Materials Supervisor

Minth North America • East Tawas, MI

117d

About The Position

The position involves supervising and coordinating a perpetual inventory record of materials, supplies, and other general stock items. The role requires related work as necessary to ensure efficient inventory management and support production needs.

Requirements

• 3-5 years experience with the methods used in keeping records of purchases, receipts and payments and maintaining general supplies.
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills.
• 3-5 years experience of the fundamentals of inventory controls.
• Ability to effectively use computer applications such as spreadsheets.
• Ability to use a computerized inventory control system.
• Maintain and follow all training requirements.
• Able to work different hours and shifts as needed.
• Maintain a clean and safe work area.
• Use required safety equipment.

Responsibilities

• Monitors MRP Analyst, giving guidance, training and solutions when needed.
• Ensures on-time delivery of materials to support production needs to avoid downtime or customer shortages.
• Maintain Mid/Max inventories and an inventory budget set by the Materials Manager.
• Monitor Customer Service Reps, giving guidance, training and solutions when needed.
• Verify customer PO’s, orders and releases, ensuring pricing and packaging clauses are being attached.
• Work with Engineers to ensure parts, BOMs and routers are set up correctly and in a timely manner.
• Back up for Customer Service and Materials Manager to cover sick or vacation days.
• Work closely with Scheduler/Warehouse supervisor for daily incoming/outgoing shipments.
• Ensure that materials supplied by Minth to sub-suppliers are maintained at sub-supplier min/max required to meet daily demands.
• Responsible for setting up trucks for materials, tooling, customer ships etc.
• Responsible for tracking freight costs, cutting cost, and maintaining a set budget from the Materials Manager.
• Set up a budget for Supervisor to approve expedites to and from customers or suppliers without having to wait for approval from Manager.
• Work with cycle counters to determine and troubleshoot inventory discrepancies.
• Work with the Accounting Department for shipping and receiving issues.
• Work closely with the Warehouse personnel to supply training and guidance.
• Responsible for scheduling OT, time off and vacations for hourly staff.
• Responsible for reporting to Material Manager on day to day issues that cannot be resolved or approved by Supervisor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time