Supervisor, Materials Management

Responsibilities

• Lead daily inventory, shipping, and receiving operations, including staffing, work assignments, prioritization, and team development.
• Oversee the processing and fulfillment of material kit requests from production teams, ensuring accurate picking, system transactions, and timely delivery to support work order execution.
• Ensure incoming materials are accurately received, documented, and routed to inspection, storage, or the appropriate internal customer.
• Maintain inventory accuracy through disciplined transactions, location control, cycle counting, and timely investigation of discrepancies.
• Oversee material storage, preservation, identification, and traceability, including lot and serial number tracking, shelf-life controls, and segregation of nonconforming material.
• Manage material movement, production deliveries, replenishment, and returns to stock in coordination with planning, production control, manufacturing, and quality.
• Oversee outbound shipment preparation, including packaging, labeling, documentation, and carrier coordination.
• Coordinate with trade compliance and logistics partners to support international shipments and required shipping documentation.
• Establish and maintain standard work for receiving, put-away, material handling, inventory transactions, picking, and shipping.
• Develop and track operating metrics, including inventory accuracy, receiving turnaround time, shipment performance, and transaction timeliness.
• Identify and resolve material flow bottlenecks, recurring discrepancies, and process gaps through root cause analysis and corrective action.
• Improve stockroom layouts, storage capacity, material handling practices, and workplace organization.
• Enforce safe work practices and proper use of material handling equipment.
• Partner with supply chain, manufacturing, quality, engineering, and finance to support production priorities and maintain reliable inventory records.
• Manage an hourly workforce by assessing employee performance, providing positive/constructive feedback, facilitating conflict resolution, and addressing repeat issues with corrective actions, performance improvement plans or through disciplinary means 
• Ensure that a clean and organized work area is maintained by making continuous improvements to workspace design 
• Perform administrative duties, including but not limited to, approving timecards, scheduling, periodic reviews, one-on-one mentoring, and training of direct reports 

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of professional experience materials management, supply chain, or production/manufacturing
• 2+ years of experience leading a team or project
• Demonstrated experience using ERP or inventory management systems to execute and troubleshoot material transactions.
• Working knowledge of cycle counting, inventory reconciliation, location management, and lot or serial traceability.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• 8+ years of professional experience materials management, supply chain, or production/manufacturing
• Experience in materials, inventory, warehouse, or production operations within aerospace, aviation, automotive, defense, or another regulated manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of AS9100, inventory control, material traceability, shelf-life management, and handling flight hardware, sensitive electronics, hazardous materials, or other controlled products.
• Experience managing daily operations, procedures, employee training, production-floor activities, and domestic/international shipping.
• Experience implementing barcode scanning, inventory systems, warehouse improvements, and materials operations that support production growth.
• Proficiency in Excel and Microsoft Office, with the ability to analyze trends and improve operational performance.
• Lean/Six Sigma experience preferred; APICS CPIM/CSCP or Green/Black Belt certification a plus.
• Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and team-building skills; able to work effectively in fast-paced, cross-functional environments.

• Lifting up to 25lbs. unassisted, standing, climbing, bending, grasping, sitting, pulling, pushing stooping, stretching and carrying are generally required to perform the functions of this position
• Must be able to work all shifts, extended hours and/or weekends as needed