Job Description

Manufacturing Materials Supervisor, Production, Warehouse, Inventory, Leadership

Berlin, WI

Competitive Salary [about $76K] Full Benefits, World Class Corporation

The Materials Supervisor is responsible for all internal material flow from incoming receiving/inspection to line side presentation for production including end-of-line pick, pack and ship, de-trashing, all material movements, supermarket sizing and replenishment, and order picking for intra-plant deliveries . Driving significant continuous improvement in material handling, inventory accuracy, cycle counting and timely transactional reporting, uninterrupted material movement for production lines and efficient use of labor resources.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

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

Preferred Qualifications: Previous experience using SAP or equivalent ERP system (Oracle, JD Edwards, Microsoft Dynamics) and Microsoft Office.

• Formal leadership or team development training.
• Oversee inventory management and control, accuracy.

Essential Duties: 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.

• Develop and implement standard process and strategies that enable production efficiency improvements.
• 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.
• Manage and optimize daily warehousing operations including staging, cycle count, and storage of materials.
• 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.
• 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.

Knowledge, Skills, & 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.
• Asks questions, remains unbiased and encourages unconventional suggestions. Diffuses conflict as it arises rather than avoiding it and focuses on solving the problem.
• 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.

Candidate Details: Seniority Level - Mid-Senior//Management Experience Required - No

Minimum Education - Bachelor's Degree//Willingness to Travel - Never

Screening Questions: How many direct reports do you have/have you led in the past? Can you tell me more about your leadership style? How you manage conflict on your team?

What ERP/MRP/WMS system are you most experienced with? Can you tell me about your experience with excel?

Can you tell me about a process improvement you’ve made in your experience?

How do they keep up with KPIs/have you established KPIs? How do you communicate them within a group? MDI? Keeping updated and communicating out to the team?

Ideal Candidate: Supervisor at Main plant, they have 2 plants they have supervisors for.

· 23 direct reports; 3 team leads.

· This team can be challenging; need to be able to handle volatility in business.

· Low tenure on the team – many newer employees (less than 1 or 2 years), experienced leader.

· Need to be looking for someone with 3-4 years of experience.

· Day-to-day responsibilities: · Responsible for day-to-day leadership of the team. Responsible for transactional discipline and accuracy in SAP, Systems, Applications & Products for material movement within the main plant.

· Responsible for timely delivery of correct quality parts in support of production operations.

· Shipment of finished goods.

Ideal qualifications: · Preference for degreed candidates. · More years of experience in leadership

· SAP experience - open to consider Oracle, JDE.

CONTACT/SEND RESUME:

Bill Marek - CEO

407.541.7816

bmarek@vprecruiters.com

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