Supervisor Manufacturing

The Materials Supervisor leads and supports bargaining unit employees and team leaders within manufacturing, assembly, fabrication, distribution, and product development operations.

This role is responsible for ensuring the safe, efficient, and uninterrupted flow of materials and information required to meet production objectives.

The position oversees both physical and system-based material management processes, including shipping, receiving, inventory control, material delivery, and internal logistics.

The Materials Supervisor provides leadership, coaching, direction, and resources to drive operational excellence, continuous improvement, quality, safety, and employee engagement.

This role partners with cross-functional teams to achieve production schedules, maintain process discipline, resolve issues proactively, and ensure customer requirements are met on time and within budget.

Job Responsibilities Lead and support bargaining unit employees and team leaders in achieving safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives.

Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on operational excellence, waste reduction, and productivity enhancements.

Ensure adherence to standardized work, operating procedures, and process discipline.

Hold teams accountable for performance, safety compliance, and achievement of business objectives.

Coordinate and support production scheduling, manpower planning, and material availability to meet customer demand.

Conduct daily startup meetings and communicate schedule changes, production priorities, quality concerns, and operational updates.

Monitor material flow and inventory accuracy through shipping, receiving, warehousing, and internal logistics processes.

Partner with union leadership and stewards to proactively address employee concerns and resolve issues in a timely and respectful manner.

Provide coaching, feedback, and development opportunities to improve team performance and engagement.

Facilitate problem-solving activities and root cause analysis to address safety, quality, delivery, and inventory issues.

Perform layered process audits to ensure compliance with standards and prevent defects from being passed to downstream operations.

Utilize key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify trends, measure results, and drive corrective actions.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Operations, Quality, Engineering, Supply Management, and Human Resources to achieve business objectives.

Support implementation and sustainment of lean manufacturing principles, continuous improvement tools, and inventory control processes.