What are the responsibilities and job description for the Shipping/Receiving Supervisor position at Arning Companies?
The Shipping and Receiving Supervisor oversees the efficient movement of materials, products, and inventory within the manufacturing facility. This role ensures accurate shipping and receiving processes, inventory management, and compliance with safety and quality standards. The supervisor coordinates with production, warehouse, and logistics teams to meet customer deadlines while optimizing workflow and minimizing errors.
Responsibilities:
- Serves as the subject matter expert in all manner of shipping, receiving, and warehouse management.
- Coaches and motivates team members to achieve company and departmental goals.
- Leads by example, training team members as needed and enforcing company policies, and safety, quality, and productivity standards.
- Fosters learning and individual growth for collective team growth and success.
- Provides continual informal and formal individual/ team evaluation for growth.
- Plans and schedules manpower and production efforts, to meet production schedule requirements and customer demand.
- Establishes control measures to ensure production standards are met.
- Drives improvements to production methods, processes, equipment, and performance through improvement opportunity identification, and using root cause analysis tools.
- Sets team goals and outline for achievement.
- Maintains excellence in all manner of department safety and quality.
- Budgets material requirements, maintaining inventory accuracy to include raw materials, work in progress, manufactured parts, equipment, and consumables.
- Manages job cost accuracy through accurate team labor and material usage.
- Work closely with and communicate with other departments, supervisors, and vendors to maintain clarity, direction, and success for the collective Arning team.
- Maintains equipment to include preventative maintenance and repairs, ensuring equipment life and longevity.
- Must be physically capable of completing all duties as required, to include other responsibilities as required.
- All other duties assigned.
Qualifications:
- At least 5 years’ of experience in shipping and receiving, preferably in a steel or metal fabrication environment.
- Strong knowledge of inventory control, logistics, and warehouse operations.
- Ability to operate forklifts and other material-handling equipment (certification preferred).
- Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency in warehouse management software and Microsoft Office.
- Strong leadership and communication abilities to manage a team effectively.
- Supervisory/ leadership experience (interviews, evaluations, corrective actions)
- Versed in 5S, visual management, Lean and continuous improvement principles.
- Professionalism - oral and written communication skills
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Overtime
- Weekends as needed
Work Location: In person