What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Brownsville Warehouse position at Spellman High Voltage Electronics?
About Us
Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation, a family owned business for over 75 years, takes pride in powering progress in health, security and quality of life. We are key partners with the world’s leading medical devices, semiconductor, scientific analytics and industrial systems manufacturers. When they want to push the limits of what’s possible with high voltage applications, they turn to us to make it happen.
While Spellman is not a household name, our products are used to make and often power many of the most advanced technologies that make modern life possible. With design and manufacturing sites in North America, Europe and Asia, we have become the preferred provider of high voltage power solutions for OEMs pushing the boundaries of technology around the world by designing and producing the products they need to power progress.
The Warehouse Brownsville Manager will supervise and guide toward continuous improvement of all activities and objectives of the Brownsville, Texas warehouse and customer service through optimal utilization of resources assigned. Work with Materials Manager and Logistics manager to ensure that the Brownsville warehouse meets company requirements for a safe and ethical workplace; satisfies internal and external customer needs; complies with all legal requirements and company policy.
What you will do:
- This is a working supervisory position with requirements to be comfortable supervising &/or directly engaging with colleagues in performing all warehouse functions.
- Supervise, guide and develop Brownsville warehouse team, including outsource employees (like Mexican/USA Brokers, Carriers) to ensure that daily plans/task assigned are met and monthly objectives are reached.
- Define, train and supervise employees’ standard work
- Ensure that environmental, health, safety and security awareness and practices comply with regulatory bodies and company policy and practices
- Ensure that CTPAT, OEA, ISO, EHSS criteria is met on all activities.
- Effectively supervise day to day shipping and receiving plan requirements
- Develop and maintain cross training program
- Establish goals and objectives for Brownsville warehouse employees linked to the Spellman Matamoros annual objectives.
- Develop and deploy plans and initiatives for continuous improvement to achieve the operating plan goals
- Maintain and track relevant key performance indicators (KPI’s) to measure Brownsville warehouse performance
- Identify opportunities in Brownsville warehouse to implement continuous improvement projects aligned to compliance with EHS&S, C-TPAT, legal requirements, ISO, Continuous Improvement assessments or pertinent Spellman policy.
- Interact with support departments like planning, logistics, sales, sister sites, ERP/IT group and operations and make sure all needs are covered and best practices are shared.
- Participate actively in daily production meetings with Operations and report Brownsville warehouse status to internal and external customers as required.
- Manage relationship between Spellman and MX and US Brokers carrier representatives, & others to ensure that they are aligned to our goals and objectives.
- Develop and maintain as part of a risk mitigation plan for the Brownsville warehouse.
- Optimize inventory storage capability and space utilization to meet goals and objectives.
- Inventory Management: Successfully manage the cycle count program and report results along with continuous improvement plans.
- Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget for Brownsville warehouse.
- Effectively supervise the maintenance, orderliness and cleanliness of the Brownsville warehouse building and assets within the practices of 6S methodology.
- Effectively manage the supplies for Brownsville warehouse (shipping boxes, office supplies, tools, machinery, equipment etc)
- Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for Brownsville warehouse personnel to support customer needs, legal requirements, safety policies and regulations, CTAPT, ISO, C/I assessment or other pertinent Spellman policy.
What you need:
- Minimum 5 years of supervising similar warehouse environments, preferably within a twin plant maquiladora framework
- Relevant college degree or equivalent proven work experience required
- Practical working level ERP experience with relevance to effective warehouse management is a must
- Experience working with customer information portals is a plus
- Working knowledge of import/export requirements for maquiladora environments, domestic logistics, and international shipments globally is required.
- Practical working knowledge of INCOTERMS and basic contract language interpretation
- Strong leadership and supervisory skills and competencies are required
- Bilingual in English and Spanish Required
- Ability to travel between Spellman Brownsville warehouse to Spellman’s Matamoros factories as required
- Advanced skills with Word, Excel (formula / Pivot Tables) PowerPoint, and SharePoint required.
- Able to effectively present information to stakeholders
- Ability to analyze data and create reports which accurately reflect the state of operation
- Knowledge and experience managing continuous improvement projects. Lean/Six Sigma experience a plus
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
- Human Resource tactical administration
- Flexible work schedule. Willing to work weekends to cover special events/situations, like end of month, etc. and ensure that work is completed on time (minimal twice per month).
- Able to effectively manage VMI and VMIC.
We at Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation believe that each individual is entitled to equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status or disability. The right of equal employment opportunity extends to recruiting, hiring selection, transfer, promotion, training and all other conditions of employment. To request accommodation related to disabilities, please email us at careers@spellmanhv.com, or call 1 (631) 630-3000
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