1st Shift Freezer Selector

 

Are you ready to elevate your career in manufacturing operations and be a part of creating the world's best desserts? Dessert Holdings partners with some of North America's most iconic chains to bring people together to celebrate life's sweetest moments!

Our facility in Newburyport Massachusetts has an opening for a 1st Shift Freezer Selector shift hours are 7:00am -3:30 pm Monday- Thursday

About Dessert Holdings

Dessert Holdings is North America's fastest-growing premium dessert company, bringing unparalleled dessert experiences to both retail and foodservice customers. The company, headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a collection of premium dessert companies and brands: Steven Charles, The Original Cakerie, Lawler's Desserts, Atlanta Cheesecake Company, Dianne's Fine Desserts, and Kenny's Great Pies.  Dessert Holdings is owned by Bain Capital, employing more than 3,200 people across nine North American manufacturing facilities.

Summary

• Select orders
• Shrink wrap orders on pallets
• Checking all incoming shipments
• Arranging products in a neat, secure package for delivery, organizing pallets with frozen products suitable for shipping
• Verifying information on purchase orders (printing all incoming purchase orders on JD Edwards computer system)
• Rotating product for storage up to and including lotting and inventory
• Processing wholesale and retail orders (including setting-up, checking/verifying, shipping, and quality control)
• Filling company requisitions
• Complete all JDE transactions related to this position
• Finished Goods, maintaining accurate locations of inventory to ensure proper levels
• Must be able to operate forklifts, pallet jacks, hand dollies
• Verifying and shipping all outgoing material/including but not limited to Dianne's Fine Desserts Product
• Checking all incoming and outgoing carriers
• Knowledge of all GFSI/FDA and OSHA regulations
• Participate in the GFSI/FSSC22000 yearly audit and assist in the development of procedures and corrective actions
• Must adhere to the plant's HACCP plans
• Will also be crossed trained & utilized as Warehouse Receiver as needed
• Maintaining a clean, safe, and sanitary work area
• Following all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's)
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Works One Saturday a month mandatory for Inventory
• Works Friday and Saturday's when business calls for extra hours
• Actively participates in Continuous Improvement projects and processes

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Ability to work independently
• Possess English reading and writing skills
• Experience handling heavy machinery (e.g. forklift)
• Ability to do overhead lifting and bending
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Possessing excellent upper and lower body strength
• Possessing normal to excellent manual dexterity and motor skills
• Possessing good eye-hand coordination
• Possessing excellent listening and comprehension skills
• Must possess good interpersonal skills including the ability to work well with others
• Ability to become familiar with DSI/JD Edwards computer system and apply this knowledge to daily duties

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, stoop, crouch and climb steps
• Frequently required to use hands and fingers to, handle, or use objects, tools or controls.
• Frequently required to reach with hands and arms.
• Frequent lifting and required to occasionally lift up to 50 pounds. Occasionally, something may weigh
• more than 50 pounds and assistance must be utilized.

Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee
• Encounters while performing the essentials functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Frequently works near moving mechanical parts.
• Frequently exposed to cool and/or wet conditions
• Noise level is usually loud. Hearing protection is required in designated areas.

EEO Statement

Dessert Holdings and its related entities provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or any other characteristics protected by law.