Logistics Lead

Posted 14 Days Ago
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Mission, TX
In-Office
Junior
Consumer Web • Food
The Role
Supervises and coordinates activities related to shipping and receiving. Ensures safety and efficiency in logistics operations, oversees staff, and manages inventory movement.
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Company Description

Wonderful Citrus is North America’s leading integrated grower, shipper and packer of fresh citrus, including clementines/mandarins, navel and Valencia oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruits, and other citrus varieties. Wonderful Citrus farms more than 74,000 acres of fresh citrus and has supplier relationships around the world 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 the globe under our flagship consumer brands, Wonderful Halos Mandarins, Wonderful Seedless Lemons, and Wonderful Sweet Scarletts Texas Red Grapefruit.

Job Description

Overview:

Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in verifying and keeping records on incoming and outgoing shipments and preparing items for shipment.

Here's what you'll do:

  • Coordinates loaders to cover expected pick-up appointments

  • Ensure forklift activities are completed in a safe manner

  • Studies shipping notices, bills of lading, invoices, orders, and other records to determine shipping priorities, work assignments, and shipping methods required to meet shipping and receiving schedules

  • Oversee incoming and outgoing shipping activities to ensure accuracy, completeness, and condition of shipments

  • Determines space requirements and position of shipment in trucks and determines lay out patterns of shipments

  • Determines routing and legal load limits of trucks. Inspects loading operations to ensure compliance with shipping specifications

  • Inspects material handling equipment for defects and notifies maintenance

  • Directs movement of shipments from shipping and receiving platform to storage and work areas

  • Prepares bills of lading. Issues written and oral instruction to subordinates

  • Maintains productive work environment by encouraging team members, providing constructive feedback and setting attainable expectations

  • Oversee preparation of production plan. This report is generated several times a day

  • Give logistic leadership vision of upcoming pack needs for major retailers

  • Coordinate with shipping the rotation of inventory

  • Work with Customer Service if they have questions regarding product availability

  • Has an understanding of quality trigger dates and quality standards to ensure inbound/outbound inspections are completed

Qualifications

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

  • High school graduate or equivalent

  • 1-3 years experience in shipping, receiving or warehouse

  • Experience in supervising others

Additional Information

Wonderful's dedication to you:

  • Competitive benefits package including Medical, Vision, Dental, 401k
  • Continued training and generous Education Reimbursement Program
  • Paid sick, vacation and holiday time
  • Wonderful Giving (www.wonderfulgiving.com) -- allowing you to donate company money to a cause of your choice

Why Choose Wonderful?

Wonderful Citrus is part of The Wonderful Company, a privately held $6 billion global company dedicated to harvesting health and happiness around the world. Its iconic brands include FIJI Water, POM Wonderful, Wonderful Pistachios, Wonderful Halos, Wonderful Seedless Lemons, Teleflora, and JUSTIN and Lewis Cellars wines. The Wonderful Company’s connection to consumers has health at its heart and giving back in its DNA. 

To learn more about The Wonderful Company, its products, and its core values, please visit wonderful.com, or follow The Wonderful Company on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. To learn more about the company’s corporate social responsibility impact, visit csr.wonderful.com. 

Wonderful Citrus and The Wonderful Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and with opportunities for advancement. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories.

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The Company
HQ: Los Angeles, CA
4,406 Employees

What We Do

Headquartered in Los Angeles, The Wonderful Company is a privately held $5 billion company dedicated to harvesting health around the world through its iconic consumer brands. The company’s 10,000 employees worldwide are committed to bringing consumers everywhere the freshest, most wholesome pistachios, citrus and pomegranates; bottling the finest water and wines; and creating colorful bouquets that are sure to touch the heart. This commitment is reflected in the company’s market share: Wonderful Pistachios® is America’s No. 1 tree nut and America’s fastest-growing snack; Wonderful® Halos® is the No. 1 mandarin orange in America; POM Wonderful® is the No. 1 100% pomegranate brand in America; FIJI® Water is America’s No. 1 premium imported bottled water brand; JUSTIN® Wine has the No. 1 Cabernet Sauvignon in California; and Teleflora® is the world’s leading floral delivery service.

The Wonderful Company’s connection to consumers has health at its heart and giving back at its core. The company has a long-standing commitment to corporate social responsibility, including more than $1 billion invested in environmental sustainability; $65 million in charitable giving, education initiatives, and innovative health and wellness programs each year; and $143 million toward the construction of two charter school campuses in California’s Central Valley.

To learn more about The Wonderful Company, its products and its core values, visit www.wonderful.com, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To view the current Corporate Social Responsibility report, visit www.wonderful.com/csr.

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