Packaging & Shipping Lead

Timken; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 67,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Timken is seeking a Packaging / Shipping Supervisor at our Fulton Plant to coordinate daily logistics activities, supervise a multi-zoned, multi-shift team, and drive improvements in safety, quality, cost, and delivery performance.

You will manage warehouse inventory, shipping documentation, and carrier coordination, while enforcing lean practices and staff development to meet internal and external customer requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations Management, Logistics, or a related field, with 2+ years of experience in manufacturing, shipping, packaging, or distribution operations. Or;
• High school diploma with a minimum of 7 years of experience as a supervisor or team lead experience in a shipping, packaging, warehouse, logistics, or manufacturing environment.
• Experience utilizing ERP/SAP systems and Microsoft Office applications to support shipping documentation, inventory transactions, reporting, and operational performance metrics.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc)

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the execution against KPIs related to logistics (safety, quality, cost, delivery, productivity, and morale)
• Maintain corporate supply chain procedures and processes to ensure achievement of related KPIs at multiple locations.
• Manages demand against warehouse inventory to meet internal and external customer requirements.
• Investigates and identifies root causes for inventory inaccuracies, reconciles inventory balances, and identifies process improvements to reduce or eliminate specific inventory discrepancies. Works within team and across team to implement change.
• Ensures inventory storage locations are organized and items are properly marked and identified
• Responsible for local parts shipping, tracking and coordination.
• Work with Traffic department to ensure any roadblocks are resolved to ensure timely and accurate shipping of finished goods to support the sales targets of the plant.
• Drive safety initiatives and strategy for area of responsibility and implement improvement plans. Ensure ongoing operator safety and a safe work environment by promptly addressing safety hazards, minimizing workplace accidents, and actively involving associates in the continuous improvement of safety. Ensures staff follows and practices all established safety rules
• Work with EHS to ensure storage is within environmental standards.
• Identify opportunities for cost savings through lean practices such as inventory reduction, flow day reduction, cost of shipping and warehousing. Demonstrate the responsibilities of a lean leader and drive a lean culture in the facility. Ensure associates are engaged and are participating in continuous improvement efforts.
• Facilitate the Talent Management Process to create high-performing teams and a pipeline of ready leadership. Lead goal setting, coaching, counseling, mentoring, and career development processes with associates. Identify training and needs and create a training strategy to meet customer expectations.
• Organizing warehouse, label goods, plot routes, and process shipments.
• Updating and evaluating metrics to assess performance and implement enhancements.

Skills

ERP/SAP

Microsoft Office

Packaging standards

Lean manufacturing

Safety initiatives

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management / Business / Operations Management / Logistics

High school diploma with 7+ years supervisory experience

Tools

SAP

MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook)

Job description

Timken is seeking a Packaging / Shipping Supervisor at our Fulton Plant to coordinate daily logistics activities, supervise a multi-zoned, multi-shift team, and drive improvements in safety, quality, cost, and delivery performance.

You will manage warehouse inventory, shipping documentation, and carrier coordination, while enforcing lean practices and staff development to meet internal and external customer requirements.