Materials Supervisor - Lead Inventory & Kaizen (5S)

M.c.-Dean,-Inc.; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 93,840 - 117,300; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Paid time off

401k Retirement Plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Modular Mission Critical is seeking a Materials Supervisor to oversee the Market Place, MMC Warehouse, Receiving, and docks, guiding a team to ensure accurate material handling and timely inventory updates. You will drive KPI dashboards, improve material flow, and collaborate with Operations, Engineering, and Procurement on launches and ECNs.

The role requires 5+ years of frontline supervisory experience in high-volume manufacturing or warehousing, plus strong MRP/ERP and MS Office skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, business, operations management or related field.
• 5+ years of frontline supervisory experience in high-volume manufacturing or warehousing.
• Experience supervising material handling, warehouse, receiving, dock, inventory control, or production support.
• Understanding of MRP/ERP systems, inventory transactions, cycle counts, and discrepancy resolution.

Responsibilities

• Supervise 10–15 direct reports across MMC Market Place, warehouse, receiving and docks; manage attendance and performance.
• Train staff to ensure inventory transactions, deliveries, receiving, staging, and system updates are timely.
• Oversee material flow across production, procurement, distributors, and suppliers to ensure availability.
• Maintain inventory accuracy via cycle counts, physical inventory, audits, and reconciliations.
• Create reports/dashboards to monitor KPIs, shortages, and space utilization.
• Maintain organized storage using 5S, FIFO, labeling, and Kanban as appropriate.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on SKU launches, ECNs, and line-side presentation.
• Support Kaizen events and continuous improvement for inventory and flow.
• Assist Materials Manager; escalate cross-functional conflicts when needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Front-line supervision

MRP/ERP knowledge

Microsoft Office (Word/Excel)

Inventory control

Team leadership / coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Operations Management, or related field

Tools

MS Excel

ERP software

Job description

Modular Mission Critical is seeking a Materials Supervisor to oversee the Market Place, MMC Warehouse, Receiving, and docks, guiding a team to ensure accurate material handling and timely inventory updates. You will drive KPI dashboards, improve material flow, and collaborate with Operations, Engineering, and Procurement on launches and ECNs.

The role requires 5+ years of frontline supervisory experience in high-volume manufacturing or warehousing, plus strong MRP/ERP and MS Office skills.