What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operations Work Leader 2nd Shift position at Delaware Valley Floral Group?
Company Overview
For over 60 years Delaware Valley Floral Group has been providing professional retail florists with the finest in fresh cut flowers and greens, floral supplies, and botanicals. Delaware Valley Floral Group, Inc. began as a small family business in 1959 and has grown to become one of the largest floral distribution companies in the United States. Our modern, 100,000 square foot Corporate Headquarters, located in Sewell, New Jersey, is supplemented by satellite Logistics, Distribution, and Sales facilities in Edison, NJ, Jessup, MD, Hauppauge, NY, Syracuse, NY, Hartford, CT, Wilkes-Barre, PA, Shrewsbury, MA, Pittsburgh, PA, Cleveland, OH, Richmond, VA and Oxnard, CA.
We offer an excellent and comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, short term disability, long term disability, company paid life insurance, voluntary life insurance and 401(k) Plan.
Delaware Valley Floral Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse work force at all levels of the business thereby creating a culture that allows us to better serve our customers, our employees, and our communities.
Operations Work Leader 2nd Shift
The overall purpose of this position is to provide a high level of leadership and direction within night operations. The Work Leader will work with the 2nd shift Operations Supervisors to ensure timely and accurate processing of loose-pick and botanical orders, provide the proper training, tools and communication for employees to meet or exceed departmental and individual goals, and continually identify opportunities for process improvement.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This is a full-time hourly position. This position operates on a schedule supporting Fresh Flowers and Botanicals working Sunday-Thursday second shift with additional hours/days needed during peak seasons.
Picking
This position operates in a warehouse, greenhouse, and cooler environment (34 degrees). The employee will utilize warehouse equipment such as Pallet Jacks, RF scanners, and box cutters.
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 the job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and read. This position is very active and requires standing for long periods of time, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, and crouching. The employee must frequently lift/and or move items up to 50 pounds. The employee will also wear and use a scanning device on their wrist. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Requirements
For over 60 years Delaware Valley Floral Group has been providing professional retail florists with the finest in fresh cut flowers and greens, floral supplies, and botanicals. Delaware Valley Floral Group, Inc. began as a small family business in 1959 and has grown to become one of the largest floral distribution companies in the United States. Our modern, 100,000 square foot Corporate Headquarters, located in Sewell, New Jersey, is supplemented by satellite Logistics, Distribution, and Sales facilities in Edison, NJ, Jessup, MD, Hauppauge, NY, Syracuse, NY, Hartford, CT, Wilkes-Barre, PA, Shrewsbury, MA, Pittsburgh, PA, Cleveland, OH, Richmond, VA and Oxnard, CA.
We offer an excellent and comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, short term disability, long term disability, company paid life insurance, voluntary life insurance and 401(k) Plan.
Delaware Valley Floral Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse work force at all levels of the business thereby creating a culture that allows us to better serve our customers, our employees, and our communities.
Operations Work Leader 2nd Shift
The overall purpose of this position is to provide a high level of leadership and direction within night operations. The Work Leader will work with the 2nd shift Operations Supervisors to ensure timely and accurate processing of loose-pick and botanical orders, provide the proper training, tools and communication for employees to meet or exceed departmental and individual goals, and continually identify opportunities for process improvement.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This is a full-time hourly position. This position operates on a schedule supporting Fresh Flowers and Botanicals working Sunday-Thursday second shift with additional hours/days needed during peak seasons.
Picking
- Work with pickers to minimize/eliminate picking errors and improve order accuracy.
- Ensure proper procedures for product rotation are being followed consistently.
- Monitor open pick tickets to ensure on-time departures.
- Monitor and manage daily Fresh Flower and Botanical volume, and adjust staff accordingly.
- Work with Central Desk to ensure order fulfillment.
- Monitor and manage daily Fresh Flower and Botanical packing volume, and adjust staff accordingly.
- Work with S&CR to ensure order fulfillment.
- Ensure proper procedures are followed in dry packing, procona (buckets) and botanical packing to eliminate damaged/returned product.
- Monitor and manage daily Fresh Flower replenishment, the unboxing of Botanical product and adjust staff accordingly.
- Perform cooler, botanical and greenhouse sweeps with the goal of identifying any misplaced or unidentified products.
- Monitor and manage daily Checking and adjust staff accordingly.
- Ensure product receives final checks/approvals before packed, eliminating any damaged/returned product.
This position operates in a warehouse, greenhouse, and cooler environment (34 degrees). The employee will utilize warehouse equipment such as Pallet Jacks, RF scanners, and box cutters.
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 the job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and read. This position is very active and requires standing for long periods of time, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, and crouching. The employee must frequently lift/and or move items up to 50 pounds. The employee will also wear and use a scanning device on their wrist. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years warehouse experience
- Strong leadership, team building and motivational skills.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Products (Excel, Word, Outlook) and Apprise
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, as well as the ability to communicate effectively to large groups of people
- Strong team building, motivational, and planning skills
- Ability to multi-task and manage deadlines
- Ability to successfully manage within deadlines, prioritize and set goals to achieve department and company objectives
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills, and the ability to multi-task
- Demonstrated ability to drive, participate in, and adapt to change in a positive manner
- Working with or handling fresh flowers (or other perishables)
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