Material Supervisor

Harbinger Motors Inc.; Sturgis (SD); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Harbinger Motors Inc. is seeking a Material Supervisor to lead warehouse teams across two facilities, ensuring efficient inbound receiving, outbound shipping and production control.

The role drives replenishment, training, and cycle counting while supporting internal and external stakeholders. Qualified candidates bring 5–7 years in manufacturing with 2+ years in supervision, ERP/WMS/TMS experience, and strong communication.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in a production/manufacturing environment
• 2+ years in a supervisory role
• Experience with ERP/WMS/TMS platforms and spreadsheets
• Solutions oriented leader with root-cause problem solving
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Willingness to work in fast-paced production environment

Responsibilities

• Supervise three warehouse teams (shipping/receiving, production control, outbound logistics) across 2 facilities
• Unload, receive, and put away inbound direct material shipments efficiently
• Monitor replenishment activity to meet high, medium, and low priority requests
• Provide high-level training to new hires on scope and access to systems/equipment
• Manage time cards, time off, and other personnel functions for the warehouse team
• Create quarterly cycle count plans aligned with finance and analyze adjustments
• Review indirect material requests to support engineering and test/development teams
• Inventory control of equipment and consumables while managing costs

Skills

ERP systems

WMS

TMS

Spreadsheets

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

NetSuite

Oracle

SAP

Job description

About Harbinger

Harbinger is an American commercial electric vehicle (EV) company on a mission to transform an industry starving for innovation. Harbinger’s best-in-class team of EV, battery, and drivetrain experts have pooled their deep experience to bring a first-of-its-kind EV platform to support the growing demand for medium-duty EVs and Hybrids. Harbinger: Familiar Form, Revolutionary Foundation.

Job Overview

The Material Supervisor is responsible for ensuring the warehouse team continually supports all facets of operations, to include inbound receiving, outbound shipping and logistics, and production control. The supervisor will oversee all systematic and transactional activities, will be the key resource for all warehouse team members, and will implement continuous improvement activities that will increase replenishment efficiency and inventory accuracy. As the warehouse supervisor, you will be instrumental in setting the standard for support for both internal and external stakeholders.

What You’ll Do:

• Supervise the three primary warehouse teams (shipping and receiving, production control, and outbound logistics) across 2 facilities.
• Ensure all inbound direct material shipments are unloaded, systematically received, and put away in a timely and efficient manner, and provide assistance with systematic or equipment support to ensure the team can continually operate.
• Monitor all replenishment activity, ensuring high priority requests are replenished rapidly, while maintaining consistent medium and low priority replenishments within the required timeframe.
• Provide high level training to new hires, confirming they understand the scope of their function and have all systematic and equipment access required to perform their duties.
• Manage time card submissions, monitor time off requests, and perform all other personnel functions for the warehouse team.
• Generate quarterly cycle count plan in alignment with finance team requirements, and provide adjustment analysis prior to final count submission.
• Review all indirect material requests to support engineering and test and development teams.
• Manage inventory of all equipment and consumable materials that are required to keep the warehouse operational, while controlling costs as much as possible.

Who You Are:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Minimum 5-7 years of experience in a production or manufacturing environment, with at least 2+ years in a supervisory role
• Proficient with ERP, WMS, and TMS platforms (NetSuite, Oracle, SAP, etc), with significant experience with spreadsheets
• Solutions oriented leader that attacks problems and resolves root cause issues
• Experience with automotive components a plus
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team
• Willingness to work in a fast-paced production environment and adapt to changing priorities
• Physical stamina and the ability to lift heavy components and stand for extended periods
• Commitment to workplace safety and following safety protocols

Equal Opportunity

Harbinger is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidate Data Privacy

Harbinger may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (“Candidate Personal Data”). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Harbinger may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.

Harbinger may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our HR, legal, and finance teams, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Harbinger affiliates; and (iii) Harbinger’s service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services.

Harbinger may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions.