• Directly responsible for all aspects of inventory accuracy, maintenance, and control, including cycle counts, annual fiscal inventory, and adjustments.
• Generates current and or updated documents for TQM.
• Responsible for developing and publishing position reports showing status of Freeze Dry Work in process status relative to order requirements.
• Train crew leaders and others in essential duties required during supervisors’ absence such as product/lot selection for material transfer to Mercer Processing to assure continuous operation at all times.
• Develop goals for department improvement including but not limited to; Cost Reduction, enhanced throughput, layout changes and new or improved equipment recommendations.
• Maintain communication with outside cold storage locations scheduling harvest transfers and inbound receipt of product as required.
• Perform stock rotation audits.
• Provide samples of freeze-dried products received from outside suppliers for QA and the daily 10:30 production meeting.
• Prepare performance evaluations for employees as required.
• Perform at least two physical department walk throughs' daily verifying training and accuracy of operations including paperwork.
• Bar Code implementation, maintenance & training.
• Assist with plant wide forklift training program and certification of selected operators.
• Safely operates forklift equipment to move materials & assets
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications

Competencies

• Basic computer skills (Work, Excel, email)

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

• Ability to work independently and/or collectively in a fast-paced environment

• Demonstrates good communication, organizational, interpersonal and time management skills

• Ability to promote team interaction and value

• Positive attitude

• Bilingual a plus

• Successful working under pressure

• Safety and Quality oriented

• Detail oriented a must

 

Supervisory responsibilities

• Ability to self-manage to operational objectives

 

Work environment

• Production area access with full GMP uniform

• Freezer access with full freezer gear protection

• Office environment

 

Physical demands

• Ability to lift to 50 lbs. consistently and unassisted

• Demands may include: crouching, kneeling, reaching, performing repetitive motions; stand, stoop, pick, and walk for up to 8 hours a day.

 

Travel required

• No travel required

 

Required education and experience

• Bachelors degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university; or 4+ years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Additional eligibility requirements

Work authorization/security clearance requirements

SupHerb Farms does not sponsor for employment-based visas for this position now or in the future. Authorized to work in the US, E-Verify participant, Social Security Trace, Drug Test, Criminal Background, Education and Employment verification.

 

SupHerb Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer

 

Other duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.