Supervisor, Materials

DP World; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

DP World in Detroit seeks a Materials Supervisor to oversee receiving, shipping, and storage operations, ensuring efficient distribution to departments. The role involves leading a team, training on material handling equipment, and maintaining safety and housekeeping standards.

Qualified candidates will have a high school diploma, supervisory experience in automotive/logistics, and strong interpersonal and communication skills to coordinate with internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Requires a high school diploma; college degree preferred.
• Experience supervising in automotive or logistics industries.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability to communicate with a variety of people including internal and external customers and departments.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and monitor receiving, shipping, storage, and distribution to ensure smooth operations.
• Train, motivate, and evaluate team members; ensure safe operation of material handling equipment.
• Monitor loading/unloading of materials and supervise movement to storage.
• Identify and eliminate safety and housekeeping hazards to minimize accidents.

Skills

Supervising

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Materials Supervisor

• Plan, organize, and monitor the receiving, shipping, storage, and distribution of all items either from suppliers or production shops ensuring a smooth and consistent operation so parts and supplies are located and distributed to proper departments in an effective and efficient manner as needed to satisfy internal and external customer requirements.
• Plans and coordinates work, trains and motivates, monitors and evaluates performance of team members; ensures their ability to safely operate material handling equipment to move materials to and from storage configurations.
• Monitors the unloading or loading of all materials into or out of the facility. Supervise the movement of material to and from storage in an efficient, effective, and safe manner.
• Identify and eliminate safety and housekeeping hazards to minimize workplace accidents.
• Other duties as assigned.
  

About The Role

How you will contribute

• Plan, organize, and monitor the receiving, shipping, storage, and distribution of all items either from suppliers or production shops ensuring a smooth and consistent operation so parts and supplies are located and distributed to proper departments in an effective and efficient manner as needed to satisfy internal and external customer requirements.
• Plans and coordinates work, trains and motivates, monitors and evaluates performance of team members; ensures their ability to safely operate material handling equipment to move materials to and from storage configurations.
• Monitors the unloading or loading of all materials into or out of the facility. Supervise the movement of material to and from storage in an efficient, effective, and safe manner.
• Identify and eliminate safety and housekeeping hazards to minimize workplace accidents.
• Other duties as assigned.
  

Your Key Qualifications

• Position requires a high school diploma. A college degree is preferred.
• Experience supervising in an automotive or logistics based industry.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability to communicate and deal with a variety of people including internal and external customers, management, and functional departments.
  

Quality & Safety Requirements

Quality

• Conform to the processes and requirements of our integrated management system.
• Achieve effectiveness of our integrated management system by following the Quality Policy and meeting company objectives.
  

Safety

• Work to be compliant with the company environmental, health and safety standards and rules.
  

About The Role

How you will contribute

• Plan, organize, and monitor the receiving, shipping, storage, and distribution of all items either from suppliers or production shops ensuring a smooth and consistent operation so parts and supplies are located and distributed to proper departments in an effective and efficient manner as needed to satisfy internal and external customer requirements.
• Plans and coordinates work, trains and motivates, monitors and evaluates performance of team members; ensures their ability to safely operate material handling equipment to move materials to and from storage configurations.
• Monitors the unloading or loading of all materials into or out of the facility. Supervise the movement of material to and from storage in an efficient, effective, and safe manner.
• Identify and eliminate safety and housekeeping hazards to minimize workplace accidents.
• Other duties as assigned.
  

Your Key Qualifications

• Position requires a high school diploma. A college degree is preferred.
• Experience supervising in an automotive or logistics based industry.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability to communicate and deal with a variety of people including internal and external customers, management, and functional departments.
  

Compensation

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 111,000 employees from 159 nationalities, spanning 77 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

DP World is on a mission to transcend boundaries and bridge the gap between all nations and cultures – not just in what we do but also in how we behave.

We are dedicated to creating a culture where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to reach their full potential. We believe that embracing inclusion and diversity, drives innovation and growth and helps us connect people, businesses, and societies. Free minds and different perspectives are changing our world, and together we can change what’s possible.

The DP World family comprises of syncreon, Imperial and P&O.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW