Directs and optimizes all shift-level material handling operations, ensuring seamless and timely logistical support essential for production and plant-wide warehousing activities. Reports directly to the Senior Manager of Material Handling in Normal, IL.
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Ensures that department Group Leaders (supervision) are maintaining: (Safety documentation, Ergonomics, Suggestions, Complaints, Training, Attendance, Overtime, and Vacation).
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Performs and teaches all processes in the assigned Material Handling Group.
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Communicates between shifts and departments to implement best practices, resolve problems, and sustain consistent performance to objectives.
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Evaluates shift quality and performance levels and ensures the shift meets continuous improvement requirements.
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Evaluates bottlenecks in upstream processes and collaborates process improvement.
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Evaluates and develops countermeasures for downstream delivery issues.
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Supports and participates in pilot product programs or model change and model mix activities.
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Ensures adherence to local, state, and federal laws and corporate goals, objectives, and policies.
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Implements and monitors the metrics for the Group.
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Teaches, plans, and implements the RMS Quality Network with emphasis on the five core principles.
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Coordinates operational changes with the Material Handling organization.
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Follows the standardized work process.
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Maintains housekeeping standards and applies 5S as prescribed in RMS
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Utilizes appropriate inventory controls and follows up on assignments.
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Ensures proper use and care of equipment.
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Responsible for implementing cross functional and job rotation training where applicable.
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Mentoring plant Material Handling Group Leaders, other as directed short term assignments.
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Visit customer locations & plants during major milestone events to support the teams when required.
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Manage all direct reports, develop job duties for all direct reports, monitor and feedback all direct reports on a quarterly basis
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Experience with Materials Requirement Planning “MRP” Software such as SAP Preferred.
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Working knowledge in Excel, Word, Power point, and Outlook programs.
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Strong leadership skills, experience managing multiple teams preferred.
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Ability to set tasks and responsibilities
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Creative problem-solving skills.
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Ability to meet deadlines and stay within budget.
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Strong team orientation and cross functional attitude.
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College degree preferred
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3 years previous supervisory experience highly preferred.
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While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
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The employee is occasionally required to walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
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The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
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Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.
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In performing this job's duties, the employee must travel, drive a motor vehicle, and communicate using telephone and e-mail.