Assistant Manager Warehouse - Night Shift/Second Shift

Title: Assistant Manager Warehouse - Night Shift/Second Shift
Location: American Falls, ID
About Lamb Weston
We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950's, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 9,000+ team members around the world, it's our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.
We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.
We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you'd expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!
Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.
Job Description Summary
Manages the coordination & movement of materials throughout the plant and warehouse, outside storage & yard. Continually seeks out opportunities for improvement in material storage & flow, process & reporting, systems improvements. Leads a high performance work team of schedulers, team leaders & operators in all aspects of interplant logistics and warehouse operations. Effectively manages the operating life of key material handling assets and building infrastructure to enable lowest delivered cost. 5 years related experience. Scope: Large, complex facility or multi-site responsibility.
Job Description
Position Summary
Manages the coordination & movement of materials throughout the plant and warehouse, outside storage & yards; Continually seeks out opportunities for improvement in material storage & flow, process & reporting, systems improvements, Leads high performance Material Handlers and Warehouse Loaders in all aspects of interplant logistics and warehouse operations; Effectively manages the operating life of key material handling assets and building infrastructure to enable correct products to be in the correct location in correct amounts in the most cost effective manner. Adheres to all Food Safety and Quality Standards specifically SQF systems.
Position Responsibilities

• Monitor safety within the department to ensure a safe and efficient operation
• Oversee training program for forklift operators
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory agencies and local plant policies
• Drive plant and department OIR targets and safety goals
• Responsible for compliance of HACCP & all quality programs
• Monitor work methods to manage overall product to meet quality objectives
• Manage, direct and control warehouse activities over all inventory levels on all shifts. Coordinate with ConAgra Fleet to ensure effective movement of product
• Fully support SAP systems, all training, and adherence to achieve plant objectives
• Direct Leadership in ConAgra Performance Systems, implementation and execution
• Directly coordinate shipping and receiving with plant locations & IMC's
• Manage outside warehouse by reviewing cost of storage and palletizing
• Assist in developing cost savings by participation in special projects and continuously improving warehouse process
• Leads and engages team members to in improve systems, processes and procedures.
• Leads by example and demonstrates corporate and plant values.
• Maintains team's adherence to employee handbook, GMP's and other plant policies and procedures.
• Coaches team in personal accountability, giving and receiving feedback, root cause analysis, problem solving, decision making, trade-off analysis, interpersonal communications and external interactions
• Troubleshoots problems and implements corrective actions through root cause analysis.
• Seeks and provides resources for team and provides necessary training that will assist the team in reaching its goals.
• Conducts frequent Safety coaching and leads implementation of safe work practices.
• Leads team in tracking and understanding Key Performance Indicators, Gap Analysis, and creating action plans to address performance gap's.
• Actively reinforces key CPS concepts everyday through coaching and auditing of team members.
• Provides frequent informal and periodic formal job performance feedback to team.
• Facilitates and reacts to non-routine and crisis situations.
• Responds to and utilizes communication tools (i.e. cell phones, computers).

Basic & Preferred Qualifications
Position Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalent, Bachelors' Degree in a supply chain, logistics or business related field preferred
• Minimum five (5) years successfully leading high performance teams and engaging team members to improve business results including employee hiring and retention, training and development, performance reviews and discipline.
• Plant warehousing experience
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft programs including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Team leadership skills and project management proficiency
• Self-motivated and ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to manage multiple projects/tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to work as a member of and/or lead cross-functional teams.
• Ability to manage and prioritize one's own time consistent with the needs of the business
• Ability to perform formal root cause analysis to identify and resolve downtime/inefficient operational issues.
• Excellent communication skills including oral, written and listening.
• Ability to think ahead and plan over an extended time period and prepare action plans to achieve results

Physical Requirements
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee will be exposed to a noisy environment that varies from hot to cold in temperature. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Industry-Competitive Benefits
Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
  
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
  
• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
  
• Paid Time Off
  
• Financial Wellness - Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
  
• Family-Friendly Employee events
  
• Employee Assistance Program services - mental health and other concierge type services
  

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Job Requisition ID: Req-233790
Time Type: Full time
Anticipated Close Date: 02/26/2024
In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate's work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $65,510.00 - $98,250.00
Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law