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Salary(Warehouse I / 1st Shift)
Are you looking to catapult your career by driving high-impact transformation with household brands? Do you crave an entrepreneurial, fast paced and engaging growth assignment working with incredible people from across the globe?
At Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, we are excited to start a new chapter of accelerated growth as part of Froneri – a global pure-play ice cream leader. Come help us transform DGIC into the #1 ice cream brand! With nearly 100 years of winning experience in the U.S, a robust portfolio of powerhouse brands that consumers know and love such as Häagen-Dazs, Drumstick, Dreyer’s & Edy’s, and the backing and coaching of European-based ice cream experts, we know we have the winning recipe.
Our teams across our offices and factories are raising the bar on all things ice cream. We are investing in significant capital expansions to grow our Operations and Supply chain, and are transforming how we work at every level to become agile, accelerate growth and elevate our quality. With a renewed focus on frozen treats, our tight-knit team of ambitious innovators are fully immersed in the business and encouraged to flex and make decisions quickly. We are committed to pursuing every great idea and delivering the best ice cream experience for our consumers, when and where they want it.
Unleash your potential at Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream and discover what a sweet career we have in store for you.
Job Description
Role and Activity
- Ensure shipping area is clean, always organized and operating under factory standards.
- Complete assigned Master Sanitation Schedule.
- Must perform work safely by leading by example, never walking past an unsafe condition and hold others accountable to working safe to ensure we achieve our goal of ZERO Incidents.
- Is expected to learn Dock Scheduler role for backup plan.
- Must become certified on a forklift in first 30 days.
- Ensure pallets are available for auto palletizing system. Sort pallets to ensure adequately good quality pallets are placed into palletizing system.
- Assist with hand palletizing on occasions when the auto palletizing system is down.
- Check condition of trailers/containers and record temperatures.
- Inspect each pallet of product for damage, missing product, ice/snow, proper wrap and pallet condition.
- Visually check each pallet for item code, pallet number, and case quantity.
- Determine based on product on order the best pattern to load the truck within CA state regulations.
- Complete shipment confirmation and generate bill of lading packet.
- Ensure effective hand over with the next shift, all watch outs and issues reported.
- Ensure health and safety requirements are fully met and a positive safety culture is maintained throughout the department.
- Ensure you walk the talk always using the safety, quality and productivity mindset, attend to the issues as and when they happen
- Promote the Froneri culture of employees being owners rather than just employees
- Following the principle of “will I do this to my home?”
Measurable Outcomes
- Ensure orders are completed according to the schedule to guarantee the product arrives at the right time in the right condition.
- Effective interaction with the team (palletizing, shipping, operation, maintenance, etc.)
- Quality and improvement initiatives being implemented
- Reduction in accidents and incidents on a YOY basis
- Ensuring area is kept clean and well organized.
- Master Sanitation Schedule completion.
- Always be part of solution to address shipping operation issues.
Levels of responsibility
- Reduce production downtime due to shipping issues
- Safety and quality adherence
- Your tools and equipment
- Excellent communication with other team members and management
- Impeccable hygiene standards always
Behaviors
- Performance – Open to change and will always look for better, simpler and more effective ways of operating.
- Zero compromise on Quality and excellence. – Hygiene, Process, Labor resource and Waste.
- Continually striving to increase knowledge of the processes and products - Understand all tasks, processes and activities as an expert in your area.
- Teamwork – Commitment and enthusiasm to working together to achieve better outcomes
- Accountability – Personal commitment, full participant who uses personal impact to build the business.
- Accuracy - Attention to details.
- Urgency - Always ready to respond.
Skills and Experience
- IMREX and SAP experience is preferred
- Forklift driving experience/certification is preferred
- Microsoft Office skills required (Excel, Word, Outlook, Power Point)
- Ability to work autonomously/self-starter
- Ability to consistently achieve desired results, manage multiple tasks, set priorities, act decisively and set personal high standards
QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Possess verbal and written communication skills. Ability to read, write, and follow instructions and correspondences. Ability to learn technical terminology.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret graphs.
- Demonstrate strong mechanical aptitude. Ability to troubleshoot equipment failure.
- Ability to work well with others.
- Basic computer skills.
- Ability to make independent decisions.
- Ability to plan and prioritize work.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, climb stairs, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to stand; use hands to finger; handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; taste or smell; and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee is required to work in an environment that may include exposure to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, electricity, and vibrations. PPE and training are provided to eliminate/reduce the risk of harm. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
The pay scale for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The pay scale disclosed below has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The pay scale for employees currently in this role is $24.48 per hour. A good faith estimate of the range the company will pay for successful applicants for the current opening is $24.48 per hour.
