Materials Supervisor - Nights

Hendrickson; Navarre (OH); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Hendrickson in Navarre, OH seeks a supervisor for plant Materials to lead shipping/receiving, warehouse, and material handling, ensuring uninterrupted material flow and on-time customer service.

You will coach associates, enforce safety, support quality goals, and drive productivity improvements with MRPII knowledge and forklift capability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred in a related field; associate accepted with experience.
• 3–5 years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing/plant setting.
• MRPII principles and software familiarity; forklift certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage shipping/receiving, material handling, material flow, and freight traffic.
• Provide logistical support to plant manufacturing to ensure material availability.
• Coach associates; implement cross training and process improvements.
• Coordinate material team efforts to meet customer and plant requirements.
• Audit inventory accuracy and maintain safe, compliant operations.

Skills

Team leadership

Logistics coordination

Problem solving

Inventory control

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Associate degree or equivalent

Forklift certified

Tools

MRPII software

Job description

Position Type

Full-time

Job Description

Position Purpose:

Responsible for the supervision of the plant Materials functions. Provides leadership in shipping/receiving, warehouse, and material handling to meet the requirements of our customers, internal and external. Maintains a continuous flow of product, resolves issues quickly and according to policy. Lead associates to achieve established safety requirements, product quality standards, customer service goals, productivity levels, and good housekeeping goals. Responsible for developing associates with the organization’s culture and cross training requirements. Train team members in the elimination of barriers to achievement.

Essential Functions:

• Manage shipping/receiving, material handling, material flow, and freight traffic.
• Provide logistical support to plant manufacturing with emphasis on uninterrupted material availability.
• Develop associates with the team problem solving techniques and formal training on system support activities.
• Coordinates material team efforts to meet customer, plant and company guidelines and requirements.
• Interfaces with manufacturing to maximize productivity.
• Perform audits to ensure inventory accuracy.
• Communicate effectively with internal and external customers to ensure proper material flows are maintained.
• Sets example and enforces safety practices.
• Participates in the investigation of safety incidences and identification and implementation of prevention strategies for future reoccurrence.
• Meet with associate(s) when necessary to coach, counsel, or confront issues.
• Seeks resolution that reinforces our values and Company standards, guidelines and policies.
• Provides stewardship to the production control, materials flow and receiving teams.
• Measures performance and continuous improvement efforts of the operations relative to procurement, material handling/process flow and delivery.
• Schedule vacations and enter necessary date in the KRONOS system.
• Train employees on the QAD as needed.
• All other duties as assigned.

Education and Training:

• Bachelor's degree is preferred but an associate’s degree or equivalent experience in an applicable area is acceptable
• Forklift certified or license preferred.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of supervisory experience preferred which must have been in a team or highly empowered environment.
• Previous experience in a manufacturing plant using MRPII principles and software.
• Knowledge of warehouse inventory and floor stock cycle counting analysis and counting frequency.
• Hands on background in customer sales order picking, processing and shipping. Also, receiving of purchase order material.

Physical Demands:

• Requires sitting, bending, squatting kneeling, climbing and reaching.
• Constant standing, walking
• Lifting 15-25 lbs.
• Carrying 15-25 lbs.
• Push/Pull 1-10 force lbs.

Environmental Conditions:

• Ventilation: Adequate
• Temperature: Temperature Controlled with AC/Heat.
• Innovative - Feeling comfortable in fast-changing environments; being willing to take risks and to consider new and untested approaches
• Persuasive - Building commitment by convincing others and winning them over to your point of view
• Excitement - Operating with a good deal of energy, intensity and emotional expression; having a capacity for keeping others enthusiastic and involved
• Tactical - Emphasizing the production of immediate results by focusing on short-range, hands-on, practical strategies
• Feedback - Letting others know in a straightforward manner what you think of them, how well they have performed and if they have met your needs and expectations
• Production - Adopting a strong orientation toward achievement, holding high expectations for yourself and others, pushing yourself and others to achieve at high levels
• Cooperation - Accommodating the needs and interests of others by being willing to defer performance on your own objectives in order to assist colleagues with theirs
• Consensual - Valuing the ideas and opinions of others and collecting their input as part of your decision-making process.
• Empathy - Demonstrating an active concern for people and their needs by forming close and supportive relationships with others

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

We offer a full complement of benefits that include medical, dental, and vision insurance; life, travel, and disability insurance; a flexible spending account; 401K plans; a pension plan; paid holidays and vacation. We also offer financial assistance programs if you decide to adopt a child or want to pursue further education.
We have a comprehensive wellness program and an Employee Assistance Program, that supports individuals in the proactive management of their overall health and wellness.

Hendrickson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.