Supervisor - Materials Receiving

• Supervise receiving team - including, Material Handlers, Material Flow Coordinators, and Inventory Assurance Specialists.
• Manage all purchased inventory (material, equipment, and supplies) to ensure an acceptable level of working capital without jeopardizing customer or production requirements.
• Effectively communicate across functions updating on shortages, anticipated shortages, and expediting status.
• Lead continuous improvement and other Lean principles (PFEP as one example) to control and minimize inventory in accordance with company goals.
• Maintain close contact with the production planning team to align efforts to demand plan and further minimize raw material shortages.
• Work across departments and locations to leverage expertise, maximize the utilization of resources, and enhance product availability.
• Analyze all inventories in assigned areas and identify problem items (excess, obsolete, damaged) and participate in an MRB to determine and take necessary actions to minimize financial exposure.
• Implement and enforce safety policies to assure safe operations.
• Focus on successful delivery for new product raw materials and be involved with continuous improvement to eliminate missed shipments or lines down due to material shortages.
• Analyze and maintain planning system to stock appropriate inventory levels throughout the year and anticipate seasonal changes in demand.
• Supervise the inventory assurance process and associates to maintain inventory accuracy and coverage requirements. 
• Lead annual inventory process as directed by Oatey Finance
• Prepare necessary analysis and metrics on a periodic basis; lead improvement activities as necessary
• Evolve and maintain documents and Standards Operating Procedures (SOP’s) for material planning processes and systems
• Assure application of department conformance to quality and Lean principles and practices.
• Be able to present quantitative and qualitative findings clearly and concisely.
• Participate on New Product Introduction teams to present or transition packaging components and materials and coordinate with Buyers, Demand Planners, and Production Schedulers to minimize obsolete inventory.
• Cross-train to back-up production scheduling, distribution planning and inventory counts and reconciliation activity
• Coordinate with Sourcing and Purchasing on future rail car deliveries; manage deliveries locally with the rail line’s representative
• Work with planning and purchasing as needed
• Other duties as assigned.

What you’ll need to be successful…

• In-depth knowledge of planning and scheduling with previous MRP experience in either SAP, Oracle, or other ERP statistical software packages.
• Significant supervisory experience in a high-volume warehouse/receiving operation.
• Strong initiative and follow-up skills.
• Detail-oriented.
• In-depth emotional intelligence: behavioral maturity, demonstrated trust and integrity, high ethical standards, interpersonal competence, and the ability to prevent, reduce and resolve conflict.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Advanced computer proficiency with knowledge of Microsoft Office, Dynamic AX, and Scale WMS.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, work well under pressure and generate results in a deadline-driven, fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated business acumen and strong analytical problem-solving abilities.
• Demonstrated team and individual leadership skills: decision-making, team building and organization skills.
• Previous warehouse leadership experience.
• Four-year college degree (Business, Industrial Engineering or related field) required.

Experience that will set you apart….

• Experienced in planning and scheduling for high volume repetitive products and experience in a build to forecast manufacturing environment.