Job Title:  Materials Supervisor

Position Summary

The Materials Supervisor works in the warehouse and production facility to manage all aspects of material flow, control, and accuracy over inventories. This includes daily receipt, stocking, inventorying, storing, pulling, packing, processing of goods to both internal/external customers. The Materials Supervisor is also responsible for the initiation and maintenance of standard work and other departmental procedures to achieve inventory integrity while also improving the Materials Group overall Quality, Cost, and Delivery objectives. This is accomplished using Lean Tools to identify problems, recommend solutions and drive implementation using 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.

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Required Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, or related field. 
• 4 years of experience working in a warehouse.
  • OR High School Diploma PLUS 12 years of experience working in a warehouse.
• 2 years of supervisory experience. 
• Proficient computer skills to include Microsoft Office applications such as: Excel and Word. 

Preferred Experience

• Direct hands-on experience in an MRP systems environment. 
• Prior Materials Manager experience. 
• Ability to read and comprehend instructions. Ability to write route reports and correspondence. 
• Lean manufacturing knowledge and experience.

Skills

• Key competencies include sound business judgment, decision making, and negotiating skills.
• Displays willingness to make decisions; exhibits sound and accurate judgment; includes appropriate people in decision-making process; makes timely decisions.
• Ability to work in a 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
• Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; looks for ways to improve and promote quality.
• Adapts to changes in work environment; ability to deal with frequent change, delay, or unexpected events
• Ability to work independently under general guidelines and supervision.
• Ability to prioritize and schedule tasks to ensure timely completion of job responsibilities.
• Requires effective interpersonal skills and ability to work with all employees at all levels of management.
• Self starter, someone who is proactive and who can lead by example.
• Demonstrated ability to think out of the box and help drive change.
• Willingness to work overtime if required.

Work Schedule

• This is an onsite position based in Indianapolis, IN.
• The schedule is M-F, 8am - 4:30pm. 
• Occasional overtime.