Shipping Supervisor

*Company Summary:* Exciting opportunity to join an established company that has spent 50+ years leading and expanding the signage industry.
AGI serves some of the most valuable and recognizable brands with the dedication from their 1,000+ employees nationwide.
With a purpose centered culture, we strive to achieve excellence through helping our customers build better brand experiences.
*Job Summary:* Responsible for the performance of the shipping department and its employees in assigned building.
*Primary Responsibilities:* * Understand job specifics as it relates to customer expectations.
* Organize workload as required to accomplish jobs as effectively and efficiently as possible.
* Ensure employees have resources needed to perform tasks.
* Enforce safety standards & Shipping specific SOP.
* Ability to operate Forklift and safely load/unload trucks and handle materials.
* Coordinate with other area supervisors to ensure job completion in its totality.
* Ability to handle the finished product in a way as to prevent damage.
* Know the master schedule and load FTL Schedule/LTL Schedule accordingly.
* Validate work released can be shipped properly/safely per drawings and bring up shipping issues as needed.
* Provide FTL coordinator (via the FTL Schedule) with detailed dimensions of each load & estimated weight of entire load.
* Coordinate with Plant Manager and Production Supervisors to meet ship dates and PM/Customer timelines.
* Communicate with all department heads affected as well as all managers and schedulers regarding shipment completion.
* Identify shipping material needs in a timely manner.
* Ensure materials are ordered in a timely manner being sensitive to lead times to avoid material shortages/outages.
* Request material and product transfers from other buildings as required.
* Responsible for ensuring quality of work that exceeds AGI standards.
* Ensure area of responsibility is kept orderly and clean.
* Mentor and train all area employees.
* Set priorities and manage people through day-to-day changes.
* Write up employees that are not meeting standards or adhering to policies.
* Conduct annual performance evaluations on subordinates.
*Job Specifications:* * Education: High School Diploma or equivalent required * Experience: 5years of professional experience in shipping operations required; 2 years of experience supervising a team of at least 10 employees * Computer Skills: Outlook, Microsoft Office experience is required; Experience with an ERP system (EPICOR, SAP) is preferred.
*Benefits:* * Health Insurance * Dental Insurance * Vision Insurance * Paid Time Off * 401k + 401k matching * Overtime *Working Conditions:* * Work is performed in a manufacturing/warehouse environment.
Job Type: Full-time Ability to Commute: * Virginia Beach, VA 23453 (Required) Work Location: In person