Manufacturing Materials Supervisor, Production, Warehouse, Inventory, Leadership

Manufacturing Materials Supervisor

Berlin, WI

Base Pay Range

$67,000.00/yr - $80,000.00/yr

Additional Compensation

Annual Bonus

Responsibilities

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.

• 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.

Qualifications

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

• Accountability – Remains outcome focused, holding the team accountable while removing barriers to success
• Ask, Listen, and Follow Up – Actively listens, questions to help others understand, shows care/concern, and closes loop
• 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

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?

Candidate Details

Seniority Level - Mid-Senior

Employment Type - Full-time

Job Function - Manufacturing and Supply Chain