Shipping and Receiving

People are at the heart of our success. Our culture encourages collaboration, transparency, and accountability in order to generate value and achieve sustainable results. Being part of the team means committing to an environment where everyone's impact truly matters.

At Agropur, accountability means owning challenges and taking concrete action to achieve results.

An environment that empowers you to take action:

• Starting Rate of Pay: $27.56 hourly

• Competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits package focusing on your physical, financial, and emotional health to include the following perks as well as the standard benefit offerings:

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short and Long-term Disability Insurance

  • 401(k) with up to 7% company contributions

  • 3 Weeks PTO on day 1

  • Paid holidays and 2 floating holidays

  • Paid parental leave

• Advancement Opportunities

• Healthy work/life balance

• 2 pay increases within first year

What you'll be responsible for each day:

The Shipping and Receiving position is responsible for the cheese shipping/receiving area and requires the loading/unloading trucks, inventory, and customer/hauler communication.

• Accurately load finished product following plant policy to ensure product integrity, including bulk loadouts.

• Assist the Management in coordinating the production scheduling with the production staff to meet the needs of customer orders.

• Maintain inventory of supplies including but not limited to pallets, corrugate, salt, culture, secondary starter, and NFDM in order to meet the production schedule.

• Assist the Management to ensure that the product is packaged and labeled correctly.

• Accurately complete all necessary paperwork and submit to the office in a timely fashion.

• Assist with month-end inventories.

• Unload ingredients and supplies following plant policy (pre-unloading checklist, etc.) to ensure correct amounts and their integrity.

• Put ingredients and supplies away following First- In-First-Out (FIFO) where applicable.

• Appropriately and consistently utilize truck/tractor and forklift inspection forms.

• Monitor and maintain trailers and reefers while reporting any concerns to Maintenance.

• Maintain and operate forklifts in a safe manner.

• Assist in coordinating cooler organization and maintaining the cooler in good condition.

• Assist in creating a safe working environment as well as attending safety meetings

• Ensure warehouse is kept clean and organized.

• Complete cleaning in accordance with MSS and plant walkthroughs for the Shipping and Receiving Department or as assigned by management

• Scale in/out trucks as needed.

• Operation of the Automatic Storage and Retrieval System.

• Effectively utilize applications in the shipping and receiving department.

• Understand and adhere to Good Manufacturing Practices.

• Safety Protocol

  • Stop any observed unsafe acts and obey facility safety rules and procedures.

  • Correct or report any observed safety hazards.

  • Support safety policies and programs.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary from time to time.

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.

Experience Required:

• Minimum one (1) year of shipping and receiving experience preferred.
• Warehouse and forklift experience, preferred.

Certification/Licensure Required:

• Forklift certification. (in-house training and certification provided)

Skills Required:

• Demonstrate attention to detail, quality and cleanliness in work.
• Demonstrate excellent organizational skills, establish priorities, ability to multitask, and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to solve problems by adapting knowledge and experience.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively at all levels in a collaborative team environment.
• English comprehension; verbal and written
• Basic math plus fractions, decimals and percentages.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision, adapt to a changing environment quickly, and think independently.
• Ability to follow written, verbal and diagrammatic instructions; complete simple checklists and complete required documentation.
• Basic computer operational skills; able to input and retrieve computerized information.
• Exhibit a professional manner in dealing with others and work to maintain constructive working relationships.

AA/EEO - Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

Where you'll be working:

• Our Little Chute, WI, plant is home to about 95 employees. This facility is a top manufacturer of IQF sticks that are supplied to the appetizer industry. Next to the plant is our well-known Simon's Specialty Cheese store, which has about 20 employees. Simon's is a Wisconsin-themed store, with everything from meats and cheese to clothing and craft spirits.

• Agropur's US operations produce 1 billion pounds of quality, award-winning cheese each year. We create more than 20 different varieties and provide whey protein and dry ingredients which are by-products of the cheesemaking process. As one of the world's largest dairy producers, Agropur partners with some of the most recognizable food, beverage, and nutrition brands to help feed the world. Better Dairy. Better World. Agropurus.com

An environment that values engagement and encourages everyone to take initiative.

Agropur welcomes people from all backgrounds and origins. We are proud to be an employer with a diverse community and are committed to providing a respectful and inclusive experience for all employees and applicants. We will work with candidates who request accommodation. Please note that an adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec.Agropur uses artificial intelligence technology to assist our recruiters in screening, assessing, or selecting applicants for this position.

In this text, the use of the masculine gender to designate persons is intended only to lighten the text.