Warehouse & Paint Leader

Barry-Wehmiller•Green Bay, WI

About The Position

Coordinate daily warehouse and paint operations leading a team of associates who receive, identify and manage the staging and distribution of a wide variety of raw material, manufactured and purchased components for additional processing, assembly, machining, or direct shipment, to internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent and 3-5 years of experience in function.
Leadership experience in one or more of the areas of manufacturing, warehouse and inventory leadership, and/or lean deployment, with transformational responsibilities.
Proven success designing, implementing, communicating, meeting goals, including improving through-put, shortening cycle time, improving inventory turns, and reducing supply chain costs.
Demonstrated problem solving skills using root cause analysis and other lean tools.
Skilled in analytics and statistical process control, change management, and legacy quality tools such as PDCA, FMEA, control plans, etc.
Ability to travel up to 10%.
Customer Focus – Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
Instills Trust – Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
Drives Results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
Communicates Effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
Optimizes Work Processes - Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
Ensures Accountability – Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
Drives Engagement – Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.
Plans and Aligns – Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
Manages Complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

Responsibilities

Ensure timely and accurate distribution of parts to ensure assembly teams can start on time.
Coordinate and manage daily and on-going warehouse operation activities, including cycle counts, intercompany and direct shipment, and stocking strategies.
Primary contact concerning warehouse and paint operations issues.
Lead team of personnel who receive, identify, issue, store, or kit materials and parts.
Lead team of personnel who can operate liquid paint and powder coat paint operations.
Able to read and interpret blueprints and part detail drawings.
Able to understand, implement and maintain a TPM program for powder coat booth and liquid paint booths.
Maintain point of use inventory including Kanban, VMI, and discrete buy of materials and tooling.
Develop standards and processes based on improvement opportunities or quality/cost concerns.
Provide support for operations in safety, quality, performance, and productivity improvement opportunities.
Proactively engage the warehouse operations, purchasing and assembly teams to eliminate trending issues and concerns affecting the customer.
Analyze current state processes for internal and external customer support and develop plans to address areas of need.
Support a culture of continuous improvement through Lean journey by assisting with development and coaching of associates and team leaders on Lean principles.
Perform other duties as assigned.