Title: Supervisor, Shipping & Receiving (CAN)
Vaughan, ON, CA, L4H 3V1
At Serta Simmons Bedding, we dare to dream and work differently. We’re proud to be one of the largest bedding manufacturers in North America and lead the way with our iconic brands - Serta®, Beautyrest®, Simmons® and Tuft & Needle®.
When you join our company, you become part of winning team that is excited and committed to helping our customers get a good night’s sleep.
Fueled by care for our people and their safety, we provide inspiring career opportunities, competitive benefits, and employee perks, and most importantly, the chance to make a positive impact in the lives of our customers.
Job Family
Transportation
Exempt/Non-Exempt
Exempt
Function
Operations
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Under the direction of the Production Manager and Plant Operations Manager, the Shipping/Receiving Supervisor will be responsible for providing support to the management team, production supervisors and plant employees. This position will provide leadership and coordination of the day-to-day shipping and receiving demands of the plant.
• Follows and implements all workplace health and safety regulations.
• Fosters positive working relationships. Responds proactively to performance concerns, discipline, employee complaints, first step grievances and other employee relations matters in partnership with Managers and Human Resources
• Delegates work and provides leadership to the shipping and receiving team made up of
o Traffic Coordinators
o Shippers, Receivers, Stagers, Loaders and janitorial staff including bailers
• Ensures Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) of both shipping and receiving are enforced and followed by all direct reports.
• Monitors the route planning, truck assignment, dock door allocation in order to utilize the resources and deliver the right product to the right customer at the right time.
• Checks all back dated orders and arranges the delivery.
• Manages time sequencing of truck unloading and loading.
• Controls the physical inventory of Finished Goods.
• Supervises the warehouse operation, 6S, and material housekeeping.
• Coordinates movement of production scraps and wastes and arranges for proper disposal.
• Completes records accurately and completely, including all paper work.
• Performs auditing of shipments received and shipments ready for release as required.
• Ensures the received materials schedule is maintained and followed.
• Performs disciplinary actions as required in regards to safety, code of conduct violations and any performance issues.
• Assists in the hiring and training of all new employees.
• Trouble shoots any customer service and vendor issues as they are escalated by the Traffic or Receiving Coordinators.
• Supervises the Foundation Assembly department
• Organizes and supervises the daily manufacturing functions of the Foundation Assembly department, ensuring timely completion of production schedules. Coordinates with Production/Operations Manager and other departmental Supervisors in order to attain production, delivery, cost and quality objectives
• Holds daily production meetings and sets expectations for the day
• Maintains information for daily management reports and prepares various other reports as requested
• Uses Lean manufacturing principles to continuously improve associates and the flow of production
• Controls use of raw materials, preventing all unnecessary waste, and schedules and controls utilization of labor, preventing excess hours, downtime and overtime
• Provides initial and on-going training and evaluation to assigned production personnel related to job duties and performance expectations, job processes, equipment and quality programs
Any other duties as assigned.
Functional/Technical Competencies
- Proficient in Microsoft office applications
- Excellent leadership and conflict resolution skills
- Effective communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to perform under stressful conditions
- Analytical skills
Experience/Education
Desired:
- Min. 5 years shipping/receiving experience or supply chain
- Min. 3 years of supervisory experience
Job Factors/Work Environments
No travel required.
Work is primarily active in nature in plant. Lifting of heavy objects required.
Key Relationships
- Operations Manager
- HR Business Partner
- Production Supervisor
- Controller
- Scheduler
- Logistics Coordinator
- Purchasing Agent
- Sales
- Customer Service
Competencies
Come Dream with Us!
When you join Serta Simmons Bedding, you become part of our 150-year legacy of sleep solutions with endless opportunities to impact our future for centuries to come. Once you’re here, you’ll be part of a winning company that invests and supports our team members’ career journeys. We offer competitive benefits, job training, learning and development, and other employee perks such as our employee discount on all products.
Employees are required to comply with COVID policies established by a vendor or customer.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy that discrimination against any individual on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, ancestry or national origin, age, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability (with or without reasonable accommodations), status as a disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam era, or political affiliation is strictly prohibited.
SSH Bedding Canada Co. is proud to provide employment accommodation during the recruitment process. Should you require any accommodations please indicate your needs on your cover letter and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.