Sr. Materials Supervisor

BorgWarner; Bellwood (IL); On-site; USD 81,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

BorgWarner in Illinois is seeking a hands-on Inventory Control Leader to drive accuracy across raw materials, WIP, and finished goods. You will supervise daily activities, enforce standard work, and ensure SAP discipline, aligning physical inventory with system data.

The role requires leading cycle counts, investigating discrepancies, and driving root-cause actions while coaching a team to high performance. Strong collaboration with Production, Planning and Logistics is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience leading inventory control across raw materials, WIP, and finished goods.
• Strong SAP transactional discipline and accuracy audits.
• Ability to lead root-cause investigations and corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Lead inventory control across raw materials, WIP, and finished goods.
• Develop, enhance, and standardize inventory control processes.
• Ensure accuracy of SAP inventory transactions (goods movements, adjustments, transfers).
• Monitor SAP variances and drive cross-functional corrective actions.
• Train and develop team while fostering accountability and engagement.
• Prepare and distribute monthly inventory reconciliation letters to customers and suppliers.
• Lead regular reviews with customers to resolve discrepancies promptly.
• Maintain audit trails of confirmations and resolutions.
• Lead annual physical inventory and system reconciliation with Production, Planning and Logistics; drive best practices.

Skills

Inventory control

Leadership

Coaching & development

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

SAP

Job description

Position Summary

This is a hands-on leader role at the center of plant operations, responsible for driving inventory accuracy across raw materials, work-in-process, and finished assemblies. You will supervise daily inventory activities, enforce standard work, and ensure SAP transactional discipline, maintaining tight alignment between physical inventory and system data. Success in this role requires strong capability in part traceability, revision control, and material flow within an engineered product environment, along with the ability to lead, develop, and hold a team accountable to performance standards. This position will oversee cycle count programs, lead discrepancy investigations, and drive root cause and corrective actions to resolution.

Key Responsibilities – Inventory Control & Accuracy

• Lead inventory control activities across raw materials, WIP, and finished goods Develop, enhance, and standardize inventory control processes to improve accuracy, and compliance across manufacturing operations.
• Ensure accuracy of all SAP inventory transactions (goods movements, adjustments, transfers etc).
• Monitor and analyze SAP inventory variances; drive root cause and corrective actions with cross functional team.
• Train, coach, and develop team members while fostering accountability and engagement.
• Prepare and distribute monthly inventory reconciliation letters to customers and suppliers to confirm on-hand balances.
• Lead regular reviews with customers to validate inventory positions and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Maintain documentation and audit trail of all customer inventory confirmations and discrepancy resolutions.
• Lead annual physical inventory and system reconciliation Partnering with Production, Planning and Logistics team to Drive accountability for accurate and timely SAP entries, Drive process standardization and best practices in SAP usage.
• Leverage SAP reports to identify trends and improve inventory performance.

Salary Range: $80,800 - $111,100

BorgWarner is a global product leader in delivering innovative and sustainable mobility solutions. We are a company of innovators and independent thinkers that brings together talented employees, meaningful work and amazing technology in a unique environment. At BorgWarner we constantly work towards our vision of a clean and energy-efficient world. Our Culture BorgWarner promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive environment, honors integrity, strives for excellence, commits to responsibility for our communities and the environment, and builds on the power of collaboration. We believe the health and safety of our employees are a top priority.

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