Direct daily shipping/receiving activities. Schedule staff to safely, accurately, and effectively perform all work per SOP’s while minimizing overtime. Ensure all needed equipment and supplies are available.
Hire, onboard, perform periodic evaluations, and manage disciplinary/corrective actions.
Coordinate product/packaging deliveries and order shipping appointments with Logistics, Commodity Management, Sales, Production, and Materials teams and carriers.
Oversee the accurate receiving of domestic and imported fruit from local growers, suppliers, and transfers. Report damages or discrepancies when necessary.
Prepare, stage, and ship all orders and transfers timely in accordance with SOP’s and meeting customer requirements.
Ensures all clerical functions are performed properly, including creating or processing shipping documents and communicating status changes or issues as needed.
Maintain accurate inventory, manage product organization, conduct daily cycle counts, and alert when issues arise (discrepancies, excessive age, improper product rotation, poor quality, etc.).
Constantly monitor productivity and efficiency of each defined KPI and communicate issues as well as offering improvements as needed. Provides feedback and corrective action in financial meetings.
Ensure operations are performed within all regulatory guidelines for personnel safety, food safety, organic program regulations, and customer required compliance.
Ensure all maintenance and sanitation needs are performed timely.
Supports team members to maintain good morale.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Must be passionate about produce; four to five years’ experience preferred.
General understanding of Food Safety programs such as good practices related to GAP’s, GMP’s, HACCP, etc., preferred.
Demonstrated strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Team player who possesses a sense of priority and works well alongside other departments.
Well organized with an excellent attention to detail.
Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus.
Knowledge or capacity to learn the Famous software to perform all activities related to product management.
Physical Demands
Must be willing to work in a refrigerated warehouse environment (34 °F – 40 °F).
Required to stand for long periods of time.
Must be able to lift 20 lbs – 30 lbs as needed.
May engage in frequent bending, pulling, pushing, squatting to complete assigned tasks.
About Always Fresh Farms
Always Fresh Farms is a grower, packer, shipper, and marketer of fresh produce who provide a year round supply of high quality produce from across the world in the "Always Fresh Farms" label.
