Job Description
Foods you love. Brands you trust. And a career that empowers you to grow.
At Nestlé USA, we’re all working towards the same goal – to delight and deliver for our consumers. With a rich portfolio of beloved brands, including DiGiorno, Toll House, and Coffee mate, in 97% of U.S. households, we have a unique opportunity – and responsibility – to be there for every moment in our consumers’ lives.
Joining Nestlé means becoming part of an inclusive workplace that inspires innovation, encourages strategic thinking and creativity, and celebrates your achievements. No matter where you work within the organization, you are empowered to challenge the status quo, embrace risk-taking, and pioneer new ideas. Our supportive and collaborative environment encourages bold ambitions and continuous learning so that everyone can grow and thrive.
This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship. As the Warehouse Supervisor, you coordinate all duties within your department or area. You focus on improving safety, reducing costs, enhancing quality, and maximizing effectiveness through long-term planning and project implementation. You serve as the key communicator between Warehouse Operations and Production planning and operations. In this role, you manage hourly employees who handle receiving, storage, material delivery, and shipping functions to support plant production. You ensure your team receives proper training, development, and consistent application of plant policies and procedures.
Key Outputs/Deliverables:
- Supervise day-to-day activities of assigned department.
- Provide guidance and training to hourly workforce to ensure production, supply chain and quality goals are met.
- Meet scheduled commitments on a timely basis with respect to mixing, sifting and delivering WIP to designated areas.
- Meet shipping and receiving schedules as well as inventory control and accuracy.
- Maintain positive employee relations, open communications while resolving employee discipline or performance issues.
- Maintain professional relationships with other departments within the plant and corporate offices.
- Prepare paperwork / reports on a timely basis.
- Follow all sanitation, GMP, safety, quality and employee relation programs.
- Confirm processes are run in accordance with SOP’s, SOPP’s and other documentation.
- Identify, recommend, develop and implement improvements in safety, quality, processes, costs and SOP documentation.
- Responsible to have safe work instructions available for all positions.
- Meet ad-hoc customer requirements or to deal with unexpected Supply Chain disruptions
- Develop, maintain and empower a quality conscientious attitude among employees.
- Help identify long term opportunities and solutions for continuous improvement.
- Promote open communications between shifts and departments.
- Develop teamwork approach to teams.
- Warehouse Supervisor will drive LEAN activities to improve performance.
- Ensure all raw material, packaging material, WIP and finished goods are handled within GMP and FIFO guidelines.
- Drive cost saving initiatives to improve performance and cost of the warehouse operation. Also ensure the correct construction, control and management of the budget of warehousing (cost budget for warehousing and possible investment requirements).
- Ensure all employees have the required level of safety training, all equipment and installations are well maintained with safety guards & devices and associates are using the appropriate PPE.
- Assure activities being performed having an environmental impact are communicated and accomplished according to the environmental management systems.
Qualifications:
- BA/BS in Logistics / Supply Chain preferred
- Minimum 5 years related work experience (including military).
- Firm understanding of manufacturing production, distribution and logistics processes.
- Communication skills (strong verbal and written required).
- Strong troubleshooting / problem-solving (analytical) skills
- Strong interpersonal skills (ability to effectively work with all levels from hourly to management).
- Strong leadership and teamwork skills.
- Strong time management and multi-tasking skills.
- Proficiency in SAP, GLOBE (internal candidates), MRP.
- Ability to periodically lift loads heavier than 30-50 pounds.
- Ability to stand and/or walk more than 50-75% of a shift if required.
Minimum Experiences:
- 3 years progressive experience in a manufacturing, warehouse or military environment.
- 2+ Previous supervisory/people leader responsibilities preferred.
- Preferred: Experience in the food processing, aseptic or pharmaceutical industry.
- Preferred: experience using SAP
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It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.
To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you’ll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.
The Nestlé Companies are equal employment opportunity employers. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience. Contact us at accommodations@nestle.com or please dial 711 and provide this number to the operator: 1-800-321-6467.
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