Materials Team Lead (Provo)

Dandy•Provo, UT

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Dandy is transforming the massive and antiquated dental industry—an industry worth over $400B. Backed by some of the world’s leading venture capital firms, we’re on an ambitious mission to simplify and modernize every function of the dental practice through technology. As we expand our reach globally, Dandy is building the operating system for dental offices around the world—empowering clinicians and their teams with technology, innovation, and world-class support to achieve more for their practices, their people, and their patients. About the Role We are looking for a Material Handling Team Lead to join our rapidly growing venture-backed company. This role will oversee the inventory, receiving, and material handling workflows, processes, team members, and quality out on the floor. You will be the first point of contact for cross-functional team leads at other Dandy locations. In the role, you will lead a team of 18+ Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory associates, in a state of the art facility in Provo, Utah. You will be responsible for ensuring that incoming packages, pallets and materials are scanned, received, sorted, and brought to their designated areas. You will also be responsible for ensuring the shop floor is sufficiently stocked, and supplied with necessary production materials, as well as all outgoing materials and finished goods.

Requirements

2+ years of experience leading a team in a fast-paced environment that is always changing
Passion for breaking down complex problems into smaller manageable steps in order to help team members effectively work through the ambiguity
High level of comfort with digital tools and technology
Very high attention to detail and organizational skills
Team player attitude and willingness to help others to help the team exceed expectations
Natural curiosity and ability to learn new concepts, tools, and workflows quickly
Strong self-motivation, self-direction, and ability to work with multiple stakeholders to push improvement initiatives to completion
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Knowledge of how inventory counts work
Experience with WMS, ERP, and/or MES/MRP systems
Strong understanding of manufacturing practices, and inventory management
Working knowledge of Excel, Google sheets, or other spreadsheet software

Nice To Haves

Deep knowledge in digital dental production workflows for a multitude of products including crowns, bridges, implants, dentures, and night guards
Strong leadership skills
Outstanding professional references to share
Relentlessly positive attitude, strong sense of humor, and the ability to have fun at work

Responsibilities

Support your team in prioritizing production and fulfillment warehouse operations
Continuously seek opportunities to improve workflows and processes for optimal efficiency and scalability
Track key performance indicators and conduct root cause analysis to optimize resources and drive on-time delivery of high quality products, as well as ensuring the team adheres to the expected metrics for the department
Roll up your sleeves to quickly troubleshoot and solve people, process, and technology issues as you operate within a large scale and fast paced dental manufacturing environment
Monitor and enforce adherence to strict standard operating procedures, and roll up your sleeves to lead by example. High quality is key to efficient scalability!
Develop and optimize workflows to ensure your team proactively stocks and tracks key inventory materials and parts and maintains accuracy according to key metrics
Lead, scale, and continuously train a team of 18+ Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory associates as they execute daily operational tasks
Work with other teams to proactively identify and address high priority improvement opportunities