Materials Supervisor
United States Req #8759
Social Circle, GA
Monday, May 13, 2024
This posting is for Military / Veterans only.
Must be willing to relocate within 35 miles of the below locations.
We do offer a relocation package.
Social Circle, GA
COMPANY BACKGROUND:
J.B. Poindexter & Co, a privately held diversified manufacturing company that offers a vast variety of career opportunities within the J.B. Poindexter & Co family of companies. We offer competitive salaries and progressive benefits including health, dental, vision, life insurance, disability plans, 401K, paid time off, tuition reimbursement and more. We pride ourselves in team member development, performance, recognition, and a culture of diversity and respect. Whether you are taking the next step of your career or just beginning, joining J.B. Poindexter & Co winning team means being part of a great home away from home. You will be challenged. You will be proud.
How You Will Make an Impact?
J.B. Poindexter & Co is currently seeking a Materials Supervisor for our local manufacturing facility. This position will manage and oversee the receipt, storage, pick, and delivery operations of materials from suppliers to the warehouse, production lines and regional facilities. This role will motivate, manage, and measure the performance of warehouse staff against productivity and quality KPIs while ensuring the safety of all employees.
The Nuts and Bolts:
• Lead team meetings and communicate goals to the floor
• Monitor and measure performance
• Provide proper coaching to motivate workforce and increase retention
• Improves methods and processes to increase productivity and quality while reducing costs
• Conduct regular training sessions to ensure all employees are properly trained in their functions
• Create a cross-training matrix to ensure backups are in place
• Increase inventory accuracy through monitoring of daily warehouse activities, cycle counts, receiving procedures and audits
• Resolve inventory discrepancies quickly and effectively
• Plan labor effectively against weekly requirements to increase worker efficiency and minimize overtime
• Ensure on-time loading and unloading of trucks to minimize detention
• Escalate issues as needed
• Review warehouse layout and optimize storage capacity
• Minimize use of outside storage
• Communicates any issues or delays in shipments to impacted areas with corrective action plans and timings for resolution
• Optimize picking performance and identify opportunities to reduce forklift travel
• Review truck loading procedures to increase truck payload
• Work with Production Plant to ensure timely delivery of parts and advise Materials teams of product issues
• Lead warehouse sanitation/5S activities
• Other duties as required
Required Credentials:
• Bachelor’s degree in management, supply chain, business or manufacturing discipline, preferred
• 5 years of experience in warehousing and distribution in a manufacturing environment
• Prior experience managing people in a fast-paced distribution and/or manufacturing environment
• Strong leadership, motivational, and team-building skills
• Ability to resolve crisis and make quick decisions
• Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office Suite) and familiarity with JD Edwards or other mainframe systems
• Forklift license a plus
You must be able to:
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.
This job operates in a manufacturing plant environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
CODE OF ETHICS:
J.B. Poindexter & Co requires the highest standard of ethics in all business dealings, in particular with customers, suppliers, advisors, employees and authorities. The Materials Supervisor shall actively ensure that his/her own activities and those of all employees within the project meet this obligation. J.B. Poindexter & Co critical standards and procedures related to expected conduct are detailed on the company website. The Materials Supervisor is expected to be familiar with these policies and ensure that they are implemented in all areas of control.
SAFETY:
Safety is paramount on any J.B. Poindexter & Co operation. The Materials Supervisor is expected to be familiar with the company’s safety program and enforce the safety policy always. Never walk past an unsafe act.
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Skills:
Coaching, Computer Skills, Corrective Action, Cost Control, Cross-Training, Distribution Services, Distribution Warehousing, Forklift, Forklift License, Inventory Cycle Counts, J D Edwards, Leadership, Loading/Unloading, Mainframe Computer, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Management, Materials Management, Microsoft Office, Military, People Management, Performance Analysis, Performance Metrics, Performance Tuning/Optimization, Physical Demands, Process Improvement, Productivity Management, Safety/Work Safety, Sanitation, Shipping/Receiving, Staff Requirements, Supply Chain, Team Lead/Manager, Time Management, Training/Teaching, Warehousing, Wheel/Front-End Loader
About the Company:
JB Poindexter & Co
JB Poindexter & Co (JBPCO) initially began as an investment partnership with John B. Poindexter and fellow partners, whose goals evolved from the realization of capital gains to the achievement of long-term growth. Initial acquisitions in the manufacturing and automotive spaces would lay the foundation for an enterprise led by household names in each respective industry working together to benefit one another.
Company Size:
5,000 to 9,999 employees
Industry:
Manufacturing - Other
Founded:
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Website:
https://jbpoindexter.com/