Nestle

DC Operations Supervisor

Nestle • $78K — $98K *
Dekalb, IL 60115In-Person
Food & Beverages
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • High school diploma required; Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain management preferred.
  • 5+ years of experience in warehouse management, overseeing teams and operations.
  • Strong knowledge of Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) and Nestlé Continuous Excellence (NCE) tools.
  • Experience with data management and reporting techniques for performance analysis.
  • Familiarity with safety and compliance regulations, including FDA/USDA standards.

Responsibilities

  • Manage daily operations and scheduling for warehouse staff, ensuring efficient workflow.
  • Conduct coaching, training, and development for team members to meet organizational goals.
  • Evaluate shift workload demands and allocate resources accordingly for optimal performance.
  • Ensure adherence to safety, quality, and GMPs by monitoring and enforcing policies among team members.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives by utilizing data and feedback from teams to enhance processes.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional growth and development within a global organization.
  • Access to continuous training on industry best practices and efficiency tools.
  • Supportive work environment focused on safety, quality, and innovation.
Full Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY:

Responsible for all day-to-day warehouse activities including, but not limited to, work scheduling, staffing, supervisory tasks (coaching, guiding, counseling, administering discipline) and the facilitation of data collection and reporting related to performance. Supervises warehouse employees, ensures that whole team abides by all safety, quality, and compliance standards. Leads and executes plant initiatives and objectives, and drives Nestlé Continuous Excellence (NCE) tools. Maintain an environment focused on continuous improvement by, creating a climate of open communication and innovation to generate ideas for improvement, empowering the Team Leaders and Team Members to participate in such activities, and directly participating in Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) activities in all aspects of warehouse operations.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

MANAGEMENT
  • Manage work schedules (vacation, holiday) and payroll for hourly and salaried non-exempt employees.
  • Facilitates variance investigations, as well as KPI collection and preparation, with the facility Process Specialist. Data utilized to further drive CPI with the teams.
  • Provides coaching, training, and development to keep up with and exceed organizational goals, and application of progressive discipline to employees in support of large-scale change initiatives.
  • Use one-on-one personal contact as the primary tool to provide leadership and direction to the employees under your responsibility (TLs, TMs, SRCs) in order to meet the DC's operational needs, and goals while:
    • Maintaining the emphasis on Safety and Quality as a key facility priority.
    • Meeting and exceeding productivity performance objectives.
  • Evaluate and prioritize the daily shift workload demand and make plans for proper execution and manpower/equipment utilization. Maintain logs of shift operations, production summaries, overtime, and downtime reports, etc.
    • Responsible for producing any specialized reports that can be provided to the teams as aids in driving CPI (e.g., product trends in key statistical tracking areas).
    • Provide real-time information to teams for managing performance.
    • Manage and control the overall warehouse work flow utilizing ideas and areas for improvement identified by the Teams.
  • Adheres to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) from all aspects of the organization, and ensures all team members understand and follow them.
    Solve basic system issues and be conversant in SWOP, SAC, Access, Excel, Tracks, Performance Management System, SAP/IMREX, Kronos, and other warehouse systems.


SAFETY, HEALTH, & ENVIRONMENTAL
  • Responsible for the maintenance of safety and sanitation standards for the facility to ensure efficient day-to-day operations.
  • Sustain a safe, clean working environment at all times, including maintaining all equipment in good working condition, by keeping warehouse clean and orderly.
  • Complies with all safety & environmental practices, and reports all incidents immediately.
  • Ensure Warehouse employees follow all Safety requirements as it pertains to materials moving equipment (e.g. daily inspections of forklifts, seat belts used at all times, no speeding, observe pedestrian right-of-way, etc.)
  • Complies with all FDA/USDA rules, procedures, and work practices.
  • Escalates and reports all quality and food safety findings or incidents.


NESTLÉ CONTINUOUS EXCELLENCE
  • Promote the identification of quality improvement and cost reduction efforts.
  • Participates in continuous process improvement efforts in the facility as well as the overall Logistics Network.


REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM EDUCATION LEVEL:
  • High school diploma required
  • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain management or

About Nestle

Nestlé S.A. is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. It is the largest food company in the world, measured by revenue and other metrics, since 2014. It ranked No. 64 on the Fortune Global 500 in 2017 and No. 33 in the 2016 edition of the Forbes Global 2000 list of largest public companies. Nestlé's products include baby food, medical food, bottled water, breakfast cereals, coffee and tea, confectionery, dairy products, ice cream, frozen food, pet foods, and snacks. Twenty-nine of Nestlé's brands have annual sales of over 1 billion CHF, including Nespresso, Nescafé, Kit Kat, Smarties, Nesquik, Stouffer's, Vittel, and Maggi. Nestlé has 447 factories, operates in 189 countries, and employs around 339,000 people. It is one of the main shareholders of L'Oreal, the world's largest cosmetics company. Nestlé was formed in 1905 by the merger of the "Anglo-Swiss Milk Company", established in 1866 by brothers George and Charles Page, and "Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé", founded in 1867 by Henri Nestlé. The company grew significantly during the First World War and again following the Second World War, expanding its offerings beyond its early condensed milk and infant formula products. The company has made a number of corporate acquisitions, including Crosse & Blackwell in 1950, Findus in 1963, Libby's in 1971, Rowntree Mackintosh in 1988, Klim in 1998, and Gerber in 2007.
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Founded
1866
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