** Warehouse Supervisor - 1st Shift**

**Job Category****:** Hickory Springs **Requisition Number****:** WAREH006200 Showing 1 location **Job Details**

**Description**

**Summary:**

The Warehouse Supervisor is responsible for planning, procurement, storage, control, and distribution of goods and synchronizing all work functions with the suppliers, inventory management, material flow, transportation, and shipping/receiving. Establishes standardized work instruction/procedures for each area of responsibility with an effective cross-training plan.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities:**

(This description is a general statement of required major duties and responsibilities performed on a regular and continual basis. It does not exclude other duties that may be assigned.)

* Manages and controls inventory, conducts/manages physical inventories and see that cycle counting is conducted to verify inventory accuracy on an ongoing basis

* Works in conjunction with production to optimize inventory cost and improve inventory turns. Develops pull system to maximize inventory efficiency and minimize wastes of over-production, storage, scrap, and transportation. See that all personnel are conforming to system transaction processing rules to ensure inventory accuracy

* Recommend and implement policies, practices and methods for improving safety, operational efficiency, storage and waste reduction

* Manages all outbound and inbound freight/receiving activities to ensure safety, OTD to customer, inventory accuracy, and optimization of freight costs

* Develops / improves flow of raw materials, work-in-progress inventory, and final products through the production chain

* Provide lean training (i.e. 5S, Kaizen, standardized work, error-proofing, visual signals, etc.) and facilitate improvement events as needed

**Education/ Experience**:

* Bachelors degree in business, logistics, procurement, or other related degree or equivalent years of experience required.

* Must have good organizational skills including the ability to prioritize, handle multiple projects simultaneously, and meet deadlines

* Professional verbal and written communication skills essential

* Must have strong technical skills and experience

**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**:

* Must have experience in a Lean Manufacturing environment with J.I.T.

* Experience with ISO9001 requirements and TS16949.

* 5 years inventory management experience

* 5 years of traffic control management

* Must have 5 years minimum experience working with MRP II systems (JD Edwards experience a plus).

* Prefer Automotive Tier 1 or Tier 2 experience.

* Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment.

* Ability to multi-task, set priorities and work in a fast-paced environment.

**Physical Requirements:**

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position requires frequent routine walking and climbing of stairs from the engineering department to the plant floor.

While performing job function in this position, the employee may be asked to lift up to 25 lbs.

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)