Material Supervisor

M.C. Dean, Inc•Caroline County , MD

1d•Onsite

About The Position

About Modular Mission Critical M.C. Dean’s Modular Mission Critical™ is the manufacturing campus for M.C. Dean’s complex, modular product line for datacenters and critical infrastructure. Located just north of Richmond, VA, this site is growing fast serving customers worldwide. Important openings include assemblers for our production lines and engineers and designers for products and continuous improvement. Join M.C. Dean’s more than 9,000 employees around the world making an impact through innovations in power and technology. Why Join Us? Our people are passionate about innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values—agility, expertise, and trust—we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment for employees to build long-term careers.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Operations Management, or related field.
5+ years of front-line supervisory experience in a high-volume manufacturing, warehouse, materials management, or supply chain environment.
Experience supervising material handling, warehouse, receiving, dock, inventory control, or production support employees.
Detailed understanding of MRP/ERP or inventory control systems, inventory transactions, cycle counts, physical inventory, bin reconciliation, and discrepancy resolution.
Working knowledge of receiving, storage, internal distribution, line-side presentation, FIFO, stock rotation, Kanban, Min/Max, material staging, and visual inventory systems.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel, with the ability to create or analyze reports, dashboards, KPIs, shortages, variances, and corrective actions.
Ability to multitask, delegate, meet time-sensitive deadlines, communicate accurately, and work effectively in a rapidly changing manufacturing environment.

Nice To Haves

Lean Six Sigma experience or certification.
Experience in build-to-order, just-in-time, OEM, or high-volume manufacturing environments.
Experience supporting Kaizen events, 5S, visual management, ECNs, new SKU introductions, new model launches, or build-out activities.

Responsibilities

Supervise 10-15 direct reports across the Market Place, MMC Warehouse, Receiving, docks, and assigned storage/staging areas; manage time and attendance, employee performance, coaching, and process compliance.
Train and monitor materials personnel to ensure inventory transactions, material deliveries, receiving, staging, storage, and system updates are completed correctly and on time.
Manage material flow across production, procurement, external distributors, suppliers, facility transfers, docks, and 30K staging to support timely material availability.
Maintain inventory accuracy by supervising cycle counts, physical inventory, audits, bin and transaction reconciliations, and corrective actions for variances, shortages, excess/negative inventory, and container discrepancies.
Create and use reports, dashboards, and analysis to monitor material KPIs, marketplace shortages, inventory accuracy, usage trends, stock levels, and process compliance.
Maintain organized material storage and point-of-use presentation through 5S, visual inventory systems, FIFO, stock rotation, labeling, repack activities, Kanban, pull-loop adjustments, and Min/Max recommendations.
Partner with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Product Management, Program Management, Procurement, and Scheduling on work cell layout, line-side presentation, edit reports, new SKUs, ECNs, new model launches, and build-out projects.
Support Kaizen events, process creation or updates, practical best practices, and continuous improvement efforts that improve inventory accuracy, material flow, space utilization, productivity, and quality.
Aid and back up the Materials Manager as needed; make routine operational decisions within assigned scope and escalate higher-risk issues, resource constraints, or cross-functional conflicts as appropriate.