Inventory Supervisor

Role Summary :

Inventory Supervisor in our Kalamazoo facility supervising a team of around 20 associates on multiple shifts.Flowserve offers highly competitive pay annual bonus comprehensive benefits on day 1 of employment generous paid vacation time paid holidays pension plan 401(k) and many other excellent benefits.

This is a 2nd shift / 3rd shift Monday to Friday 3PM to 10:30PM

Flowserve offers competitive pay annual bonuses medical benefits on day 1 generous paid vacation time paid holidays 401(k) and many other excellent benefits!

Responsibilities :

Duties are to include but are not limited to the following:

Safety:

• Lead and promote a Goal Zero accidentfree safety culture by driving leading indicator safety programs within your teams such as Safety Rally meetings training department 6S frequent department inspections Job Hazard Assessments regular and consistent use of the nearmiss and observation program.

Quality/CIP:

• Lead and promote a quality improvement culture by identifying and implementing department metrics and actions necessary to reduce poor quality in the department.
• Actively identify areas for improvement and implement positive changes. QualitySafety should be an integrated part of the team culture.
• Develop and mentor individual contributors to strive toward excellence through the promotion of CIP culture.
• Promote individual contributors to use their time expertise and experience to lead CIP lean and Kaizen activities.
• Complete all team Corrective Actions (CARs) on time.

Delivery:

• Obtain and document regular feedback from internal or external customers.
• Identify and implement actions that reduce operation cycle time strive for excellence in customer quality improve utilization to increase customer responsiveness and strategically plan objectives that align with the overall business plan.

Finance:

• Exhibit and promote ethical team behavior by identifying and implementing actions that drive the highest accuracy with all financial transactions such as raw material accounting export compliance labor tracking inventory control expense reporting WO punching overtime utilization and order processing.
• Lead by example to promote a 100 compliance team culture.

Personnel Development:

• Develop team talent; participate in the Flowserve atmosphere where continued learning is a cultural norm.
• Hold all associates equally accountable for their performance responsibilities and behaviors.
• Address performance obstacles while rewarding positive performance to ensure results are met.
• Lead a culture where all associates work as an advocate of one another while working as a single unit to be an advocate of our customers.
• Take bold actions to improve team engagement empowerment and skills development.

Personal Development:

• Take ownership of personal development through training stretch goals and special projects.
• Work wisely with commitment discipline and passion; exhibit exemplary behaviors at all times and ensure that legal financial compliance and ethics requirements are completely met.
• Translate the Flowserve vision and strategies into clear objectives and deliverables for the Sales Engineering and Operations teams.
• Enhance product intimacy lead and improve customer communication and develop customer knowledge with participation in offered training and selfstudy.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 35 years of supervisory or other demonstrated leadership experience
• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Knowledge of warehousing and logistics
• Flexibility with hours worked to support both nights and weekend employees and support customer needs.
• Ability to lead and communicate with crossfunctional teams with diverse reporting structures
• Intermediate or higher proficiency with MS Office (Excel Word PowerPoint)

Preferred Experience / Skills :

• Bachelors degree in Logistics or related field
• SAP S4 Hana with EWM warehouse experience
• 5 years experience in Manufacturing/Supply Chain/Logistics environment
• Experience leading continuous improvement Kaizen events
• Ability to map processes create control plans and implement strong corrective and preventative actions
• Have a strong desire to learn and promote both self and team development