Material Supervisor

Primary Purpose of Position

Reporting to the Materials Superintendent, the Materials Supervisor is responsible for the shipping and receiving activity throughout the facility through the following activities:

Major Responsibilities of Position

- Supervises warehouse personnel and coordinates activities of stockroom, receiving, shipping, and delivery of materials throughout the MPA campus.

- Schedules all manpower requirements for shipping, receiving.

- Develops procedures and trains employees on procedures and proper material handling.

- Oversees the loading of trucks, setting up delivery routes, and unloading of material.

- Supervising of Materials employees by providing coaching, guidance, feedback and discipline in accordance to company policy.

- Maintains communications with carriers, suppliers, warehouses, custom brokers and others involved in the shipping and delivery of merchandise.

- Ensures that goods are shipped and delivered in a timely manner and that inventory levels are sufficiently maintained.

- Studies company’s or customers’ needs and manages and maintains inventory based on those needs.

- Oversees the transportation of products from one location to another, such as from loading docks to warehouses or warehouses to stores (point of use).

- Arranges product pickups and deliveries with transportation companies and route drivers.

- Contacts various transportation companies to get shipping quotes; and conducts a cost analysis of several transportation companies to assist upper management in selecting those that are cost-efficient, reliable, and able to handle the shipment loads.

- Communicates with trucking companies, warehouse supervisors, customs brokers, sales forces and customers, ensuring that all parties are working together to guarantee that shipments are packed, sent, and delivered in a timely manner.

- Provides input for departmental budget and manages budgeted expenditures.

- Supports and promotes Plant and Departmental Key Performance Indicators by monitoring, taking appropriate action, establishing plans and completing tasks to meet established targets.

- Lead/coach/mentor team members on cultural change, new processing, continuous improvement as a part of daily life.

- On a daily basis, develop and distribute: The demand plan, shipping schedule and metal forecast.

- Other duties as assigned.

Educational and Certification Background

Bachelor's degree and 2 years of experience in manufacturing logistics. Two years of directly related experience may substitute for 1 year of a bachelor’s degree - Essential

One year minimum of supervisory responsibility - Essential

Automotive manufacturing experience a plus - Preferred

Personal Competencies

- Must be able to work extended hours including weekends in order to objective accomplishment

- Must be people oriented with the ability to influence and persuade, coach and train personnel

- Must have a good understanding of supervisory approaches for work direction, motivation, and disciplinary actions including investigation and documentation

- Must have solid time and priority management skills for managing both self and team activities

- Must be accountable for departmental budget and cost control

- Must be reliable, be able to work independently and as part of a team

- Must be quality oriented with emphasis on operating to “standard”

- Must be a good communicator, both oral or written

- Must be comfortable using data for problem identification, resolution and decision making

- Must be accountable for the results of their operation

- Must be safety oriented

- Must have Microsoft office skills; ERP and/or Plex skills a plus

- Must be Fluent in English

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $59,629.00 - $89,444.00 per year

Benefits:

- 401(k)

- 401(k) matching

- Dental insurance

- Employee assistance program

- Employee discount

- Flexible spending account

- Health insurance

- Health savings account

- Life insurance

- Paid time off

- Professional development assistance

- Referral program

- Retirement plan

- Tuition reimbursement

- Vision insurance

Work Location: In person