Material Flow Team Lead: Inventory & Continuous Improvement

Sportech, Inc.; Elk River (MN); On-site; USD 59,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

HSAs, FSAs, and DCA options

Short-term and long-term disability

401(k) with employer match

Paid holidays and vacation

Paid volunteer time

Job summary

Sportech, Inc. in Elk River, MN, is hiring for a warehouse/production materials coordinator to maintain stock levels, coordinate material movement, and support the production schedule.

The role requires lifting, basic computer skills, and forklift certification, with a focus on accuracy and teamwork. The successful candidate will engage in 5S practices, daily pre-shift communications, and collaboration across departments to prevent shortages and ensure on-time manufacturing commitments.

Qualifications

• Requires a high school diploma or equivalent plus 1 to 2 years of relevant experience.
• Forklift training and certification required.
• Ability to lift and perform other physically demanding tasks associated with material handling and receiving.
• Accurate counting skill.
• Some computer skills.
• Ability to collaborate and build relationships with team members.

Responsibilities

• Support the production process by coordinating the movement of material into, within and out to manufacturing in a timely and professional manner.
• Review planned time off- plan and communicate coverage and concerns during daily production meeting.
• Review payroll and PTO requests.
• Review daily production schedule and ensure all jobs are covered in the market and receiving area to confirm that production and manufacturing commitments are achieved.
• Communicate to supervisor/manager if there is shortage and/or overage in labor resources.
• Perform job completions in a timely manner.
• Drive team to maintain a clean, safe, and organized work area as established through 5S standards.
• Review weekly 5S audit with team and resolve 5S issues for your area.
• Document any safety or environmental issues through incident reporting procedures and participate in safety investigations
• Evaluate status of picking, return to stock, and cycle counting processes
• Capture issues on the material flow countermeasure board, and immediately communicate issues to responsible parties in departments span of control
• Reconcile inventory discrepancies and report information to finance weekly
• Operate a variety of equipment applicable within assigned area (i.e., CRTs, forklifts, etc.).
• Create, train, and audit to standard work documents and subsequent work instructions for all primary job functions
• Review and audit material from negative on hand report daily
• Review and process scrap as needed
• Communicate daily during pre-shift meeting important announcements, metrics, and pertinent company communications to team
• Attend L10 department meetings
• Attend production, cell board, and ship board meetings daily escalating inventory and resource constraints as needed
• Provides coaching and proper documentation on performance
• Participate in quarterly and end of the year performance reviews
• Participate in the requisition and onboarding of new employees
• Drive a continuous improvement culture by involving employees in problem solving, decision making, and recognizing them for outstanding work during daily pre-shift communication meetings and ongoing developmental 1:1’s
• Process Outsource Jobs
• Perform other related duties as needed

Skills

Inventory management

Forklift operation

5S standards

Team coordination

Safety procedures

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Forklift

Job description

Sportech, Inc. in Elk River, MN, is hiring for a warehouse/production materials coordinator to maintain stock levels, coordinate material movement, and support the production schedule.

The role requires lifting, basic computer skills, and forklift certification, with a focus on accuracy and teamwork. The successful candidate will engage in 5S practices, daily pre-shift communications, and collaboration across departments to prevent shortages and ensure on-time manufacturing commitments.