Materials Supervisor

Materials Supervisor

Location: Janesville, WI

How You Will Make an Impact?

Morgan Truck Body is currently seeking a Materials Supervisor for our local manufacturing facility.

This position will manage and oversee the receipt, storage, pick, and delivery operations of materials from suppliers to the warehouse, production lines and regional facilities.

This role will motivate, manage, and measure the performance of warehouse staff against productivity and quality KPIs while ensuring the safety of all employees.

The Nuts and Bolts



* Lead team meetings and communicate goals to the floor


* Monitor and measure performance


* Provide proper coaching to motivate workforce and increase retention


* Improves methods and processes to increase productivity and quality while reducing costs


* Conduct regular training sessions to ensure all employees are properly trained in their functions


* Create a cross-training matrix to ensure backups are in place


* Increase inventory accuracy through monitoring of daily warehouse activities, cycle counts, receiving procedures and audits


* Resolve inventory discrepancies quickly and effectively


* Plan labor effectively against weekly requirements to increase worker efficiency and minimize overtime


* Ensure on-time loading and unloading of trucks to minimize detention


* Escalate issues as needed


* Review warehouse layout and optimize storage capacity


* Minimize use of outside storage


* Communicates any issues or delays in shipments to impacted areas with corrective action plans and timings for resolution


* Optimize picking performance and identify opportunities to reduce forklift travel


* Review truck loading procedures to increase truck payload


* Work with Production Plant to ensure timely delivery of parts and advise Materials teams of product issues


* Lead warehouse sanitation/5S activities



* Other duties as required

Required Credentials



* Bachelor's degree in management, supply chain, business or manufacturing discipline, preferred


* 5 years of experience in warehousing and distribution in a manufacturing environment


* Prior experience managing people in a fast-paced distribution and/or manufacturing environment


* Strong leadership, motivational, and team-building skills


* Ability to resolve crisis and make quick decisions


* Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office Suite) and familiarity with JD Edwards or other mainframe systems


* Forklift license a plus

You Must Be Able to

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.

This job operates in a manufacturing plant environment.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.

The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with han...