Distribution Supervisor

As the Distribution Supervisor you will be responsible for the employees in our facility, ensuring its effective operation by preparing work schedules, assigning tasks, coordinating the flow of work, and assigned projects, overseeing completion of work, and monitoring performance of your team. Attention to detail, demonstrated supervisory abilities and proficiency in manufacturing, distribution, inventory, and warehousing processes are crucial experience for this position

This is an onsite role within our Lewisville TX facility with a schedule of Monday - Friday, 12PM – 8:30PM.

What will be my duties and responsibilities in this job?

• Ensure adherence to company policies and process standards, while maintaining employee morale and overseeing the training of new and existing staff
• Work with management to establish department and company goals, and rely on experience, judgment, and innovation to achieve them
• Develop and implement process improvements, and coordinate new model introductions
• Act as liaison between teams, shifts, supervisors and departments, and partner with vendor / customer / client representatives
• Monitor inventory of materials and equipment while facilitation capital equipment procurement and maintenance service calls
• Accomplish supervisory and human resource objectives such as hiring, performing performance reviews and mentoring / coaching and disciplinary actions
• Meet production operational standards by implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; identifying process improvements
• Meet production financial standards by controlling and minimizing production expenses
• Monitor production performance and ensure all daily shift production reports are completed on time.
• Maintain a safe and healthy work environment by following and enforcing standards and procedures while complying with legal regulations
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities

What are the requirements needed for this position?

• HR Diploma or GED required
• Minimum of 5-years of experience in a leadership role within a fast-pace, high-volume, manufacturing/repair environment
• Strong knowledge and abilities with use of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Prior experience in a warehouse, shipping, receiving or related environment required
• Ability to identify potential process and workflow improvements
• Demonstrated experience with direct supervision and coaching of others
• Must have strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to successfully interface with all levels of Company personnel as well as external personnel
• High energy professional with the ability to establish and maintain effective business relationships with all suppliers and vendors
• Strong interpersonal skills to deal effectively with problem solving, brainstorming sessions, strategy development and conflict resolution
• Driven, goal-oriented, never confuses effort with results
• Ability to multitask in a fast paced, dynamic assembly and logistics environment

What other skills/experience would be helpful to have?

• Understanding of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies

What are the working conditions and physical requirements of this job?  

• Position requires incumbents to regularly sit at a desk and operate standard office equipment such as a computer and phone. 
• Employee is occasionally required to stand and walk, lift, carry and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• Occasional bending, squatting, kneeling, reaching, twisting, exposure to changes in temperature, being near moving machinery, and office machinery
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

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Any posted pay range considers a wide range of compensation factors, including candidate background, experience and work location, while also allowing for salary growth within the position.

If there is no posting end date then this is a pipeline requisition, and we will continue to collect applications on an ongoing basis.

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