supervisor materials - 2nd Shift

Generac Power Systems; Belvidere (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Generac Power Systems is seeking a Materials Leader to drive timely material flow, optimize warehousing and inventory management, and lead a team to improve production efficiency. This role collaborates with Quality, Purchasing and Production to resolve issues and meet KPIs, while acting as a SAP SuperUser and ensuring strong cross-functional communication across planning and operations.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree, at least two years of materials leadership experience, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
• 2 years of materials leadership.
• 2 years of experience leading teams, developing people or organizing tasks.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely material flow within the facility and timely delivery in receiving material and shipment preparation.
• Develop and implement standard processes to enable production efficiency improvements.
• Lead, supervise and develop materials staff through education, training, coaching and certification in improvement priorities and KPIs.
• Manage and optimize daily warehousing operations including staging, cycle count and storage of materials.
• Oversee inventory management and control with established guidelines and procedures.
• Ensure efficient and accurate materials presentation to support production operations.
• Partner with Quality, Purchasing and Production to address customer quality and delivery issues and achieve KPIs.
• Maintain high level of communication between planning, purchasing and production for customer satisfaction.
• Lead and improve Material/Inventory Management best practices including Warehouse Management (Cycle Count, RFID) and Fill Rate.
• Maintain staffing levels for daily material management balancing capacity to workload.
• Act as SAP SuperUser within the materials function.

Skills

Relationship building

Accountability

Ask Listen Follow Up

Inspire Recognize

Conflict management

Identify Engage Retain

Change agent

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Job description

We believe power is a promise - a shared commitment to be there for others when it matters most.

For more than 65 years, we’ve turned big ideas into solutions that help protect homes, strengthen businesses and build a more resilient, efficient, sustainable energy future.

Ready to Power a Smarter World with us?

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• 20% Ensure timely material flow within the facility as well as timely delivery in receiving material from other

  locations as well as preparation for shipment of parts to other facilities.

• 15% Develop and implement standard process and strategies that enable production efficiency improvements.

• 10% Lead, Supervise, and direct materials staff development through education, training, coaching, mentoring and certification in the execution of improvement priorities and the achievement of key performance indicators.

• 10% Manage and optimize daily warehousing operations including staging, cycle count, and storage of materials.

Other Duties as assigned and the following:

• Oversee inventory management and control, accuracy, and established inventory guidelines and procedures.

• Ensure efficient and accurate materials presentation to support production operations.

• Partner with Quality, Purchasing and Production to develop effective and efficient solutions to customer quality and delivery issues and to achieve objectives and KPIs.

• Ensure high level of communication between planning, purchasing and production to ensure a high degree of customer satisfaction

• Lead and improve Material/Inventory Management best practices including Warehouse Management (Cycle Count Accuracy, Transactions, Bar Coding, RFID) and Fill Rate.

• Maintain appropriate staffing levels for daily material management balancing resource capacity to workload.

• Act as SAP SuperUser within functional area as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

• 2 years of materials leadership

• 2 years of experience leading teams, developing people or organizing tasks.

OWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Relationship Building and Earning Trust – Consistently follows through on team commitments,

  communicates, and demonstrates accountability. Builds trust and sets the example for the team by being

  inclusive and fair.

• Accountability – Remains outcome focused, holding the team accountable while removing barriers to

  success. Plays to win by defining team objectives/scope and clear milestones. Keeps leadership apprised

  of progress and brings options/solutions for issues when elevated.

• Ask, Listen, and Follow Up – Actively listens, questions to help others understand, shows care/concern,

  and closes loop. Drives action and alignment using coaching techniques, reinforces team’s

  progress/development.

• Inspire, Motivate and Recognize – Teaches others new tasks and is self- aware of

  strengths/developmental opportunities. Celebrates individual successes.

• Conflict Management and Resolution – Influences employees to collaborate and achieve goals as a group.

• Identify, Engage and Retain – Creates an open and honest work environment, providing others an

  opportunity to develop and grow.

• Change Agent – Consistently optimistic about the ability to change in order to improve a product/service.

Uses the voice of customer (VOC) to validate ideas. Works well autonomously and in a team, leads

change by promoting the value of transformation.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

— We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.