Operations Supervisor

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Position Summary: Supervise operational staff activities across various plant areas, ensuring adherence to scheduling, safety, and organizational objectives. Key Highlights: 1. Comprehensive supervision of operations in industrial plants 2. Management of personnel and production, warehouse, and bulk handling processes 3. Focus on innovation, growth, and operational optimization Supervise operational staff activities across all operational areas of Univar Plants. WHAT YOU WILL DO: *** Responsibilities may vary depending on the assigned plant or branch. Supervise assigned operational personnel within the area. Supervise all activities required to ensure scheduling for mixing, packaging, unloading, loading, inventory management, recycling, and other tasks. Meet commercial requirements. Supervise proper functioning/usage of equipment, machinery, and facilities within the operations area. Report any unsafe acts or conditions occurring or arising at the Plant. Work in alignment with the organization’s strategic priorities: Innovate, Grow, Optimize. Achieve departmental KPIs and objectives. Manage operational staff payroll. Comply with the Integrated Management System. Monthly inventory. Control of Floor HT (solvent materials). Act safely during all activities performed both inside and outside any Univar facility, adhering to the organization’s safety policy. Comply with requirements established in organizational documents and conform to internal requirements of the site-specific applicable management system. WAREHOUSE OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR CATEGORY Physical and system inventory administration. Train operational personnel: forklift operators and general assistants. Cycle counts. Validate and dispatch local and foreign routes. Generate and execute inter-branch transfer programs. Manage customer and branch returns. PRODUCTION OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR CATEGORY Plan production schedules based on local and branch demand. Control and input filling orders into both system and physical records. Timely address commercial area requirements. Schedule mixing in containers and drums. Validate daily production with Customer Service. Request assemblies and transfers to various warehouses for inventory purposes. Train operational personnel: Assistants A & B, Packers A & B. Calibrate production scale. BULK OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR CATEGORY Manage storage tanks for bulk materials. Train operational personnel: unloaders A & B. Schedule tanker trucks (15 tons) for bulk material deliveries to local, foreign, and branch customers. Maintain bulk inventory level at 75% (at plant). Perform cycle counts of bulk materials. Report indicators for tanker scheduling, bulk inventory, tanker deliveries, and bulk material inventory. Control of Floor HT (solvent materials). Calibrate 60-ton scale. Physical and system inventory administration. WHAT YOU WILL NEED: Chemical Engineering or related degree. Degree required. Experience: Production processes (2 years), Area Supervisor (2 years) Knowledge in: Personnel management SAP Microsoft Office Suite Hazardous materials handling Inventory control Warehouse management Production and planning control. -Requirements- Minimum education: Upper secondary education – General High School Diploma 2 years of experience Languages: Spanish Age: 21 years or older Knowledge: ERP SAP, Personnel Management, Inventory, Operations Supervision Keywords: resident, supervisor, assistant manager, sub-manager, responsible person, coordinator, manager, captain, operations, operational