Logistics Quality Supervisor-Shepherdsville, KY

About the role

The Quality Supervisor plays a crucial role in the Contract Logistics team at Kuehne+Nagel. They lead quality employees in both Audit and Inspection, engage in continuous improvement efforts, and ensure high standards of quality and production.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction to quality employees and lead employee engagement.
• Direct day-to-day quality and production deliverables and initiatives.
• Hold employees accountable while maintaining a key working relationship.
• Provide expertise and leadership in the quality and compliance field.
• Understand processes, specification changes; know when change may have a possible effect on other areas.
• Identify opportunities to optimize inspection techniques and improve quality control procedures.
• Ensure measurement and testing equipment (e.g., calipers, gauges and blueprints).
• Be the primary point of contact between the Inspectors and Operations staff.
• Promptly escalate to the QA Supervisor/Manager, any interpersonal or staff challenges.
• Provide daily guidance, training and supervision to QA Inspectors to meet production throughput.
• Handle Internal Audit / Assessment Activities as required.
• Interact as needed with customers, both proactively and reactively, to demonstrate Quality commitment.
• Supports activities to ensure communication between internal and external customer.
• Understand and adhere to local, State, and Federal regulations inclusive of, but not limited, to OSHA, DOT, EPA and other government agencies.
• Certification is required to handle any hazardous material(s).

Requirements

• A High School Diploma/GED or equivalent with 3 or more years of experience in operations leadership, quality or closely related field.
• 3+ years of recent experience in a warehouse environment.
• 2 or more years in a supervisory role.
• Experience with Warehouse Management Systems (WMS).
• Experience with SAP.
• Prior experience in Quality ITC Audit or Quality Inspection.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED or equivalent.
• 3 or more years of experience in operations leadership, quality or closely related field.
• 3+ years of recent experience in a warehouse environment.
• 2 or more years in a supervisory role.
• Experience with Warehouse Management Systems (WMS).
• Experience with SAP.
• Prior experience in Quality ITC Audit or Quality Inspection.

Skills

• Leadership skills.
• Quality assurance knowledge.
• Warehouse management systems proficiency.
• Understanding of regulatory compliance.

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package including health and welfare benefits, a 401k retirement savings plan, tuition reimbursement, and incentive compensation for eligible roles.
• Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, skills, job location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations.
• Kuehne+Nagel reviews pay ranges regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay based on industry market data.

Pay

Base wage is part of a competitive total rewards package that includes health and welfare benefits, a 401k retirement savings plan, tuition reimbursement, and incentive compensation for eligible roles. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, skills, job location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. Kuehne+Nagel reviews pay ranges regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay based on industry market data.

Schedule

Details on the schedule are not specified in the job posting.