Materials Supervisor

Woodbridge • Chattanooga, TN

5d

About The Position

The Materials Supervisor oversees material planning, inventory, warehousing, shipping, receiving, and production support to maintain safe, accurate, and uninterrupted material flow. This position leads shipping, receiving, and material-handling employees and improves logistics, inventory, safety, and delivery performance. Direct reports include a Shipper and a Material Handler.

The role maintains material availability for production and customer schedules, monitors inventory and replenishment, manages material flow from receipt through production and shipment, and maintains ERP/MRP accuracy through cycle counts, audits, and corrective actions. It supports launches, engineering changes, inventory optimization, receiving and shipping operations, documentation, carriers, and safe dock operations. The supervisor assigns work, determines staffing needs, leads daily activities, and trains, coaches, evaluates, and develops employees, including maintaining forklift train-the-trainer certification.

The supervisor coordinates shortages, delivery issues, and recovery plans with suppliers and internal teams; supports customer delivery investigations and containment actions; and applies Lean, 5S, KPIs, and root-cause problem solving to reduce shortages, freight costs, waste, and inventory errors. The role upholds company Health & Safety standards and TOSHA requirements, IATF 16949, ISO 9001, and other applicable environmental compliance requirements. Other duties may be assigned by management. Performance is measured by inventory accuracy, delivery, downtime, supplier performance, freight cost, productivity, and safety.

Requirements

• Supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of inventory control, production scheduling, logistics, transportation, and material flow.
• Strong organization, communication, basic math, and problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel, including inventory analysis.
• Experience with ERP/MRP and warehouse management systems.
• Experience operating forklifts.
• High school diploma or equivalent with relevant supply chain experience.

Nice To Haves

• Automotive manufacturing, materials, logistics, or supply chain experience.
• Experience with OEM/Tier 1 customers and JIT, sequencing, Kanban, or Lean systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain material availability for production and customer schedules.
• Monitor inventory and coordinate replenishment to prevent shortages.
• Manage material flow from receiving through production and shipment.
• Maintain ERP/MRP accuracy through cycle counts, audits, and corrective actions.
• Support launches, engineering changes, and inventory optimization.
• Oversee receiving, storage, material issuance, accurate shipments, documentation, carriers, and safe dock operations.
• Assign work, set staffing needs, and lead daily team activities.
• Train, coach, evaluate, and develop employees; obtain and maintain forklift train-the-trainer certification.
• Support hiring and onboarding while promoting teamwork, accountability, and improvement.
• Coordinate shortages, delivery issues, and recovery plans with suppliers and internal teams.
• Support customer delivery investigations and containment actions.
• Use Lean, 5S, KPIs, and root-cause problem solving to reduce shortages, freight costs, waste, and inventory errors.
• Uphold and maintain company Health & Safety standards and TOSHA requirements, IATF 16949, ISO 9001, and other applicable environmental compliance.
• Perform other duties assigned by management.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits plan.
• Defined Contribution Plan with additional company match, including an automatic company contribution and additional matching incentives.
• Flexible working hours.
• Employee Assistance Program with free access to health and wellness coaches.
• Continuous learning culture with upskilling and internal promotions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED