Job Description

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Location:

Farwell, MI, US

Materials Specialist I

Lear Corporation Job Description

Title Materials Supervisor Issued Wednesday, January 01, 1997

Material Handling, Warehouse Revised Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Location Farwell Plant Approved by Plant Manager

Salaried Position, Exempt Reports to Materials Manager

Supervises others

Basic Function

Responsible for the safe management of the warehouse and shipping/receiving functions

Responsible for the supervision of Material Handlers, Shuttle Drivers, and Shipping/Receiving Clerks

Coordinates the shipping of materials in and out of the Farwell facility, including warehousing

Qualifications: Skills, Education and Training

Required

Accident Investigation / On-the-Job Injuries Basic / Entry Level Training / Seminar

College Education 2 Year Degree or Equivalent, 4 year degree in relevant field preferred

Corrective and Preventive Action Process Basic / Entry Level Training / Seminar

Environmental management system overview Basic / Entry Level Training / Seminar

Fork Truck Certification Operator/Advanced/Trainer

Mathematics Basic / Entry Level Knowledge

Orientation Basic / Entry Level Training / Seminar

Problem Solving Basic / Entry Level Knowledge

Quality Management System Overview Basic / Entry Level Training / Seminar

Right-to-Know/Hazardous Communication Basic / Entry Level Training / Seminar

Supervision 5 Year(s) Application / Experience

Verified by Reference Check or Job Performance

1. Focused on the safe operation of all areas under management
2. Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
3. Excellent people skills; team orientation
4. High degree of reliability and a positive work ethic
5. Ability to work flexible schedule as needed
6. Good analytic and organizational abilities
7. Supervisory experience
8. Minimum of five years experience in shipping and receiving in positions of progressive responsibility
9. Add Good Ability using Microsoft Applications, particularly Microsoft Excel.
Specific Duties
1. Responsible for subordinate safety compliance and training; functions as role model relative to safety and environmental issues.
2. Responsible for warehouse layout and cleanliness of the facility and grounds as it pertains to the location and organization of materials
3. Trains, schedules and supervises the activities of the material handlers, materials clerks, and plant packing personnel on all shifts.
4. Communicates with all departments in the necessary time frames to ensure products are ready for shipment.
5. Schedules and facilitates regular communication meetings with material handlers
6. Ultimately responsible for the timely arrival of raw materials to the Production operations from warehouse storage.
7. Schedules Lear trucks and plans customer outbound shipments.
8. Responsible for perpetual inventory activities, coordinating all cycle counts using Materials staff
9. Monitors break points of FG and component inventory during ECL changes.
10. Support SER activities (receiving / shipping / inventory mgmt).
11. Trains New Materials Associates to the standard work instructions.
12. Acts as the department manager in his/her absence.
13. Responsible for the receiving and control of all Non-Production material for the Farwell plant.
14. Other duties as assigned

The work factors described below are representative of those that an associate encounters in order to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
Work Factors
Changes

3/2/2021 Updated Qualifications and Specific Duties
*** percent of time spent in working environment or using physical demands

Nearest Major Market: Saginaw

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