Receiving Supervisor

Description

Work for the market leader of construction tools at MARSHALLTOWN as a Supervisor leading the Receiving Department at our 350,000 sq foot Armstrong Facility. Our facilities are top-notch, and our company culture is healthy. Decisions are made quickly, good ideas are embraced, excellence and effort are rewarded, and we have the resources to do what we need to do. Solving the problems of a large and highly automated manufacturing and distribution company are both interesting and exciting challenges!

We are seeking an eager, poised, assertive, and ambitious leader with the passion to lead and develop employees. The ideal candidate must have the ability to retain, develop, inspire and empower employees to drive sustainable continuous improvement.

As a Receiving Supervisor at MARSHALLTOWN, you will be responsible for managing operations through proper employee training, efficient planning, staging a work-to-production schedule, and effective assignment of work. The Receiving Supervisor provides leadership, guidance, and supervision of hourly production employee. The Receiving Supervisor contributes through value-added activities in quality improvement, efficiency enhancement, and process improvement.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Maintaining a safe environment for all employees and ensuring everyone is working safely
• Directing employees to complete work to the schedule in a timely and quality manner
• Ensuring employees are properly trained and working safely
• Staging work to ensure the most efficient and cost-effective processing of orders
• Identifying ways to improve work methods and implementing those changes
• Ensuring work areas are well-organized, tools and fixtures are working properly, and areas are free of safety hazards
• Coaching and providing employees with regular feedback and completing quarterly evaluations on a timely basis
• Understanding and applying company policies consistently
• Performing quality assurance checks throughout the department
• Other duties and project work as assigned

Qualifications

KEY COMPETENCIES:

• Contributes to a cooperative working effort by demonstrating a willingness to perform other job-related work, as needed or requested.
• Decision-making and authority is exercised with good judgment, recognizing when others must be involved.
• Shows initiative in gaining and maintaining the skills, abilities, and knowledge required to perform this position in at least a fully qualified and satisfactory manner.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• Two  years' experience in Shipping/Receiving required. Experience in manufacturing strongly preferred.
• Two years of demonstrated supervisory, leadership, training, and coaching experience, required.
• Experience with MRP systems
• Ability to multitask and manage shifting priorities with frequent interruptions
• Successful completion of a Powered Industrial Truck driving test and the material handler written exam
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills to all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Office
• Meets harness and SRL (Self Retracting Lifeline) weight capacity limits (130 lbs. - 310 lbs.)

MARSHALLTOWN offers comprehensive total rewards packages to include competitive wages, matching 401k retirement plans, Dental, Traditional and High Deductible Health Plans with employer HSA contributions, and vacation eligibility, just to name a few!

MARSHALLTOWN is proud to provide equal employment opportunity to individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, color, creed, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, protected disability or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal or local law.