Material Flow Supervisor - 2nd Shift

Sportech is a rapidly growing company in Elk River, MN. We are looking for talented people who wish to join a values-based company that desires to help our people and customers win. We design, manufacture, and assemble cab components and systems for the powersports, golf and turf, industrial and agricultural end markets. Our design and engineering capabilities allow us to provide complex components and assemblies to our original equipment manufacturer customers. We are always on the gas and seeking dynamic, enthusiastic, and motivated individuals to join our extraordinary team.

Sportech offers eligible full-time employees a robust and competitive benefits package, which includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision plan options, including flexible spending accounts (HSA, FSA, and DCA)
• Short-term and long-term disability benefits
• Basic life insurance and voluntary life insurance
• Hospital indemnity plans, pet insurance, and legal/identity theft services
• 401k plan with up to a 4% employer match
• Paid company holidays, paid vacation, and paid volunteer time
• Sportech Learning Academy (SLA) with courses offered onsite quarterly, focusing on personal and professional growth and development for employees, and tuition reimbursement options for courses completed outside of Sportech

Further benefits information is provided as part of the offer process for any offer extended by Sportech. Pay varies by position and is based on multiple factors including labor market data and, depending on position, may include education, work experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, and/or certifications. Additionally, Sportech takes into account the internal equity of current employees when considering compensation. Sportechs reasonable and good-faith estimate for the range of new hire compensation at the time of posting for this position is between $67,000 - $82,000 annually. Pay may also include variable compensation from time to time such as overtime for non-exempt positions, shift differential for specific shifts, and/or bonus targets (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Job Summary

This position is responsible for coordinating warehouse activities which include frontline supervision of staff, shipment of finished goods, receiving of raw materials, inventory control, order fulfillment, return to stock, lean initiatives, safety and associated paperwork to ensure timely delivery of products to customers.

Essential Job Functions

• Directly supervise the day to day material flow activities within the shipping, market, and receiving departments to ensure that commitments are achieved.
• Escalate potential inventory and resource concerns at the daily production meeting and to individuals in respective functional areas.
• Supervise the receipt, stock, picking, delivery and shipment of materials in the Epicor system and physical movements with the financial guidelines to assure satisfaction of internal and external customers and suppliers are met.
• Manages supply of materials necessary to satisfy operational goals, escalating potential discrepancies at daily ship board and carrier coverage meetings.
• People management in the areas of performance management, development, time and attendance, and progressive discipline.
• Provide coaching and proper documentation on performance, mentoring, and corrective actions to employees as needed.
• Conducts quarterly and end of the year performance reviews and participates in the requisition and on boarding of new employees.
• Track daily performance through the use of process center communication and accountability boards on a daily and weekly meeting basis.
• Partner with HR on escalated employee relations to ensure proper procedures are being followed.
• Be a change agent and drive out waste and lead time throughout the material flow operations with the deployment of Lean techniques, tools, and methodologies.
• Drive a continuous improvement culture by involving employees in problem solving, decision making, and recognizing them for outstanding work during daily pre-shift communication meetings and ongoing developmental 1:1 meetings.
• Review and submit payroll on a bi-weekly basis.
• Develops key improvement projects and assigns resources and time through Project A3s, Newspaper Reviews, and planning tools.
• Assist with the development of future and current state value stream maps and continuous improvement plans, as well as the implementation of those plans.
• Support new processes through creation, timing, training, and auditing of standard work and work instruction documents.
• Be highly visible to employees to promote hands on, high involvement in problem solving, and communication with supply, customer service, sales, engineering, supply chain, quality and production.
• Report near miss and incidents through standard reporting procedures, identify corrective actions, countermeasures needed to comply with applicable safety policies.
• Ensure a clean and safe working environment for all employees emphasizing prevention of potential unsafe conditions through Tool Box Talks, department audits, safety walks, and safety communication alerts.
• Plan and manage daily milk runs from building to building through standard scheduling processes and documentation.
• Manage the space and location of the market areas; overflow scrap and obsolete processes.
• Drive team to maintain a clean, safe, and organized work area as established through 5S standards.
• Perform other related duties as needed.

• High school diploma or general equivalency degree required. College degree preferred.
• Minimum of 3-5 years warehouse experience.
• Previous supervisory experience with demonstrated ability to lead, influence and hold teams accountable.
• Ability to build relationships to meet customer needs, both internal and external.
• Demonstrated knowledge of ERP/WMS systems.
• Working knowledge of lean manufacturing principles.
• Ability to effectively communicate across all operational levels.

Compensation details: 67000-82000 Yearly Salary

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