Material Distribution Lead

Responsibilities

• Ensure all work orders/kits/stations are fully staged prior to start
• Identify and verify part shortages 2472 hours before line impact
• Escalate issues early with communicated recovery plans
• Own the shortage board / missing material tracker
• Control replenishment from warehouse to lineside
• Own kanban, supermarkets, point-of-use stocking strategy
• Optimize travel paths and material presentation to operators
• Prioritize kits based on build plan
• Prevent partial kits from hitting the floor
• Ensure kits are complete and delivered on time
• Inventory Accuracy on the Floor
• Cycle count lineside and WIP locations
• Reconcile system vs physical discrepancies
• Prevent “ghost shortages” caused by bad transactions
• POC for Fastenal vending and RFID programs, ensuring we have what we need when we need it
• Maintain a visual board for: Shortages, Priority builds, Past due kits
• Attend daily production meetings with status updates
• Drive process improvement (Lean Focus)
• Reduce material touches
• Improve point-of-use storage
• Implement kanban or two-bin where applicable
• Drive 6S in material areas
• Define the value stream map for material distribution within the production cells, supermarket racking, bin sizes and locations on benches, etc.

Qualifications

• Highest level of integrity
• Accountable and dependable
• Strong work ethic
• Ability to work effectively independently with little direction and in a team environment
• Strong interpersonal skills, including effective written and oral communication abilities
• Flexibility to work overtime as required
• Availability to work Saturdays with the needs of the business
• Able to lift packages or materials up to 50lbs and move products using MHE
• Proficient in MS Office Suite of Products, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel, or willing to learn
• Ability to work while standing (approximately 70% of the time) and sitting
• Participates in physical inventories (required)
• Troubleshoots, diagnoses, and corrects issues in the production floor warehouse locations
• Experience using ERP Systems; preferably Epicor
• Experience physically and electronically handling inventory
• Advanced understanding of inventory: counting, auditing, cycle-counting, kitting, work orders, material flow, etc.
• Experience with cycle time, takt time, lean and 6S principles or willingness to learn

Skills

• Physical Requirements: ability to lift packages or materials up to 50lbs and move products using MHE
• Ability to work in a fast-paced work environment with the ability to change priorities in a timely fashion
• Advanced understanding of inventory: counting, auditing, cycle-counting, kitting, work orders, material flow, etc.
• Experience with cycle time, takt time, lean and 6S principles or willingness to learn

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental and vision)
• Generous paid time off
• 100% company-paid short-term, long-term disability insurance
• 100% company-paid basic life and AD&D insurance
• A 401(k) plan with 5% company matching
• Commitment to professional development

Pay

The compensation range for this position is $27 to $33 per hour. The actual pay offered will be determined by multiple factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, skills, job-related knowledge, internal equity, and geographical location.

Schedule

Less than 10% travel may be required to local/domestic supplier locations