Warehouse & Paint Leader

Coordinate daily warehouse and paint operations leading a team of associates who receive, identify and manage the staging and distribution of a wide variety of raw material, manufactured and purchased components for additional processing, assembly, machining, or direct shipment, to internal and external stakeholders.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Ensure timely and accurate distribution of parts to ensure assembly teams can start on time.
• Coordinate and manage daily and on-going warehouse operation activities, including cycle counts, intercompany and direct shipment, and stocking strategies.
• Primary contact concerning warehouse and paint operations issues.
• Lead team of personnel who receive, identify, issue, store, or kit materials and parts.
• Lead team of personnel who can operate liquid paint and powder coat paint operations.
• Able to read and interpret blueprints and part detail drawings.
• Able to understand, implement and maintain a TPM program for powder coat booth and liquid paint booths.
• Maintain point of use inventory including Kanban, VMI, and discrete buy of materials and tooling.
• Develop standards and processes based on improvement opportunities or quality/cost concerns.
• Provide support for operations in safety, quality, performance, and productivity improvement opportunities.
• Proactively engage the warehouse operations, purchasing and assembly teams to eliminate trending issues and concerns affecting the customer.
• Analyze current state processes for internal and external customer support and develop plans to address areas of need.
• Support a culture of continuous improvement through Lean journey by assisting with development and coaching of associates and team leaders on Lean principles.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or equivalent and 3-5 years of experience in function.
• Leadership experience in one or more of the areas of manufacturing, warehouse and inventory leadership, and/or lean deployment, with transformational responsibilities.
• Proven success designing, implementing, communicating, meeting goals, including improving through-put, shortening cycle time, improving inventory turns, and reducing supply chain costs.

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KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• Demonstrated problem solving skills using root cause analysis and other lean tools. 
• Skilled in analytics and statistical process control, change management, and legacy quality tools such as PDCA, FMEA, control plans, etc.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.

COMPETENCES:

• Customer Focus – Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Instills Trust – Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
• Drives Results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Communicates Effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Optimizes Work Processes - Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Ensures Accountability – Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Drives Engagement – Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.
• Plans and Aligns – Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
• Manages Complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITY:

This position directly supervises other associates.

WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Typically sits, grasps items and performs keyboarding for frequent operation of a computer

• Stand, walk, bend,  reach or otherwise move about occasionally
• Lift, move or otherwise transfer items up to 30 lbs. occasionally
• Occasional exposure to typical machine shop physical hazards
• Travel by air or car occasionally