Warehouse Supervisor

Location: Machesney Park,Illinois,United States

IMI plc

We are a global specialist engineering company that creates breakthrough solutions. We are curious and like to solve problems, partnering with our customers to solve the demands of today and prepare for the challenges of tomorrow. We embrace innovation and care about outcomes that are good for business, everyday life and making a better world – creating lasting impact for everyone.

We design, build and service highly engineered products in fluid and motion control applications. We focus on five market sectors: Industrial Automation, Process Automation, Climate Control, Life Science and Fluid Control, and Transport.

Our partnership approach breaks through problems and reduces complexity. We don’t invent in isolation – we collaborate with our customers. We listen closely and we think differently, creating space for diverse minds to innovate. We are working together to make businesses safer, more sustainable and more productive.

Role Overview:

Provide leadership within the warehouse functions of Bimba, LLC. University Park by supervising and carrying out daily responsibilities for receiving, storing, and delivering/shipping inventoried items to internal/external customers. Facilitates continuous improvement, and champions company goals. Responsible for maintenance of inventory and its accuracy for all raw material and finished goods. Supervise all aspects of the warehouse’s operations, people, process, and service-related objectives that drive continuous improvement and efficiency gains to reduce overall cost-to-serve.

Work Environment: Rockford, IL Onsite

Key Responsibilities:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 
• Supervise day-to-day operations and drive accountability of warehouse personnel, including receipt and issuance of material and material handling and storage. 
• Handles daily tactical issues related to shipping and warehouse functions. 
• Safety awareness and responsibility for all warehouse activities in accordance with Bimba and IMI Way policies and procedures. 
• Prepares and submits daily accountability forms and weekly reports 
• Assure quality throughout the operation, using problem solving techniques, inventory management practices and other statistical methods to control and improve processes and services. 
• Maximizes quality and productivity by understanding and mastering all job standards for each function and evaluating performance variances in order to identify root cause, corrective action and training needs. 
• Meets warehouse and material handling operational goals by improving quality, productivity and service standards: resolving problems and identifying improvement opportunities. 
• Develop work plans ensuring appropriate staffing levels, managing labor costs, overtime and retention. 
• Manage daily plan to exceed expectations for productivity and accuracy. 
• Inspire trust and respect by delivering on promises and modeling integrity. 
• Champion Company goals and effectively communicate these to area employees and all constituents. 
• Study and standardize procedures to minimize errors and improve productivity 
• Training and maintenance of all warehouse staff on applicable Bimba, IMI, and customer specific processes and requirements. 
• Keeps equipment operating by enforcing operating instructions; troubleshooting breakdowns; requiring preventive maintenance; calling for repairs. 
• Defines problem, gathers data, prepares data for presentation and provides detailed and thorough review of report data to management. 
• Uses analytical and quantitative methods to conduct various analyses as assigned. 
• Coordinate inventory transfers with related departments. Moves inventory by scheduling materials to be moved to and from warehouse. 
• Maintain and improve inventory accuracy. 
• Assure continuous improvement of material management processes to reduce scrap, rework, labor costs, service effectiveness and profitability. 
• Promotes and participates Continuous Improvement projects as a team member or leader. 
• Deliver a consistent, high performance experience to our associates and customers. 
• Foster an environment where people are valued, treated with dignity and where cultural and stylistic differences are accepted. 
• Mentor and develop subordinates and create a culture that attracts and rewards high