Material Control Supervisor
About The Position
We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters. What you'll do... We are seeking a highly motivated and disciplined Operations Supervisor to lead a multi-shift warehouse and office operation. This role is responsible for driving excellence across all vital facility metrics—including safety, quality, and delivery—while fostering a productive relationship with the UAW workforce. The successful candidate will bridge the gap between daily floor operations and long-term strategic planning, ensuring seamless coordination with global logistics partners.
Requirements
- High school or GED
- 1+ Proven experience in warehouse or manufacturing supervision, preferably in a unionized (UAW) environment.
- Strong understanding of transportation, export operations, and logistics metrics.
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex labor relations and contract negotiations.
- Experience with budgeting, business planning, and Continuous Improvement methodologies.
- Experience with Microsoft Office
- Excellent communication skills for cross-functional collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s Degree
Responsibilities
- Operational Excellence: Direct the workforce to achieve targets in Safety, Quality, Timely Delivery, and Error/Denial reduction.
- Labor Relations: Manage UAW hourly personnel across a two-shift operation. Oversee contract administration (National and Local), attendance (AWOLs/Medicals), and vacation scheduling while maintaining a collaborative labor-management environment.
- Leadership: Lead and develop a diverse team of salary warehouse/office staff and hourly employees.
- Logistics Coordination: Serve as the primary point of contact for Export Operations, DSV, and Transportation partners to ensure fluid supply chain movement.
- Strategic Support: Partner with Plant Management to develop annual budgets, facility business plans, and resource allocation strategies.
- Continuous Improvement: Champion a culture of lean operations by identifying and implementing process improvements to increase efficiency and reduce waste.
- Safety, Denials, Errors, Quality, Timely Delivery, UAW Relations, Transportation, National and Local Negotiations
- Relations and communications with Export Operations, DSV and Transportation.
- Leading and Directing workforce toward delivery of all vital metrics:
- Salary staff, inclusive of warehouse operations and office personnel
- UAW hourly, two shift operation, managing vacations/AWOLS/Medicals…etc
- Supporting Plant Management in developing budgets and business plans for the facility
- Continuous Improvement Process
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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
