Group Lead - Warehouse

MillerKnoll•Morganton, NC

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Under general supervision, coordinate day-to-day production and/or shipping and receiving activities to ensure goals are met. Includes such duties as making job assignments, ensuring production schedules are met, determining output requirements and coordinating production efforts with other departments. Responsible to help with inventory systems, perform cycle counts and audits, problem identification and work with the appropriate people to permanently correct inventory issues to ensure that the correct quantity of materials are available to support our reliability goals.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Three years work experience including at least one year of manufacturing experience.
Technical experience may be preferred depending on department.
Ability to express ideas effectively (verbally and written) with well developed interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated professionalism.
Good planning and organizational skills.
Demonstrated success in achieving results.
Must be able to demonstrate the following core competencies: integrity and trust, dependability, job knowledge, flexibility, initiative, self-development, teamwork, problem solving and adaptability.
Capable to perform essential jobs in the department.
Strong knowledge and understanding of material flow throughout the supply chain
Good mathematical aptitude, attention to detail, ability to perform accurate error-free work

Responsibilities

Communicate daily team and individual performance information to the work team leader.
Coordinate day-to-day department operation activities for employees and temporaries, including shift work planning, line staffing and making job assignments.
Coordinate the integration of new employees into the team to include making job assignments, job training, safety and quality training, etc.
Partner with engineering, and other teams to review requests (ECOs) to change BOMs, add or delete purchased items, setup warehouses, etc.
Identify and suggest corrective action to dispose of appropriate slow moving or obsolete inventory to procurement team.
Maintain and report key issues.
Train teammates to follow correct inventory procedures and monitor the processes to ensure compliance
Maintain the accuracy of the systems by highlighting incorrect BOMs, validate and setup inventory records with proper codes and maintain locations.
Participate in continuous improvement projects and lead initiatives as appropriate.
Act as liaison between auditing, planning, production, schedulers, quality control, and engineering to analyze and high potential causes of inventory inaccuracies.
Assist in determining appropriate inventory strategies that support meeting our customer’s expectations and minimize our inventory investment.
Count, research and reconcile inventory discrepancies.
Communicate inventory issues with appropriate team members, such as shortages caused by adjustments.
Monitor safety practices and quality initiatives of individuals.
Performs additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.