Logistics Supervisor-Receiving

About the role

The Logistics Supervisor is responsible for leading a team of employees to conduct the activities that occur in the Receiving department. This working role owns the processes in the respective areas of responsibility and leads continuous improvement efforts. The Logistics Supervisor routinely communicates and interacts with all functions of the business, but has close interaction with Safety, Quality, Procurement, Inventory, Assembly, and the Project Management functions.

Responsibilities

• Leads a union workforce of material handlers to accomplish assigned work.
• Interprets company policies and procedures to workers and enforces safety rules and regulations.
• Ensures the Receiving process is executed accurately and efficiently. This includes the execution of SAP transactions. Works closely with Inventory Management during the Put-Away process to ensure inventory accuracy is maintained.
• Review and assess the Receiving and Put-Away processes to implement process improvements.
• Analyzes and supports workers in solving work problems.
• Initiates plans to motivate workers to achieve work goals.
• Confers with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments.
• Maintains all recordkeeping which includes receipts, transfer orders, packing slips, and time/attendance records.
• Conducts performance evaluations for direct reports.
• Other duties as assigned.
• May directly supervise up to 20 employees.
• Must be able to work all shifts and weekends, if necessary.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Responsibilities include training, planning, assigning, and directing of work.

Qualifications

• Innovation – Commits to creative problem solving with people, products, solution design and business processes
• Accountability – Accepts personal responsibility for actions vs. blaming others
• Integrity– Is open, honest and has consistency of character
• Customer Centric – Focuses on serving internal and external customers, going the extra mile while being financially responsible
• People – Is respectful and collaborative in relationships realizing people make the biggest contribution to our success
• A minimum of 3 years of experience leading teams in a Logistics setting.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, drawings/prints, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.