Warehouse Supervisor/Materials Engineer (Automotiv

Key Responsibilities Warehouse & Logistics Management

• Supervise Team: Lead, train, and schedule warehouse staff, forklifts operators, and material handlers.
• Inventory Accuracy: Support Inventory controller with physical audits, and SAP/WMS inventory tracking.
• Shipping/Receiving: Coordinate timely inbound receipts and outbound Just-In-Time (JIT) deliveries to OEM customers.
• Safety Compliance: Enforce OSHA regulations, 5S workplace organization standards, and safe material handling.
• Team Leadership: Supervise, schedule, and lead in coordinating training for material handlers, sewing line feeders, and forklift operators.
• WMS Data Integrity and Transactions: Oversee all warehouse transactions in WMS (goods receipts, stock transfers, and production staging).
• Inventory Control: Support via Physical Logistics in Leading cycle counts and physical audits through resource planning and coordination
• Line Feeding: Ensure Just-In-Time (JIT) and Just-In-Sequence (JIS) material delivery to seat assembly and sewing lines.

Expanded Key Responsibilities Material Handling Equipment (MHE) Fleet Management

• Fleet Oversight: Manage utilization, maintenance logs, and charging schedules for forklifts, Flexi equipments, and AGVs.
• Vendor Coordination: Partner with external maintenance vendors to ensure rapid repair of MHE and minimize warehouse downtime.
• Pre-shift Audits: Enforce daily operator checklists for MHE to catch mechanical or hydraulic issues early.
• Fleet Oversight: Manage utilization, maintenance logs, and charging schedules for forklifts, reach trucks, and electric tugs.
• Vendor Coordination: Partner with external maintenance vendors to ensure rapid repair of MHE and minimize warehouse downtime.
• Pre-shift Audits: Enforce daily operator checklists for MHE to catch mechanical or hydraulic issues early.

Materials Engineering & Quality Control

• Material Validation: Inspect incoming raw materials, metals, plastics, or electronic components against specified standards.
• Defect Containment: Identify, quarantine, and document non-conforming or defective materials to prevent production line stops.
• Root Cause Analysis: Partner with Quality/Material Engineers to analyze material failures or transit-related degradation
• Storage Optimization: Support in developing specialized storage or packaging solutions based on material type where needed.
• Specialized Storage: Implement strict storage solutions to protect sensitive textiles from moisture, dust, and stretching.

Team Leader Development & Multi-Skilling

• Skills Matrix: Update, maintain, and ensure the skills matrix tracking competency levels across all material shopfloor

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