Receiving & Materials Supervisor – Williamsport, PA

Receiving & Materials Supervisor Williamsport PA

Arxada is a global leader in innovative solutions that protect our world. Our groundbreaking technologies in-depth regulatory know-how manufacturing and process development help our customers to safeguard nutrition health and infrastructure efficiently through chemistry and biotechnology that enhance sustainability. We offer a broad portfolio of ingredients and services for multiple end-markets that include Human Health & Nutrition Home & Personal Care Professional Hygiene Paints & Coatings and Wood Protection. With customers in more than 100 countries the company achieved sales of CHF 2 billion in 2024. Headquartered in Basel (Switzerland) Arxada employs 3200 associates across 24 production sites and 14 R&D centers all committed to our customers success.

As a Receiving & Materials Supervisor at our Williamsport site you will play a key role in ensuring smooth safe and compliant material movement that keeps production running efficiently. You will lead a team responsible for receiving storage and dispatch activities fostering collaboration clarity and operational excellence across departments. This is an opportunity to contribute directly to site reliability supply accuracy and continuous improvement while supporting Arxadas growth and customerfocused mission.

Essential Job Functions

• Supervise the daily activities of team members engaged in receiving storing and dispatching raw materials and finished products.
• Provide onboarding training coaching and ongoing performance development for receiving staff ensuring clear expectations and safety awareness.
• Maintain continuous inspection readiness and compliance for all assigned areas ensuring adherence to internal and external standards.
• Coordinate closely with production managers and superintendents to ensure accurate inventory of packaging supplies and raw materials.
• Manage intermediate and finished goods batch ticket control including issuance tracking and reconciliation.
• Serve as the primary point of contact with the local railroad to coordinate railcar switches and moves.
• Own the cycle count process for the Williamsport site ensuring accuracy and effective corrective actions.
• Maintain receipt documentation for raw materials ensuring traceability completeness and audit readiness.

Qualifications & Experience

• Experience in warehouse logistics manufacturing or materials management operations. - Demonstrated ability to lead teams with a focus on coaching development and collaborative problemsolving.
• Strong understanding of inventory control practices including cycle counting and reconciliation.
• Knowledge of safety quality and compliance requirements in regulated or industrial environments.
• Ability to coordinate effectively with crossfunctional teams including production scheduling and transportation partners.
• Strong communication organizational and decisionmaking skills with a commitment to accuracy and continuous improvement.

The expected salary range for this role is anually but specific employee compensation may vary depending on factors including experience education training licensure certification location and other job-related nondiscriminatory factors permitted by law. This role is also eligible to earn a short-term incentive bonus and the following benefits: 401(k) plan medical dental vision life and disability insurance paid time off paid holidays and paid sick leave.

Arxada has world class offering in two distinct areas:

Microbial Control Solutions (MCS) focuses on threats posed by microorganisms to people and planet through five distinct business lines including Professional Hygiene Home & Personal Care Wood Protection Paints & Coatings and Material Protection.

Nutrition Care & Environmental (NCE) meanwhile provides materials used to manufacture composites for electronics aerospace and other markets as well as vitamins and nutritional ingredients chemicals and performance intermediates and raw materials for a wide range of high-performance applications.

Arxada is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity age status as a qualified individual with disability protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.