Shipping Working Foreman
About this role
. The individual will work in a fast-paced work environment preparing items for shipment by performing the following duties:
- Oversees general shipping activities
- Leads shipping staff
- Maintains shipping department
- Responsible for loading & unloading truck
- Physically moves bread/bun stacks to shipping dock using a two-wheel cart to stage product.
- Repetitive use of upper extremities to break down stacks of product to be sent to depot locations.
- Physically shuttle bread trays and materials to the staging area.
- Unloads semi-trailers and routes incoming shipments, rejects damaged items, records shortages, and corresponds with shipper to rectify damages and shortages.
- Loads cased bread/bun products onto pallets.
- Operates electric pallet jack to move or hoist materials from packaging to shipping dock.
- Operates stretch wrap bander to palletize bread/bun products for shipment.
- Performs all computer functions necessary to track various aspects of goods.
- Efficiently works within a busy dispatch department.
- Creates shipping labels and handles shipping information.
- Works well with the shipping team to complete orders in a timely manner.
Company at a glance
Alpha Baking Company, Inc. was established in 1979 with the acquisition of the Mary Ann Baking Company in Chicago. Founded in 1935, Mary Ann is best known for the ever-popular Chicago style poppy seed hot dog bun. In 1981, Alpha Baking purchased S. Rosen’s Baking Company, a Chicago staple and baker of Jewish hearth rye breads and variety rolls since 1909. Through the years, Alpha Baking has continued to grow with the acquisition of Kreamo Bakers in South Bend, Indiana in 1979, National Baking Company in Chicago, Illinois in 1997, and Natural Ovens Bakery in Manitowoc, Wisconsin in 2007.
For decades, food industry leaders have called on Alpha Baking Company, Inc. to craft solutions to complex and unique baking projects. Our modern, high-production facilities link old-world knowledge and baking experience with today’s technology. If you have a special need, we can bring you a level of experience, responsiveness, and technical expertise that is unmatched in the baking industry. Let us customize your foodservice operation with our extensive par-baked and frozen programs.
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