Warehouse Supervisor - 1st Shift

Eaton Corporation; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Welfare benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Eaton Corporation, at its Santa Ana, CA facility, seeks a Warehouse Supervisor for 1st shift to lead a team, train staff, and drive continuous improvement while upholding a Zero Incident Safety Culture.

You will align operations with the Quality Management System, manage inventory, and ensure on-time delivery by prioritizing production and material requirements. 50-mile relocation rule applies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution OR HS Diploma with five years minimum experience in a warehouse/logistics or supply chain role in a manufacturing environment
• Minimum one year experience in a warehouse/logistics or supply chain role in a manufacturing environment
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now and in the future
• No relocation is offered for this position; relocation is limited to within 50 miles of Santa Ana, CA facility (Active Duty Military exception)

Responsibilities

• Drive a Zero Incident Safety Culture and align department requirements with Eaton's Quality Management System.
• Manage department operations and prioritize production to meet on-time delivery.
• Lead Continuous Improvement efforts and standardize processes; empower employees to improve and implement countermeasures.
• Develop direct reports through coaching, problem solving, and cross-training; coordinate cooperation across shifts.
• Lead daily accountability meetings and weekly department meetings on safety, performance, and policy changes.
• Monitor customer demand, production, and overdue orders; communicate metrics to management.

Skills

Team leadership

Training

Continuous improvement

Safety culture

Education

Bachelor's degree

HS Diploma + 5 years experience

Tools

MRP/ERP systems

APICS CPIM/CSCP/CLTD

Lean Planning Concepts

Job description

Eaton's DCPD division is currently seeking a Warehouse Supervisor- 1st shift. This position is based at our Electrical Manufacturing facility in Santa Ana, CA. Relocation is not provided.

This role will be responsible for providing team leadership, training, and continuous improvement while driving a Zero Incident Safety Culture across the warehouse operation. The Warehouse Supervisor will manage department operations and prioritize production and material requirements to meet on-time delivery for our customers, aligning department activities with Eaton's Quality Management System. Through strong leadership and process focus, this role will help maintain inventory, reduce overall costs, and consistently exceed customer expectations.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $99,000 - $145,000 a year.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What you'll do:

• Drive a Zero Incident Safety Culture. Align department requirements with Eaton's Quality Management System. Manage department operations and prioritize production requirements to meet on-time delivery for our customers
• Execute Eaton's Continuous Improvement Framework (CIF): Create the basis for continuous improvement by ensuring that standardized processes are followed. Empower employees to improve the standard work and implement countermeasures when needed.
• Promote a team environment and develop direct reports through problem solving skill sets and other cross-training opportunities. You will facilitate cooperation across shifts and among other department supervisors
• Assist Management Team in determining personnel requirements, provide necessary training resources for new employees, and facilitate the job bidding process. Monitor and provide employee coaching with respect to safety, quality and productivity performance (attendance, training, coaching, overtime, vacation requests etc.)
• Lead daily accountability meetings with a cross-functional team focused on departmental performance and issue resolution (Tier, GEMBA). Lead weekly department meetings to communicate safety topics, department or plant-wide activities, business updates and policy/procedural changes as needed
• Maintain daily statistics on customer demand, production, and overdue orders.
• Communicate warehouse / material availability metrics to management and other functional supervisors and maintain active communications between all levels of plant personnel.
• Serve as a central point of contact for management in regard to warehouse / material issues
• Initiate and coordinate assistance as required from other support functions (e.g. Quality, Engineering, operations etc.)
• Assign overtime as required to meet customer commitments
• Evaluate qualifications and performance of team members based upon Division and Plant policies.
• Ensure that department work areas are kept clean, organized, and orderly per 5S standards.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution OR in lieu of degree, H.S Diploma and five (5) years minimum experience working in a warehouse / logistics or supply chain role in a manufacturing environment
• Minimum one (1) years minimum experience working in a warehouse / logistics or supply chain role in a manufacturing environment
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now and in the future
• No relocation is offered for this position. Only candidates that reside within a 50-mile radius of the Santa Ana, CA facility will be considered. (Active Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in warehouse, materials, supply chain or logistics management
• APICS supply chain certifications (CPIM, CSCP, CLTD)
• Experience in engineer to order (ETO) electrical equipment manufacturing operations
• Experience with MRP/ERP systems
• Experience with Lean Planning Concepts

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• Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview.

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