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Reporting directly to the Warehouse Manager, the Warehouse Senior Supervisor will focus on providing strategic leadership and guidance on continuous improvement and change management initiatives; act as key liaison with Union; create manpower plans based on projected volumes and standardize operational processes. This position plans, organizes, directs, and manages a team of supervisors and works closely with management to identify opportunities for operational improvements. This is a full-time permanent position. Wednesday-Friday 4:00pm-4:00am.

*Flexibility to work on weekends/evening shift is required as business operations are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Salary: $76,265-$95,330

* Salary offers will vary commensurate with experience, education, skills, and training.

We support and care for our employees and their families by providing:

• Vacation upon hire

• Generous and complete benefit coverage with group insurance

• Group retirement plan with employer contribution

• Telemedicine and assistance program for employees and their families

• Employee Share Ownership Plan with an employer match

• Paid Parental Leave program

• Paid time off: Sick days, floater days and volunteer day off

• Opportunity to contribute to a collective RRSP & TFSA

• Training and development programs

• Organized activities for employees and their families  

• Advantageous discounts on Saputo products

• On-site physiotherapy

How you will make contributions that matter:

• Provide leadership, direction and guidance to warehouse Supervisors and personnel.

• Plans and implements the efficient and effective utilization of manpower, equipment, and resources.

• Problem solve, negotiate, and address staff challenges; Management of labor planning.

• Interview, select, coach, train, manage, and appraise the performance of warehouse personnel.

• Responsible for weekly labor financials, inventory action plans and preparing variance reports

• Assist in implementing and driving the culture of collaboration between floor employees and management and drive employee engagement.

• Establish and implement KPI tracking and baseline standards

• Review and improve SOP’s and training documentation and provide oversight in the standardization of processes.

• Key liaison for union business and representing business at quarterly joint labor management meetings

• Ensures that safe conditions always exist within the work environment; takes appropriate and effective measures to provide for the health and safety of employees.

• Develops and fosters strong and effective functional and cross-functional teams.

• Ensures the efficient and effective operation of the Warehouse with a view to ensuring that each customer’s needs are met.

• Prepares and completes communication reports, measurement reports, schedules, forms, and other documentation as required and in a timely fashion.

• Administration of the Collective Agreement and Company Policies and Procedures.

• Assists with preparation of department budget, monitors and controls costs.

• Ability to Develop, Implement and track KPI’s on warehouse activities.

• Drive and deliver positive change within the workplace.

• Develop warehouse operations policies and procedures and communicate this information to employees.

• Undertakes other functions as required.

You are best suited for the role if you have the following qualifications:

• 4+ years of progressively responsible experience in facility or warehouse operations are preferred.

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office packages and in particular, Excel

• Post-Secondary education in Logistics, business, transportation or warehousing preferred.

• Proven Continuous Improvement experience, implementation & understanding of its concepts .

• Experience in food safety in production facilities and knowledge of GMP.

• Sound communication and interpersonal skills.

• Strong organizational and analytical skills with experience in financials and budget management

• High level of self-motivation and initiative.

• Knowledge and experience of applicable regulations, health and safety, public safety and security, food safety, administration and management, transportation principles and methods, change management principles and methods, personnel and human resources, labor relations, financials, customer and personal service, English language, other languages as required, and production and processing.

• Work values:  develop and maintain working environments that are health and safety conscious, lead by example and offer supportive management, and empower employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly environment and foster the Saputo culture.

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to develop and motivate a team.