Supervisor, Distribution Center

Location: Onsite – Kohler, WI 

Opportunity

The Supervisor, Distribution role oversees the coordination of put away, replenishment, picking, and inventory operations for Kitchen & Bath finished goods within the Wisconsin Distribution Center. Responsible for managing a team of 20–40 associates, the position ensures efficient product movement through storage locations, maintains accurate data in the Warehouse Management System, and supports safety, quality, and operational standards. The supervisor also leads workforce training, enforces company policies, and contributes to continuous improvement initiatives and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the put away, replenishment, picking, and inventory of finished products.  Determine, with General Supervisor, where product is to be stored and change procedures as required to suit the inventory mix
• Assign personnel daily, in the most favorable economic advantage, to perform tasks required to meet shipping schedules and production deliveries.
• Control the input of data in the Warehouse Management System, as required to meet daily processing needs.
• Under the direction of the General Supervisor, train an efficient and adequate workforce to meet all storage and retrieval requirements.
• Support standard work measurement programs, training employees in proper reporting techniques required, auditing job elements, and issuing change of operations notices as needed.
• Ensure good housekeeping to protect products and maintain an orderly work environment.
• Maintain storage and material handling equipment in good, safe, operating condition, make regular visual inspections and initiate orders for repairs or replacements as necessary.
• Evaluate performance of subordinates and provide regular feedback.  Enforces all company policies and guidelines of which the most frequent are safety, personnel, and housekeeping.
• Prepares all time, production, and usage reports pertinent to operations as directed.  May be required to prepare other special reports or perform other duties or work on special projects as directed by the Supervisor.
•  Assist or substitute for other Distribution Center Supervisors on vacation or due to sick days.
• Prepare and maintain reports such as Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and 5S.
• Perform any and all other duties and projects as required by Supervision.
• Participate in safety initiatives such as wall to wall inspections, support program management/updates, incident investigations, safety training and accident prevention, day to day safety and new equipment process approval, Kaizen events, safety teams, allocate funds for safety equipment and initiatives, and return to work program.