Develop and implement standard process and strategies that enable production efficiency improvements.
Lead, Supervise, and direct materials staff development through education, training, coaching, mentoring and certification in the execution of improvement priorities and the achievement of key performance indicators.
Manage and optimize daily warehousing operations including staging, cycle count, and storage of materials.
Oversee inventory management and control, accuracy, and established inventory guidelines and procedures.
Ensure efficient and accurate materials presentation to support production operations.
Partner with Quality, Purchasing and Production to develop effective and efficient solutions to customer quality and delivery issues and to achieve objectives and KPIs.
Ensure high level of communication between planning, purchasing and production to ensure a high degree of customer satisfaction
Lead and improve Material/Inventory Management best practices including Warehouse Management (Cycle Count Accuracy, Transactions, Bar Coding, RFID) and Fill Rate.
Maintain appropriate staffing levels for daily material management balancing resource capacity to workload.
Act as SAP SuperUser within functional area as assigned.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
2 years of materials leadership
2 years of experience leading teams, developing people or organizing tasks.
Preferred Qualifications
Previous experience using SAP or equivalent ERP system (Oracle, JD Edwards, Microsoft Dynamics) and
Microsoft Office.
Formal leadership or team development training.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
Relationship Building and Earning Trust – Consistently follows through on team commitments, communicates, and demonstrates accountability. Builds trust and sets the example for the team by being inclusive and fair.
Accountability – Remains outcome focused, holding the team accountable while removing barriers to success. Plays to win by defining team objectives/scope and clear milestones. Keeps leadership apprised of progress and brings options/solutions for issues when elevated.
Ask, Listen, and Follow Up – Actively listens, questions to help others understand, shows care/concern, and closes loop. Drives action and alignment using coaching techniques, reinforces team's progress/development.
Inspire, Motivate and Recognize – Teaches others new tasks and is self- aware of strengths/developmental opportunities. Celebrates individual successes.
Conflict Management and Resolution – Influences employees to collaborate and achieve goals as a group.
Asks questions, remains unbiased and encourages unconventional suggestions. Diffuses conflict as it arises rather than avoiding it and focuses on solving the problem.
Identify, Engage and Retain – Creates an open and honest work environment, providing others an opportunity to develop and grow.
Change Agent – Consistently optimistic about the ability to change in order to improve a product/service.
Uses the voice of customer (VOC) to validate ideas. Works well autonomously and in a team, leads change by promoting the value of transformation.
Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand. The employee frequently is required to use hands to manipulate objects, tools or controls and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to walk; stoop; crouch; bend and reach above shoulders. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds unassisted and up to 100 pounds with assistance, waist high, up to 10 feet away. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and depth perception. Temperatures can vary from cool to warm depending upon the season. The employee must comply with the assigned location PPE requirements including but not limited to safety glasses, hearing protection, appropriate gloves, clothing and shields for required tasks and closed toed or safety shoes as required by facility safety policies.
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Great Reasons to work for Generac
Competitive Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, 401k and many more
Scheduled events throughout the year that allow our employees, both current and retirees, to gather together and enjoy their time with their families and co-workers
Pride! When a storm strikes, Generac employees always rise to the occasion. Each time a storm hits many employees volunteer their time with the customer support team or on the production line while others go right into storm-affected areas to repair generators
We believe in having fun. From minor celebrations to major events, our employees balance their work by building a strong culture of teamwork and collaboration through a variety of occasions, including our Fun Days.
Every day is Jeans Day! Dress for your day.
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