Lead - Receiving

Company Description

Wonderful Citrus is America's largest integrated grower, shipper and packer of fresh citrus, including clementine/mandarin, navel and Valencia oranges; lemons; limes; grapefruits; and other citrus varieties. Wonderful Citrus owns, cultivates and harvests more than 58,000 acres of fresh citrus and ships around the world each year to ensure a year-round supply. Our citrus can be found in all channels of distribution, with our consumer brands most visible in the produce department of grocery stores across America under the flagship consumer brands of Wonderful Halos mandarins and Wonderful Sweet Scarletts Texas Red grapefruit.

Job Description

Overview:

Directs and controls the work process. Informs employees of receiving schedules and goals. Trains new employees. Interprets company policies and procedures to employees, works with employees to resolve job problems. Organizes work site, delegates assignments, responsible for scheduling employees and notifying them of their start and quit time, and evaluates work. Makes corrections and follows up to see that instructions have been carried out. Recommends disciplinary action or termination.  Responsibilities will include signing in and out of truck drivers and completing appropriate paperwork. Keeps supervisor informed of schedules and job progress. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in their work process. Listen to and work with employee grievances. Enforces and instructs on safety rules and regulations.

Here's what you'll do:

• Maintain production and quality standards
• Maintains area in a clean, safe and efficient manner at all times
• Maintains and enforces all safety standards and regulations
• Carries out company personnel policies and procedures in a fair and uniform manner
• Keeps Supervisor informed of all activities
• Adheres by company policies and procedures
• Puts safety first
• Follows company GMPs
• Makes an effort to set a good example of others
• Respects others
• Does not have a close personal relationship with workers on the same team
• Able to work as a team
• Learns each packing requirement
• Becomes familiar with customer specifications
• Maintains production and quality standards
• Maintains safe and organized working area
• Able to lift up to 50 lb
• Communicates ideas to supervisors to improve processes
• Takes responsibilities for team’s mistakes
• Encourages team to be better
• Identifies waste and takes action to correct
• Types manifest, export papers and bills of laden in an accurate and timely manner
• Schedules appointments with truck drivers to drop off orders
• May perform other tasks as assigned by supervisor

Qualifications

Here's what you'll bring to the table:

• Ability to read and write English well enough to effectively execute duties
• Ability to do general mathematical functions using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to file and recall material in a standard filing system
• Must have basic computer literacy
• Must be able to work in close office environment with several other staff. Answer the telephone in a professional manner
• Bi-lingual, English/Spanish desirable
• Willing to work long hours if needed
• Shipping, receiving, warehousing experience preferable
• Customer service oriented

Additional Information

Here's what we'll bring to the table:

• Wonderful Giving - a one-of-kind program that donates company money to charities close to our employees' hearts
• Employee college tuition reimbursement
• Employee referral program
• Full benefits package - Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) retirement plan, company matching and annual catch-up, Employee Assistance Program, company-paid life insurance (spouse and dependents to age 26), life insurance, AD&D insurance, flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Wonderful Citrus is part of The Wonderful Company, a successful, fast-growing privately held $6 billion company with 9,000 employees worldwide. We've made Wonderful Pistachios one of America's top-selling salty snacks. We've turned pomegranates and POM Wonderful into a worldwide phenomenon. Wonderful Halos is the No. 1 mandarin orange in America. FIJI Water is the No. 1 premium bottled water in America. JUSTIN Wine produces California's top-selling, high-end Cabernet Sauvignon. And Teleflora is the world's largest flower delivery service.

The Wonderful Company has a long-standing commitment to corporate social responsibility, including more than $120 million invested in environmental technologies and sustainability research, $45 million in charitable giving and education initiatives every year, $30 million toward the construction of a new charter school campus in California's Central Valley, and innovative health and wellness programs, including two new, free primary care clinics for employees and their dependents.

The Wonderful Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer that provides opportunities for advancement. We are committed to creating a diverse workforce that embodies a deep culture of acceptance, equity, and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories outlined by federal, state, or local laws. 

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