Materials Team Leader

Our client in the automotive industry in Collingwood, ON is seeking a Materials Team Leader to join their team within the Fabrication Department. If you have experience ordering and managing materials as well as supervisory skills, then read on!

Perks:

• $75K+ based on experience and skills
• benefits
• pension
• growth potential

What’s the Job?

• Supervise 10 hourly staff
• Take a leadership role in promoting product quality, employee development and cost reduction initiatives.
• Work with transportation partners to develop procedures to ensure claim free, on time delivery of product to customers.
• Responsible for the maintenance program for plantwide fork trucks.
• Leader of the fork truck training program.
• Monitor daily shipment schedule to make sure we have the capacity to provide on time delivery.
• Maintain and update shipping blocking and bracing manuals ensuring that we deliver product to the customer claim free.
• Manage the warehouse storage areas ensuring that we have the capacity to produce and stock the proper mix of products in the proper environment.
• Manage departmental expenses to meet department budgets. Work with department employees to create cost reduction / avoidance projects.
• Review and monitor departmental equipment and supplies to make sure that they are available and in proper working order.
• Maintain an open line of communication with all manufacturing departments. Work with the Production Scheduler for customer shipment and delivery requirements.
• Develop lines of communication with production scheduling enabling us to develop warehousing plans that will meet product mix requirements for warehousing.
• Work with departmental hourly Team Members to improve work procedures and enhance productivity.
• Work with other "sister" plants on common transportation, warehousing and case closure issues.
• Work with Transportation "partners" to maintain and enhance the claim free on time delivery of product to our customers.
• Leader of packaging maintenance / modifications / inventory for the facility, with the support from the central team as needed.
• Supervise the materials production area, trucks scheduling, logistics / customer service and inventory control functions, ensuring that materials and services are procured in a timely manner at the lowest possible prices without impacting quality, performance, or customer service.
• Manage the flow of raw packaging materials and supplies coming into the facility and the processes and systems to efficiently manage the material flow.
• Establish and maintain 5S / Housekeeping system. Work with supervisors and hourly employees to ensure plant housekeeping meets or exceed standards.
• Implement Kaizen projects and ensure to promote these standards to the salaried employees.
• Ensure good implementation of SAP for materials department, regarding shipments documents, shipping schedules, materials warehouse, inventory, customer service.

What’s Needed?

• Bachelors degree
• 3-5 yrs of supervisory experience
• MS Office software experience; SAP experience
• IATF16949 experience
• solid communication skills
• experience with problem soling related to manufacturing processes

If this is a role that interests you and you’d like to learn more, click apply now and a recruiter will be in touch with you to discuss this great opportunity. We look forward to speaking with you!

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $75,000.00-$76,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision care

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Overtime

Education:

• Secondary School (required)

Experience:

• purchasing: 3 years (required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Collingwood, ON: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person