Materials Supervisor

Materials Supervisor

Location:

Muscatine Factory

Employment Type:

Full‑time

Manufacturing, Food and Beverage Services, Manufacturing, and Food and Beverage Manufacturing

The Materials Supervisor is responsible for ensuring daily efficient, accurate, and timely warehouse operations. These operations include workers' safety, receiving, storage, order picking, shipping, inventory management, and warehouse facility management. The Materials Supervisor works under the parameters as defined by precedent, safety, quality, cost, and time constraints. The incumbent is expected to lead and direct associates in warehouse procedures.

• Participate in the QRMP yearly audit and assist in the development of procedures and corrective actions.
• Lead the implementation of the QRMP (Quality Risk Management Process) system and operational standards as outlined in the plant accountability list in order to achieve targeted RCR.
• Assist in the overall efficiency of the operation of the plant by monitoring inventories.
• Assist in the efficient scheduling of personnel.
• Reconcile inventory going to and from production on a daily basis.
• Monitor inbound loads to arrive timely to cover production needs.
• Inspect inbound carriers to minimize loss of damages.
• Monitor operations to ensure inventory is properly handled in loading and unloading.
• Conduct annual physical inventories.
• Investigate and approve all invoices for warehouse and production supplies.
• Optimize the warehouse footprint.
• Assist with the department budget.
• Assist with the supervision of the warehouse staff, including performance management and employee development.
• Partner with business leaders on implementation of process improvement (Six Sigma/Lean), including leading change initiatives, planning, and facilitation.
• Work with Corporate Procurement to release and coordinate delivery of ingredients, packaging supplies, etc., to the factory in a timely manner to support the production schedule while maintaining minimum inventory necessary to meet working capital needs.
• Ensure planning needs and longer lead time items are considered to guarantee supplies are available for schedules outside the scheduling horizon.
• Work closely with warehouse operations and inventory control functions to recognize inventory adjustments, cycle counts and shelf life expiration that can alter supply plans.
• Daily planning, monitoring, evaluating, and coordination of factory raw materials and packaging supplies to ensure production schedules are met; monitor inventory levels, validate incoming deliveries, set up inbound and outbound STOs, purchase orders or requisitions, and ensure adequate documentation is maintained.
• Direct, manage, monitor and reconcile raw materials shipped to off‑site warehouses for storage to support the factory’s rolling 4‑week production schedule.
• Maintain direct contact with suppliers to stay aware of new developments, encourage compliance with Kraft Heinz requirements, and obtain assistance in emergency situations.
• Implement procedures to guarantee effective and expeditious ordering of raw materials.
• Input re‑supply orders, purchase orders, and requisitions; secure freight quotes; assist Corporate contract maintenance on active ingredients for ordering accuracy; audit receiving documentation; invoices for payment; make invoice adjustments as required and follow up with vendors on any issues.
• Assist and coordinate R&D on reformulation, bill of material changes, new product development and testing to ensure material is within Heinz specifications and timely deliveries.
• Hold weekly schedule review meetings with production covering the 4‑week schedule to aid in firming orders within SAP.
• Manage SAP facility master data.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management or a management‑related field preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of working experience in warehouse and shipping functions in a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of GMP and safe work practices.
• MRP experience preferred.
• SAP experience is required.
• Knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Certified Train the Trainer for forklift.
• Detailed and meticulous with…