Supervisor, Logistics

Fenner Precision Polymers•Manheim Township, PA

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About The Position

The Supervisor, Logistics promotes execution of the Quality Management System, ensuring work instructions are followed and updated as needed. The role focuses on reducing negative customer feedback cases related to shipping and receiving, developing corrective actions when issues arise, and ensuring products ship on time while communicating barriers to meeting goals. The supervisor takes a proactive approach and oversees inventory control, product transfers, goods receipt, and product storage, while recommending warehouse efficiency improvements based on layout, inventory changes, and new product lines. The position monitors workload and staffing needs, approves timecards and vacation requests to maintain adequate departmental coverage, and supports team development through training, career development plans, and timely performance feedback. It also includes conducting monthly safety meetings and maintaining and promoting Fenner Precision Polymers’ values and behaviors. The supervisor provides leadership and resources to maintain EHS policies and safe work practices as the fundamental priority. Responsibilities include holding associates accountable for safety, discouraging shortcuts, engaging the workforce through safety contacts and floor walks, ensuring hazards and incidents are reported, and participating in incident investigations, corrective actions, shift changes, toolbox talks, pre-tasking, STOP WORK, and task scanning.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university in Business or Logistics, plus five or more years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Fork Lift Certification.

Responsibilities

Promote execution of the Quality Management System and ensure work instructions are followed and updated as needed.
Reduce negative customer feedback cases related to shipping and receiving, and develop corrective actions when cases arise.
Ensure products are shipped on time and communicate barriers to meeting goals.
Maintain a proactive approach to all aspects of the role.
Ensure adherence to the cycle count program, approve cycle counts, conduct root cause analysis, and document reasons and results for variances over $500.
Recommend efficiency improvements based on warehouse layout, inventory changes, new product lines, and related factors.
Develop consistent methods for product transfers, receipt of goods, and product storage.
Monitor staffing workload and communicate staffing needs to Management.
Approve timecards and vacation requests to ensure the department is properly staffed.
Conduct monthly safety meetings on pre-selected topics and ensure associate attendance.
Ensure team members receive necessary training and have formal career development plans.
Provide timely and effective associate performance feedback.
Maintain and promote Fenner Precision Polymers values and behaviors.
Provide leadership, direction, and resources to maintain EHS policies, rules, and work instructions as a fundamental priority.
Hold associates accountable for their safety and health responsibilities and discourage shortcuts.
Consistently and fairly enforce safe work practices and EHS policies, rules, and work instructions.
Follow applicable EHS policies, rules, and work instructions and set a good example for associates.
Engage the workforce through safety contacts and floor walks addressing housekeeping, safety inspections, equipment inspections, and safety observations.
Ensure hazards, near misses, injuries, and unsafe acts and conditions are reported through the incident database.
Participate in incident investigations, corrective actions, managed shift changes, toolbox talks, pre-tasking, STOP WORK, and task scanning.
Perform other job duties as assigned.