Warehouse Shipper/receiver Team Lead

**About You**

**Do you have 5 or more years experience driving a stand up forklift (Dock Stocker) in the perishable food refrigerated warehouse industry?**

**Do you thrive in a fast paced, dynamic work environment?**

**Do you have a track record of safe driving, and adherence to health & safety and food safety processes?**

**Are you interested in training, coaching and developing others?**

Then read on to learn about our Warehouse Shipper/Receiver Team Lead opportunity in Etobicoke. This role will appeal to people who have a strong work ethic, previous forklift driving experience, good interpersonal skills with the patience to coach and develop others and pride in doing a good job.

**Pay**

**We offer $25.00 per hour to start. Plus Company paid benefits after 3 months.**

**Shift**

**Monday to Friday, 11:00 am to 7:30 pm with overtime as needed. (Potential future shift, 2 pm to 10:30 pm with $1.00 per hour shift differential.)**

**About Us**

The Lamb Company is a farmer owned cooperative that has been in business for over 50 years. We are a leading North American supplier of premium imported beef and lamb brands and specialty meats to the top retail and food service customers. We pride ourselves on the highest safety and quality standards and offer products that are traceable from Pasture to Plate.TM

**Summary**

The Warehouse Shipper / Receiver Team Lead is responsible for ensuring the accurate and seamless reception and processing of incoming and outgoing shipments, including picking, packing, wrapping and moving raw materials and finished products to and from the designated locations in the warehouse. The Warehouse Shipper / Receiver must load and unload shipments regularly, with the capability of repetitive heavy lifting, and use any necessary equipment, e.g. electric pallet jack, forklift, etc. Other responsibilities will include the inspection of incoming and outgoing shipments to verify contents and quality to ensure that inventory transactions are completed and documented. The Warehouse Shipper / Receiver Team Lead must understand the impact of this position on other business functions that depend on the accuracy and efficiency of incoming and outgoing items. Inventory management and vendor relations with shipping companies are essential. Additionally, the Warehouse Shipper / Receiver Team Lead is responsible for training and certifying other forklift drivers on the safe operation of the forklifts. Assists the Warehouse Manager with training new Shipper / Receivers on the procedures, processes, documentation required to perform the role of Shipper / Receiver.

**Core Competencies**:

- Customer Focus
- Communication
- Energy & Stress
- Team Work
- Quality Orientation
- Problem Solving
- Accountability and Dependability
- Operating Equipment

**Core Values**:

- ENGAGEMENT - Displays enthusiasm for job duties and participates in the attainment and advancement of organizational goals and interests.
- INNOVATION - Displays the ability to think outside the box in order to develop creative and new solutions or products that meets current and future needs.
- PROFESSIONALISM - Displays the behaviors and competencies that are expected of the position and the organization.
- RESPECT - Displays an appreciation of different opinions, roles, experiences and backgrounds, follows the chain of command.

**Job Duties**:

- Prepare shipping and receiving dock to accept incoming / outgoing product
- Pick orders and prepare for shipping, including: stacking, wrapping, and crating products
- Match product with purchase orders / shipping orders
- Verify received product expiration codes
- Inspect product to ensure saleable condition with acceptable code dating
- Operate a Forklift or Electric Pallet Jack in a safe manner to move product
- Maintain a safe work environment and model behavior that supports the Health & Safety Policy
- Maintain regular contact with the Procurement department, local Sales personnel, CFIA inspector, Director Transportation & Logistics, and other Toronto plant personnel
- Keep corporate management completely informed on key operational and warehouse conditions and trends
- Ensure prompt and decisive handling of service and product complaints as they arise
- May lift cases of product according to documented procedures
- Process all required paperwork and maintain adequate records for reporting and tracking
- Adhere to daily shipment schedule
- Oversee the safe, secure and accurate loading and unloading of deliveries and shipments
- Sort and distribute incoming shipments to designated warehouse locations
- Perform quality audits of the condition of shipped goods for both incoming and outgoing items prior to signing off
- Report discrepancies to immediate supervisor
- Follow current standards and procedures, recommend process improvements
- Ensure that shipments contain proper documentation and if multiple items per shipment, ensure item lists are complete
- Problem solve for any cases