Materials Supervisor - Nights

Hendrickson•Navarre, OH

About The Position

The Materials Supervisor is responsible for supervising plant materials functions and leading shipping/receiving, warehouse, and material-handling activities to meet internal and external customer requirements. The role maintains continuous product flow, promptly resolves issues according to policy, and leads associates in meeting safety, product quality, customer service, productivity, and housekeeping goals. It also develops associates in the organization’s culture and cross-training requirements and trains team members to eliminate barriers to achievement. The position provides logistical support to manufacturing, coordinates material-team efforts, works with manufacturing to maximize productivity, monitors inventory accuracy and operational performance, and supports production control, materials flow, and receiving teams. It coaches and develops employees, reinforces company standards and safety practices, and supports continuous improvement across procurement, material handling, process flow, and delivery. The stated work environment is office/administrative, with adequate lighting and ventilation and temperature controlled by air conditioning and heat. The position requires physical activity including sitting, bending, squatting, kneeling, climbing, reaching, standing, walking, lifting and carrying 15–25 pounds, and pushing or pulling with 1–10 pounds of force.

Requirements

Previous experience in a manufacturing plant using MRPII principles and software.
Knowledge of warehouse inventory and floor-stock cycle-counting analysis and counting frequency.
Hands-on experience with customer sales-order picking, processing, and shipping, as well as receiving purchase-order material.
Ability to perform the listed physical demands, including lifting and carrying 15–25 pounds and pushing/pulling with 1–10 pounds of force.

Nice To Haves

Three to five years of supervisory experience, preferably in a team or highly empowered environment.
A bachelor's degree is preferred; an associate's degree or equivalent experience in an applicable area is acceptable.
Forklift certification or license is preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage shipping/receiving, material handling, material flow, and freight traffic.
Provide logistical support to plant manufacturing, emphasizing uninterrupted material availability.
Develop associates through team problem-solving techniques and formal training on system support activities.
Coordinate material-team efforts to meet customer, plant, and company guidelines and requirements.
Interface with manufacturing to maximize productivity.
Perform audits to ensure inventory accuracy.
Communicate effectively with internal and external customers to maintain proper material flows.
Set an example and enforce safety practices.
Participate in investigating safety incidents and identifying and implementing strategies to prevent recurrence.
Coach, counsel, or address issues with associates as necessary, seeking resolutions that reinforce company values, standards, guidelines, and policies.
Provide stewardship to production control, materials flow, and receiving teams.
Measure operational performance and continuous-improvement efforts relating to procurement, material handling/process flow, and delivery.
Schedule vacations and enter the required dates in KRONOS.
Train employees on QAD as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.