Back End Warehouse Supervisor B Crew, BlueOval Battery Park Michigan

Ford • Marshall, MI

5d • $86,600 - $144,900 • Onsite

About The Position

The Warehouse Supervisor is a front-line operational leader responsible for overseeing the daily movement, storage, and handling of materials across the facility. In this role, you direct a shift team of material handlers and forklift operators to ensure that inbound shipments are unloaded, inventory is accurately recorded and stored, orders are picked and staged, and production lines or outbound docks receive materials on time and without interruption. Beyond managing daily workflow, the supervisor is directly responsible for maintaining a safe, organized working environment. This includes enforcing OSHA and company safety standards, overseeing pre-shift equipment inspections, maintaining high standards of housekeeping and 5S, auditing inventory transactions in the Warehouse Management System (WMS), and coaching team members to meet quality, accuracy, and productivity goals.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• 3+ years of logistics, warehouse supervisory, or material flow experience in a manufacturing setting, including exposure to automated warehouse systems (ASRS/AGV)
• Working knowledge of ERP systems (SAP, MES, LES, etc.)
• 3+ years supervising teams in a manufacturing environment
• Able to work nights, weekends, and rotating shifts
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, and team-building skills
• Sound problem-solving and logical thinking
• Analytical skills, including line balancing, time study, material flow, and capacity planning
• Structured, methodical approach to tasks
• Strong English communication and presentation skills
• Adaptable, open to learning and change
• Collaborative team player
• Proactive, solution-oriented mindset
• Resilient under pressure and tight deadlines; able to work any shift, including rotating shifts and weekends
• Demonstrated leadership ability, including assigning work and holding employees accountable for safety, quality, and throughput standards

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Logistics, or related field
• Experience in material handling, warehousing, or inventory management
• Automotive MP&L/logistics experience, including warehousing/logistics planning or automation project implementation
• 2+ years conducting system audits (process, safety)
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, constraint management, and logistics planning principles
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Responsibilities

• Enforce a zero-incident safety culture per OSHA and EHS policies.
• Maintain pedestrian-equipment separation, exclusion zones, blind-corner horn use, and PPE compliance.
• Oversee daily pre-shift PIV inspections (forklifts, reach trucks, tuggers, pallet jacks); tag out defective equipment immediately.
• Lead containment, investigation, and root-cause analysis for incidents, near-misses, and property damage.
• Assign and direct daily work across receiving, put-away, picking, staging, line delivery, and shipping.
• Monitor dock operations for fast unloading, trailer turnaround, and dock lock/chock compliance to avoid detention charges.
• Coordinate JIT/JIS replenishment to prevent production downtime from parts shortages.
• Run shift stand-up meetings and handovers covering hot parts, system holds, and equipment status.
• Maintain 5S standards across aisles, staging, rack bays, and dock plates.
• Oversee receiving, scanning, and bin put-away via WMS/ERP.
• Enforce FIFO rotation and expiration tracking for shelf-life-sensitive goods.
• Support cycle counts; resolve discrepancies and stock variances.
• Partner with QA on material holds, quarantine, containment sorts, and MRB dispositions.
• Audit BOLs, packing slips, ASNs, and label accuracy.
• Supervise, mentor, and evaluate material handlers, warehouse technicians, and forklift drivers.
• Conduct onboarding, standard-work training, and PIT certification/recertification.
• Track operator performance against KPIs and SOPs.
• Manage scheduling, overtime, timecards, attendance, and discipline as needed.
• Build team morale, communication, and cross-training across functions.
• Track and report shift metrics: dock-to-stock time, pick accuracy, lines per hour, inventory accuracy.
• Use 5-Why, Fishbone, and Kaizen tools to resolve operational defects and scanning errors.
• Eliminate process waste (excess travel, congestion, double handling).
• Collaborate with MP&L, Manufacturing, and Quality to resolve material flow bottlenecks.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED