Owned by 260+ family farms, Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc. is a food and beverage company that has offered innovative, award-winning, high-quality dairy products since 1965. Our progressive cooperative’s success is based on a commitment to quality in everything we do that extends to every stage of operations, from our farms to the consumer. Our product offerings include milk, flavored milk, yogurt, dip, sour cream, cottage cheese, Italian cheese, and ice cream mix marketed under the Upstate Farms®, Bison®, Milk for Life®, and Intense Milk®brands.

Job Summary:

Responsible for supervising and overseeing all related work in the Cooler Warehouse on assigned shift.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead and direct the work activities of shift employees, ensuring performance and safety standards are consistently met.
• Tour cooler floor on assigned shift to identify products for location, rotation, quality, code, and quantity. Manage the floor and maintain knowledge of any product that is not in stock.
• Receive information from off-going Warehouse Supervisor and provide information to oncoming supervisor. Communicate daily with Plant Management team the status of the cooler balances and efficiencies.
• Coordinate with Driver Supervisors and Plant Supervisors to achieve most efficient load out per timeline.
• Foster an “open door” policy for all employees to maintain open path of communication between direct reports and management staff.
• Must follow all SOP procedures and complete required documentation/checklists. Participate in continuous improvement efforts to improve products, services, or processes.
• Responsible for maintaining production schedule, meeting order expectations and monitoring variances.
• Responsible for following up on the training and development of personnel
• Assist in scheduling and plan for staffing changes as needed.
• Maintain area cleanliness, reports leaking or out of spec product and participate in waste reduction efforts.
• Follow all Safety requirements to include, Housekeeping, Lock Out/Tag Out, PPE and engage in facility safety efforts.
• Ensure compliance with all OSHA, NYSDA, PMO, FDA, and assist in maintaining SQF readiness, and HACCP.
• Perform other duties as assigned by leadership.

Education and Experience:

High School Diploma or equivalent

Supervisory Experience required

Warehouse Experience preferred

Expectations:

• Meets departmental productivity standards in a fast-paced environment.
• Adheres to Company Policy and Procedures.
• Ability to adapt, problem solve and work with limited supervision.
• Ability to maintain consistency within department and set clear expectations.
• Perform all job duties in a safe and compliant manner.
• Operate in varied temperature ranges; work in a cold environment of 32 to 39 degrees.

Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc. is committed to equal employment opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)