What are the responsibilities and job description for the Material Area Supervisor position at Detroit Engineered Products?
- The Material Area Supervisor is responsible for leading hourly teams that unload, store, and deliver material to support production in an automotive manufacturing assembly plant. Responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Lead the safety, delivery, cost, quality, and morale of hourly work teams.
- Develop team leaders to meet corporate guidelines and transform existing material delivery processes to increase productivity and reduce manufacturing costs utilizing the World Class Manufacturing process.
- Ensure inventory and record integrity and maintain a positive working relationship with both management and union represented employee.
- Manage multiple work teams in a fast paced, high volume unionized manufacturing environment.
- Responsible for coordinating daily team activities to achieve business metrics and implementing World Class Manufacturing (WCM) tools and processes as it related to material flow.
- Required to oversee and develop highly functioning work teams, comprised of Team Leaders and Team Members and practice Leadership Principles.
- Requirements:
- High school diploma or GED required
- 1 years' experience in a manufacturing environment
- Excellent organizational, written and oral communication.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Previous related supervisory experience.
- Demonstrated ability to coach/mentor/develop team members.
