What are the responsibilities and job description for the Wave Planner position at Americold Logistics, LLC?
About Us
Americold is a global provider of temperature-controlled infrastructure. We partner with farmers and food producers to ensure their perishable and frozen product reaches foods suppliers, restaurants, and your local grocery store without spoilage. Our customers, which include some of the most respected brands in the food industry, rely on our expertise and commitment to safety in order to deliver on their commitments.
What You'll Do
• Responsible for allocating orders.• Releasing work to warehouse floor.• Balancing workflow with forklift drivers.• Ensuring inbound and outbound truck turn times are within acceptable levels.• Release work to the work queue in a manner that ensures maximum levels of interleaving, productivity, and carrier turn times.
What Experience You Need
• Warehouse experience preferred. • High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred,• Strong communication skills preferred.
What Could Set You Apart
• Ability to communicate effectively with variety of individuals• Knowledge of Warehouse Management Systems.
What We Offer
Our associates know the answer to the question What's in it for me? We offer best-in-class benefit programs and continuously work with our associates to ensure that our offerings meet the needs of their health and financial well-being. When you join Americold you join a values-oriented company with a clear mission. We help our customers feed the world.
Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
EOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW.
Compensation Minimum
Compensation Maximum
Responsibilities:
Primary Responsibility:Responsible for allocating orders, releasing work to warehouse floor, balancing workflow, and ensuring inbound and outbound truck turn times are within acceptable levels.Essential Functions:• Resolve order product shortages • Manage order cuts and communicate to customers • Release work to the work queue in a manner that ensures maximum levels of interleaving, productivity, and carrier turn times • Prioritize individual Lift Truck Operator (LTO) tasks along with Dock Supervisors • Ensure dock office is utilizing inbound and outbound dock optimization functionality for each receipt and order • Run labor reports and review with Dock Supervisors and Office Manager • Review/update base priorities weekly to reduce manual priority changes in the work queue • Review/update LTO home work zone assignments along with Operations Manager • Review/Update product code velocity zone assignments along with Operations Manager • Review/update optimal static and dynamic pick locations along with Operations Manager • Actively participate in continuous improvement projects and safety programs • Continually evaluate effectiveness of systems and recommend changes where appropriate • Troubleshoot and correct systems problems • Train all levels of users on relevant systems • May resolve product order shortages.• May manage order cuts and communicate to customers.• Follow attendance policy, show up for work on time and ready to work assigned shift.• Other duties as requested