Supervisor, Materials

Position Summary

The Supervisor, Materials (Stockroom/Receiving or Shipping Department) works in the warehouse and production facility and coordinates activities of personnel in the daily receipt, stocking, inventorying, storing, pulling, packing, processing of goods to both internal/external customers.. The Supervisor, Materials is also responsible for the initiation and maintenance of standard work and other departmental procedures in order to achieve inventory integrity while also improving the Materials Group overall Quality, Cost, and Delivery objectives. This is accomplished through the use of Lean Tools in order to identify problems, recommend solutions and drive implementation through the use of continuous improvement activities.

Duties

• Using Lean Tools; identify, participate, and implement continues improvement activities to impact departments overall quality, cost, and delivery initiatives.
• Develops and maintains standard work documentation and other AMI procedures to ensure compliance.
• Performs 5S, Standard Work, Stand-in-Circle, and Inventory audits to identify opportunities of improvement.
• Performs extensive root cause analysis using our 8 Step Problem Solving Tools and implement corrective action measures.
• Responsible for interviewing, hiring, training, planning, assigning, directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; time and attendance; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Responsible for creating, measuring, analyzing and disseminating data to support SQCD measurements.
• Participates and facilitates the implementation of Safety and Ergonomic improvements.
• Participates and facilitates the implementation Idea Generation System.
• Participates and facilitates T-Card (5s) sustainment and audit activities.
• Develops and manages departmental budget requirements to include capital requisitions.
• Maintains, evaluates, recommends, and implements improvements in material requirements to drive down inventory levels.
• Ensures timeliness and accuracy of inventory and inventory control activities to include cycle count program.

Duties - cont'd

Education Degree

Required Experience

• College degree in Business or related field preferred or equivalent combination of experience and education.
• Understanding of shipping documentation such as Freight Bills, Packing Slips, NAFTA, Certificate of Origin and all other documentation related to shipments both internationally and domestic.
• Proficient computer skills to include Microsoft Office applications such as EXCEL, Microsoft WORD, Office. 
• Direct hands on experience in an MRP systems environment preferred.
• Experience working in team environment. Exhibits objectivity and openness to others’ views; gives and welcomes feedback; contributes to building a positive team environment; establishes and maintains constructive working relationships; puts success of team above own interests; able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; supports everyone’s efforts to succeed.
• Experience writing routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to work overtime if required.

Preferred Experience

• Prior Supervisory experience desired.
• Prior Materials Management experienced preferred.
• Lean manufacturing knowledge and experience preferred.

Skills