Shipping Manager - Titan America

Titan Florida, LLC has an immediate opening for a Shipping Manager for our Pennsuco Cement Division located in Medley, FL.  This exempt position will report directly to the Plant Manager. The Shipping Manager’s primary responsibilities are to oversee and optimize shipping operations, covering bulk and package in the cement plant. This role should ensure seamless operations while prioritizing safety, environmental stewardship, customer satisfaction and people development. As such, the manager will drive operational efficiency, foster effective communication with logistics and sales team, and lead initiatives in continuous improvement, including, but limiting to digitalization to ensure alignment with the company’s vision and critical success factors. 

• Ensure safe and environmentally compliant operations across bulk and bagged cement shipping areas. Plan and execute for needed improvements timely.
• Responsible for people and teams development, and organizational improvements.
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• Responsible for participating in the development of periodic forecasts of manufacturing efficiencies and costs (budgets, weekly and daily production runs) and execution.
• Interface with customers and truck drivers to report issues with loading and any incident investigations
• Work Closely and daily with Sales and Logistics team to rectify any order issues and delays in loading or cement availability
• Ensuring the rail cars are managed and the load out (spouts and all scales) are available at all times
• Work with the maintenance team to plan PM and Predictive maintenance activities to have availability and reliability of the equipment over 90%
• Responsible for reviewing shipping operating performances to ensure adherence to corporation technical plans, quality standards, and optimum production practices. Monitor and improve key performance metrics (KPIs) for loadout operations.
• Responsible for developing product and manufacturing improvement proposals, digitalization of the facilities to improve safety and efficiency, presenting cost justifications for these and other capital improvements to the Production Manager.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with Capital Budget Plans.

Specific Accountabilities

• Accountable for the promotion of a “safety first” attitude among employees.
• Promote teamwork and a positive outlook within the organization by developing cohesiveness between departments.

• Bachelor’s degree in logistics or related business is required.
• Minimum of 5 years of logistics, warehousing & distribution-related activities; including knowledge of rail & motor carrier transportation & knowledge of plant production activities.
• Creative problem solver: including the ability to prioritize & effectively resolve multiple problems/demands on time.
• Team player.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel.  The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell.  The employee will frequently be required to walk on rocky, irregular surfaces that may be muddy and in reduced lighting conditions.  The employee is occasionally required to sit.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to  75pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.  The employee is frequently exposed to high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, confined space, outside weather conditions, low lighting, artificial lighting, and explosives.  The employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, proximity to electrical equipment, and vibration.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and occasionally loud.

The above job description has been designed to provide general guidelines for the identification of tasks, duties, and qualifications for the titled position and/or its successors.  The description is not all inclusive of the duties that are performed by the incumbent and the incumbent may be assigned to duties other than those listed in this document as the work environment and essential functions of the job change.

Success begins with hiring the right people to partner with us as we grow and develop our businesses. People are central to everything we do. It is through their efforts and talents that Titan has been successful for over 100 years. Learn more about us at www.titanamerica.com.

Titan Florida is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) to all qualified persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a Disabled Veteran, Three‐Year Recently Separated Veteran, Armed Forces Service Medal Veteran, Active Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, or other protected status.