Assistant Supervisor, Warehouse - London, Canada - Maple Leaf Foods

Maple Leaf Foods

Verified Company

London, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

A Sustainable, Forward Thinking Protein Company

Maple Leaf Foods is a leading meat and plant-based protein company, employing over 11,500 people and publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

We are proud of our roots, which trace back well over 100 years, but our vision and purpose are decidedly forward looking.

As we pursue our vision to become the most sustainable protein company on earth, we are committed to creating shared value - creative business value through addressing some of the world's most critical social and environmental challenges.

Our goal is to build a more sustainable food system, which provides nutritious affordable food, operates within planetary limits, cares for animals responsibly, and meaningfully engages with our communities to advance a more just society.

We are advancing bold changes within Maple Leaf and more broadly within society to pursue our vision. We deeply believe this is the sustainable path to growth.

Our job is to make great food

Maple Leaf Foods embraces a strong values-based culture, where our people are deeply engaged in work that is purposeful, fast-paced and challenging.
We cultivate an open, non-bureaucratic and inclusive workplace that fosters safety and transparency, along with individual leadership and accountability.

Each Maple Leaf team member has a voice and plays an active role in helping all of us achieve our goals with passion and discipline.

We support one another to grow professionally, to learn new skills and to take on challenging experiences in the spirit of continuous improvement.

Raise the Good in Food

We have united behind a shared purpose - to Raise the Good in Food.

This spans a dramatic transformation of our flagship Maple Leaf brand, replacing anything artificial with simple, natural ingredients; investments and process changes to reduce our environmental footprint by 50% by 2025; building a diverse and inclusive culture where all talent thrives; becoming a leader in animal care; and advancing food security through our charitable foundation, the Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security.

Our Leadership Values

Eight core values guide us in everything that we do.

Do What's Right
Shared Value
High Performance
Diverse and Inclusive Teams
Disciplined Decision Making
Our Accountability
Intense Curiosity
Transparency and Humility

The Opportunity:

Maple Leaf Foods is embarking on one of the most exciting journeys in its history through the build and startup of a world-class, leading edge manufacturing facility producing premium, value added fresh poultry products.

The new 640,000 square foot facility calls London, ON home and employs over 1,600 employees.

We are looking for equally enthusiastic people who want to join our team as we start to climb our own version of Everest.

As with every great feat, the realities of this opportunity may come with some challenges and we are looking for people who have the commitment to working through these together.

We believe that participation in this start-up requires great
passion for our objectives, the
flexibility to adapt to the needs of the environment, and a **resilient
spirit** rooted in the desire to achieve winning results as a team.

Together we believe we will do great things for our people, our consumers, and our communities.

If you think that this opportunity might be for you, we encourage you to read more details about this exciting role below.

A snapshot of some of the exciting things you will lead and do: Reporting to the Warehouse Supervisor, the Assistant Warehouse Supervisor leads the hourly team members within the finished goods warehouse to ensure workloads are completed accurately and in a timely manner to ensure on time departure of all shipments.

You are responsible for driving efficiency, on time departures, employee safety and quality standards. You thrive in an environment that is fast paced and have a keen sense for continuous improvement. This position requires a high-level of communication and collaboration with other departments.

As the Warehouse Assistant Supervisor, you will:

Support the coordination of finished goods activities within the London site including shipping, receiving, warehousing, order picking, cycle counts and shunting.
Executing SAP EWM transactions relating to receiving, picking, shipping, order fill, and warehouse tasks as required.
Working with the Order Processing team, assign and monitor work within the department following receiving and shipping schedules. Assure coordinated workflow and elimination of ordinary difficulties.
Support Order Processing activities with the creation of pick sheets and picking labels for the warehouse.
Support the completion of outbound shipments, generating outbound documentation and communication with carriers.
Support cycle count processes for maintaining accurate inventory within the finished goods warehouse and the proper rotation of dates based on customer a