Material Flow Supervisor

Collabera; Waterloo (IA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT staffing firm is seeking a Material Flow Supervisor in Waterloo, IA. The candidate will supervise production, ensuring quality and adherence to safety standards. Ideal applicants will have prior manufacturing supervisory experience, preferably a 4-year degree, and should be comfortable on a 3rd shift schedule (10:30 pm - 7:00 am) with potential for overtime. This role focuses on communication, team training, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience as a manufacturing supervisor is required.
• Degree preferred but not mandatory.
• Position operates on 3rd shift (10:30 pm - 7:00 am) with overtime.

Responsibilities

• Establish communication and feedback within the team.
• Ensure personnel have training and tools for their job.
• Monitor quality to meet production standards.
• Administer policies and correct individual or line performance.
• Manage production assignment and priorities based on schedules.
• Plan maintenance for equipment and facilities.
• Oversee departmental budget adherence.
• Direct continuous improvement initiatives.
• Implement safety programs and maintain housekeeping.

Skills

Manufacturing supervision

Communication

Training and development

Quality control

Budget management

Safety program implementation

Education

4-year degree

Job description

Established in 1991, Collabera has been a leader in IT staffing for over 22 years and is one of the largest diversity IT staffing firms in the industry. As a half a billion dollar IT company, with more than 9,000 professionals across 30+ offices, Collabera offers comprehensive, cost-effective IT staffing & IT Services. We provide services to Fortune 500 and mid-size companies to meet their talent needs with high quality IT resources through Staff Augmentation, Global Talent Management, Value Added Services through CLASS (Competency Leveraged Advanced Staffing & Solutions) Permanent Placement Services and Vendor Management Programs.

Collabera recognizes true potential of human capital and provides people the right opportunities for growth and professional excellence.

Job Description

Industry Manufacturing

Work Location Waterloo IA 50704

Job Title Material Flow Supervisor

Duration 3 Years (Strong possibility of extension)

Job Description:

• Establishes employee environment regarding communications, feedback and overall guidance.
• Ensures that assigned personnel have appropriate training, work instruction and tools to successfully do their job.
• Monitors Control Plans, troubleshoots workmanship problems and generally supervises production activities to ensure that manufactured products meet or exceed all established quality requirements.
• Administers employee policies, practices, procedures and work rules appropriate for the unit.
• Monitors individual and line performance and takes corrective action including discipline, as needed and responds to complaints to insure the Company and employees adheres to policies, practices, procedures and work rules.
• Determines manufacturing and/or distribution priorities based on the production schedule and makes daily assignments including filling vacancies and assigning overtime in order to adhere to the Customer Delivery date.
• Plans for maintenance of equipment and facilities to maximize the uptime and utilization of capital equipment assets.
• Monitors and makes corrections to stay within the department operating budget targets.
• Directs departmental continuous improvement plans and activities.
• Implements and monitors safety programs and housekeeping.

Qualifications

Job Requirements:

• Looking for past manufacturing supervisor experience.
• Prefer candidates to have 4 year degree.
• Position will be on 3rd shift (10:30 pm - 7:00 am), plus overtime.