Supervisor, Logistics

Kohler Co. • Huntsville, AL

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Supervisor, Logistics directly supervises a rotating shift of hourly shipping and receiving workers handling Vikrell molding compound and molded bathing components. The role ensures posted shipping schedules are met while maintaining quality, safety, and cost standards. The supervisor assigns workers to tasks according to efficient crewing needs and contractual requirements, ensures process and quality specifications are followed, monitors shipping results, and works to exceed budget rates. The position requires detailed knowledge of processes and equipment to achieve optimum efficiency, as well as ensuring shift employees are trained in the procedures needed to perform their assignments. The supervisor holds or participates in monthly safety meetings, monitors and enforces safety rules, administers the labor contract and plant rules, and handles appropriate discipline. The role also involves continually improving processes, equipment, and procedures; encouraging employees to improve processes; and enforcing safe hazardous-material handling procedures while instructing subordinates in them.

This is an onsite position in Huntsville, Alabama. The salary range is $69,650–$105,850, with the specific offer influenced by experience, education, and work location. The position is also eligible for a performance bonus or variable incentive compensation. Kohler states that applicable benefits are available from the first day of employment, with no waiting period.

Requirements

• College degree in a related field.
• Experience and demonstrated success in a leadership position requiring achievement of standards or goals through subordinates.
• Strong communication skills.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Directly supervise a rotating shift of hourly shipping and receiving workers.
• Ensure shipping schedules are met while maintaining quality, safety, and cost standards.
• Assign the workforce to appropriate tasks in accordance with efficient crewing needs and contractual requirements.
• Ensure process and quality specifications are followed in shipping and receiving scheduled components.
• Monitor shipping results and ensure budget rates are exceeded.
• Maintain detailed knowledge of processes and equipment to achieve optimum efficiency.
• Ensure shift employees are adequately trained in necessary process procedures.
• Hold or participate in monthly safety meetings with shift employees.
• Monitor and enforce safety rules.
• Administer the labor contract and plant rules, and handle appropriate discipline.
• Continuously seek improvements to processes, process equipment, and procedures, and encourage shift employees to contribute improvements.
• Understand and enforce procedures for safe handling of hazardous materials, and instruct subordinates in those procedures.

Benefits

• Applicable benefit programs available from the first day of employment, with no waiting period.
• Competitive total rewards package supporting health and wellbeing.
• Access to career growth and development opportunities.
• Performance bonus or variable incentive compensation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager