What are the responsibilities and job description for the Materials Control Lead (2nd Shift) position at TVS SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS NORTH AMERICA, INC?
Materials Control Lead
Summary
The Materials Control Lead is responsible for managing and overseeing various aspects of materials control, dock procedures, and expedited parts processes to ensure efficient operations and timely delivery of materials. The Materials Control Lead will play a critical role in maintaining inventory accuracy, coordinating logistics, and ensuring the smooth flow of materials within the assigned responsibilities. This position is located inside the General Motors facility.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Manages the flow of materials for regular production activities to ensure all materials are delivered without any damage and maintain quality control throughout the supply chain.
• Collaborates and oversees issues with GM leadership to resolve material overages, shortages, and damages, ensuring accurate material balances.
• Manages and resolves material-related issues promptly and efficiently, including emergency pick and shipping processes.
• Manage and control critical parts that require immediate attention to prevent line downtime using the customer's WMS (Warehouse Management System).
• Manages Special shipment requests to other GM facilities utilizing GEPICS to ensure on time delivery of JIT material (Just-in-Time).
• Manages Special Purchase Order (SPO) spreadsheet with relevant information, Customer Complaint Analysis (CCA) requests for material needs, pilot and pre-production phases.
• Supervises the validation of door access and railcar numbers for incoming and outgoing shipments.
• Oversees all communication to train master for escalation.
• Supervise and enforce standard operating procedures for dock operations with inbound drivers up to requesting a ban for unsafe practices.
• Controls the early warning system based on minimum/maximum inventory levels and a 5-alarm process.
• Utilize various systems to manage inbound and outbound of containers to suppliers. (generating picklists, printing and managing manifests, processing of finished manifests, tally sheets, and rail tally sheets).
• Supervises the electronic dock board with the latest dock status and escalates as needed.
• Establish and adjust work procedures to meet production needs.
• Investigating and solving customers’ problems, which may be complex or long-standing problems.
• Handling customer complaints or any major incidents.
• Perform special projects, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.
• This position will cross-train with our Customer Liaison team for optimal customer coverage.
• Participate in all TVS SCS quality and excellence initiatives.
Competencies
• Leadership and leadership development
• Communication proficiency
• Technical capability
• Teamwork orientation
• Customer focus
• Interpersonal and communications skills to motivate
• Effective change management and implementation skills
• Decision making
• Ability to organize integrated systems and processes
• Time management
• Problem solving and analysis
• Flexibility to adapt to continuous change
• Attention to detail
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit or stand; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The associate may occasionally be required to lift 51 pounds, anything greater than 51 pounds requires assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
This job is performed in the customer facility, a busy warehouse environment with high forklift traffic. Warehouses are subject to seasonal temperatures. Steel-toed shoes, safety glasses and vests are required personal protective equipment (PPE).
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
Full Time, Exempt. Schedule flexibility for extended or unplanned work hours is required.
2nd Shift Opening
Travel
Some travel is expected between locations.
Education and Experience
• High school diploma or equivalent; a degree in supply chain management or a related field is preferred.
• Proven experience in materials control or a similar role.
• Strong understanding of inventory management and logistics processes.
• Proficiency in using Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and other relevant software.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
As an EEO employer, TVS SCS NA is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive culture. The TVS SCS NA team does not discriminate against candidates and employees because of their disability, sex, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, veteran status, or any other protected status under the law within any employment practices. We are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations to applicants; please contact [Hope Molyneaux, JMolyneaux@tvsscs.com] to make a reasonable accommodation request. The employee selected for this role must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily, and if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship
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