Shipping Lead

Now hiring! Come work at a place to build your future and be an integral part of a fast-paced, safety-oriented, and growing industry! We are an ESSENTIAL employer that is ACTIVELY HIRING at our Rosemount, MN facility!

ProAmpac is a leading global flexible packaging company with comprehensive product offerings. Providing creative packaging solutions, industry-leading customer service and award-winning innovation to a diverse global marketplace. We are guided in our work by five core values that are the basis for our success: Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, Involvement and Impact. The safety and health of our team is our top priority. ProAmpac has taken great steps to provide all personal protective equipment and sanitizing supplies to create a safe and healthy work environment for you.

ProAmpac is looking for you to join our team!

What ProAmpac has to offer:

• Quarterly bonuses: perfect attendance bonus and gainshare program

• Premium pay built into your shift schedule

• Paid Time Off (PTO) with 2 additional personal days

• 11 paid company holidays

• 401k with company match

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and other supplemental offerings

• Company-provided life insurance

• Disability insurance

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Wellness program – living a healthy lifestyle can get you a discount on your health insurance premiums AND other incentives

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made, upon request, to ensure individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Support an environment of Honesty, Candidness & Transparency, Teamwork (no hidden agendas), Accountability: Do What You Say and Goal Driven: Fact-Based Decisions

• Comply with all Safety, Operational and Employment policies and practices

• Follow quality requirements to meet or exceed specifications
• Direct, train, develop and coach all assigned employees to ensure their increasing job skills and complete understanding of their assigned duties
• Coordinate incoming/outgoing shipping activities to ensure accuracy, completeness and condition of shipments
• Oversee and ensure required paperwork accompanies all incoming/outgoing shipments.
• Work with managers outside the warehouse to ensure coordination of other functions such as production, inventory management and quality assurance

• Develops standard operating procedures and performance standards
• Manages inventory quality and accuracy
• Coordinate physical inventory process and cycle counts
• Develop stock location and order picking strategies to optimize workflow, space utilization, and labor productivity
• Responsible for the physical custody and overall safeguarding of the inventory.
• Ensures accurate data entry of all computer-generated paperwork according to department FBS Manual
• Responsible for ensuring that all shipping/receiving processes having a direct effect on the quality of the product are evaluated through the Master Specification & Quality Plan to make certain that production controls exist to support the manufacture of the product to meet customer requirements prior to its initial manufacture
• Conducts required forklift certification for all operators.
• Match incoming freight with the proper purchase orders, generate pallet tags, and generate/distribute daily shipping logs in accordance with Quality System requirements. Includes preparation of purchasing & receiving forms.
• Schedule trucks for outgoing freight. Includes preparation of bill of lading.
• Coordinate special shipments with the Customer Service Department.
• Ensure subordinates are trained and competent to comply with product quality and food safety requirements
• Day-to-day compliance with quality, food safety and prerequisite programs
• Manage hazardous waste
• Ensure subordinates are trained and competent to comply with product quality and food safety requirements
• Day-to-day compliance with quality, food safety and prerequisite programs
• Manage hazardous waste
• Perform other duties assigned

• Experience working in a continuous improvement environment is required
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop individuals and teams

• Trouble shooting/problem solving skills

• Minimum 3 years’ warehouse management experience including inventory control procedures and inventory/ accounting relationships
• Superior leadership, management, motivation and teamwork skills
• Strong written, interpersonal and verbal communication skills
• Strong organization and time management skills and able to work under pressure
• Working knowledge of carrier operations, shipment routing and distribution methods