On-site Warehouse & Logistics Leader

Knight Materials, LLC; Canton (OH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Knight Material Technologies is seeking a Warehouse and Logistics Supervisor to lead shipping, receiving, and warehousing teams on-site in East Canton, OH. You’ll drive safety, accuracy, and continuous improvement in materials movement within Manufacturing Operations.

Reporting to the Materials Manager, you’ll optimize processes, manage inventory accuracy, and ensure ISO 5S and safety compliance while leveraging data from logistics systems to meet performance targets.

Qualifications

• High School graduate or relevant experience.
• 3–5 years of supervision in a production environment.
• Experience leading shipping/receiving and warehouse teams.

Responsibilities

• Leads and maintains an environment that puts Safety and Compliance first.
• Develops and maintains a team that prioritizes delivering consistent, high-quality products, continuously seeking out and implementing improvements.
• Ensures on time completion of shipping and receiving tasks and accurate inventory management through tactical, hands-on leadership of team members.
• Serves as the primary operational owner for international shipping and hazardous materials execution, escalating compliance or regulatory concerns to the Materials Manager as needed.
• With the support of Materials Manager, ensures accountability across assigned team.
• Communicates with and suggests to Materials Manager headcount requirements within the assigned area to support customer demand and company strategy.
• Maximizes resource utilization by evaluating and enhancing processes, tools, technology, and human resource capabilities working closely with plant leadership to ensure success.
• Utilizes and analyzes data from inventory and logistics systems for performance evaluation relevant to assigned area, ensuring any variance to plan is addressed and corrected for sustained success.
• Plans, enacts, and ensures documentation of all training within assigned team.
• Participates in the conversation for improvements to, replacements of, or additional warehouse equipment and logistics processes to maximize efficiency and minimize delays.
• Uses front line presence and hands on approach to lead the team in developing control over outputs, increased capacity, and area sustainability with a strong sense of urgency to perform at a high level of excellence. 85% of time on the shop floor.
• Works closely with Materials Manager, Production leadership, and Materials team to ensure logistics targets are met consistently.
• Drive culture for ISO standards and ensure conformance throughout assigned team.
• Drive 5s culture through assigned team.
• Performs additional duties as assigned

Skills

Leadership

Supervision

Logistics

Inventory Control

Education

High School Graduate

Tools

MS Office

HAZMAT Shipping

APICS CPIM

LEAN

Six Sigma

OSHA 10

Forklift

First Aid/CPR

Job description

Knight Material Technologies is seeking a Warehouse and Logistics Supervisor to lead shipping, receiving, and warehousing teams on-site in East Canton, OH. You’ll drive safety, accuracy, and continuous improvement in materials movement within Manufacturing Operations.

Reporting to the Materials Manager, you’ll optimize processes, manage inventory accuracy, and ensure ISO 5S and safety compliance while leveraging data from logistics systems to meet performance targets.