Warehouse Operations Manager - Hitachi Global Air Power

Location:

Michigan City, Indiana, United States

Job ID:

R0071912

Date Posted:

2024-12-19

Company Name:

HITACHI AMERICA, LTD.

Profession (Job Category):

Other

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

Yes

Job Description:

Warehouse Operations Manager

Company: Hitachi Global Air Power

Location: Michigan City, Indiana

Status: Regular, Full-time

The Company

Hitachi drives Social Innovation Business, creating a sustainable society through the use of data and technology. We solve customers' and society's challenges with Lumada solutions leveraging IT, OT (Operational Technology) and products. Hitachi operates under the business structure of “Digital Systems & Services” - supporting our customers’ digital transformation; “Green Energy & Mobility” - contributing to a decarbonized society through energy and railway systems, and “Connective Industries” - connecting products through digital technology to provide solutions in various industries. Driven by Digital, Green, and Innovation, we aim for growth through co-creation with our customers. The company’s consolidated revenues for fiscal year 2022 (ended March 31, 2023) totaled 10,881.1 billion yen, with 696 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 320,000 employees worldwide. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at https://www.hitachi.com.

Hitachi Global Air Power (HGAP) is a unit of Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems — a subsidiary of Hitachi — that operates factories in Michigan City, IN (headquarters) and Suzhou, China and sales offices located in Europe, Australia, Southeast Asia and South and Latin America.

HGAP’s compressed air solutions power manufacturing operations worldwide; from food and beverage, to pharmaceuticals and computer chips. Its portable compressors provide the air power to build roads and bridges, lay pipelines and aid in oil and gas mining and production.

Hitachi Global Air Power offers a full range of integrated compressed air solutions including:

• Oil Flooded Industrial Air Compressors

• Oil Free Air Compressors

• Portable Air Compressors

• Aftermarket OEM parts and fluids

This product portfolio is engineered to provide ultra-high efficiency compressed air products and connected solutions that help achieve more energy savings and operational efficiencies. You can visit Hitachi Global Air Power to find out more.

Summary:

The Materials/Warehouse Operations Manager oversees material-related operations to ensure that all incoming and outgoing inventory is processed for Hitachi Global Air Power US, LLC (HGAP). Responsible for material storage and material flow within several manufacturing and storage facilities to ensure manufacturing lines receive the correct material when needed.

This position is located at the Hitachi Global Air Power manufacturing plant in Michigan City, Indiana, and reports to the Director of Materials Management.

Responsibilities:

• Safety – Promote & Lead a safety-oriented culture within all warehouse operations and warehouse locations

• Production Lead Time & OTD – Drive improvements to reduce and sustain warehouse part shortages to production, maximizing Production Lead Time and On-Time Delivery KPIs

• Inventory Accuracy – Ensure all warehouse operations are supporting all inventory accuracy initiatives and improvements, partnering with the Manager of Inventory Control

• Cost – Drive a continuous improvement culture to reduce and control costs, improve material flow and right-size labor

• Team Development – Foster a learning and development culture regarding direct and indirect headcount Duties and responsibilities:

• Promote and drive a safety-first culture, with a focus on near miss reporting, root cause analysis for both behavioral and environmental aspects, and irreversible corrective actions. Oversee proactive audits for discoveries of potential safety-related issues.

• Manage and oversee all warehouse operations, shipping and receiving, material handling, and storage throughout manufacturing and warehouse facilities to ensure production schedules and customer delivery demands are met.

• Promote and support all inventory accuracy and location accuracy initiatives to mitigate warehouse part shortages to production, to meet production lead time and on-t