Material Area Supervisor- Warren, MI

Our client, a major automotive company, is looking to add a Material Area Supervisor to their team in Warren, MI!

This contract opportunity (possible extension or direct hire for the right candidate) offers a starting pay rate of $30/hour (benefits are available).

The Material Area Supervisor is responsible for leading hourly teams that unload, store, and deliver material to support production in an automotive manufacturing assembly plant.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Lead the safety, delivery, cost, quality, and morale of hourly work teams.
• Develop team leaders to meet corporate guidelines and transform existing material delivery processes to increase productivity and reduce manufacturing costs utilizing the World Class Manufacturing process.
• Ensure inventory and record integrity and maintain a positive working relationship with both management and union represented employee.
• Manage multiple work teams in a fast paced, high volume unionized manufacturing environment.
• Responsible for coordinating daily team activities to achieve business metrics and implementing World Class Manufacturing (WCM) tools and processes as it related to material flow.
• Required to oversee and develop highly functioning work teams, comprised of Team Leaders and Team Members and practice Leadership Principles.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor Degree
• Previous related Supervisory experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment
• Ability to work well with a team while also working independently.
• Detail oriented and strong ability to organize and prioritize.

Preferred

• Previous experience working with the automotive industry in a manufacturing environment.

• Previous experience working in a union environment.

• Strong background in LEAN manufacturing systems.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and Google Suite applications.