Warehouse Supervisor

**LOVE FOOD AND HAVE A PASSION FOR CAKE**

We are passionate about making simply the best cakes Our roots go back to 1960s Naples, Italy where our family's passion for the art of baking and enjoying great food inspired us to create the bakery we have today. In 1986, La Rocca Bakery opened its doors in a suburb of Toronto, Canada. Today, the tradition of offering classic, memorable recipes lives on as we continue to innovate with new and exciting flavours. Our cakes are now available in thousands of grocery, food service, and fine food distributors across North America.

**WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR**

The Warehouse Supervisor ensures the continuity of material supply for seamless daily production through maintaining inventory accuracy, managing stock levels and accuracy, movement between facilities & keeping the warehouse in a condition that meets the expectations of the business. The Warehouse Supervisor understands the impact of their position to other business functions that depend on the accuracy and efficiency of their tasks.

This position has full oversight for all shippers and freezer controllers within a unionized environment.

**Inventory Control (40%)**:

- Assist with organizing inventory counts as required
- Manage daily, weekly inventory cycle counts
- Communicate with vendors, suppliers, outside warehouses to ensure on time delivery, accuracy
- Ensure accuracy and process adherence for inbound receipts, outbound shipments, returns, and bin movements within the plant
- Managing inventory with regards to shelf life, FIFO
- Managing HOLD stock, Sell-off stock, Sell-off events

**Shipping, Receiving & Warehouse Oversight (60%)**:

- Supervise and oversee the shippers and freezer controllers in a unionized environment
- Process all required paperwork and maintain adequate records for reporting and tracking
- Create a daily shipment schedule, prepping necessary paperwork
- Manage Production Requisition process from warehouse to production
- Manage daily transportation needs with different carriers/couriers
- Oversee the secure and accurate loading of shipments and unloading of deliveries
- Maintain an organized, safe work area according to policies, procedures and safety regulations
- Arrange daily supplier pickups, inter-facility transfers prevent overstock issues and balance network inventory between multiple outside storage facilities
- Ensure LCK sales orders are invoiced and shipped to LCK
- Liaise between internal departments (planning, production, QC/QA) and communicate effectively regarding the material availability issue, quality issue, shortfall, etc
- Participate and champion the disciplinary process as needed
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Behave Ethically: Understand ethical behavior and business practices and ensure your own behavior is consistent with these standards and align with the values of the Company.
- Build Relationships: Establish and maintain positive working relationships with others both internally and externally to achieve the goals of the organization.
- Communicate Effectively: Speak, listen and write in a clear, thorough and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques.
- Focus on Customer Needs: Anticipate, understand, and respond to the needs of internal and external customers to meet or exceed their expectations.
- Foster Teamwork: Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions that enhance the company’s effectiveness.
- Make Decisions: Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency and risks, and make clear decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the company.
- Organization: Set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals, and track details/data/information/activities.
- Plan: Determine strategies to move the organization forward, set goals, create and implement actions plans, and evaluate the process and results.
- Solve Problems: Assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate possible solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problem.

**MUST HAVE PREVIOUS FOOD MANUFACTURING EXPERIENCE**

**CORE COMPETENCIES**:

- Behave Ethically: Understand ethical behavior and business practices and ensure your own behavior is consistent with these standards and align with the values of the Company.
- Build Relationships: Establish and maintain positive working relationships with others both internally and externally to achieve the goals of the organization.
- Communicate Effectively: Speak, listen and write in a clear, thorough and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques.
- Focus on Customer Needs: Anticipate, understand, and respond to the needs of internal and external customers to meet or exceed their expectations.
- Foster Teamwork: Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions that