Material Flow Team Lead - 1st Shift

Material Flow Team Lead – 1st Shift

Sportech

Sportech is a rapidly growing company in Elk River, MN. We design, manufacture, and assemble cab components and systems for the powersports, golf and turf, industrial and agricultural end markets. Our design and engineering capabilities allow us to provide complex components and assemblies to our original equipment manufacturer customers.

We are always on the gas and seeking dynamic, enthusiastic, and motivated individuals to join our extraordinary team.

• Medical, dental, and vision plan options, including flexible spending accounts (HSA, FSA, DCA)
• Short‑term and long‑term disability benefits
• Basic life insurance and voluntary life insurance
• Hospital indemnity plans, pet insurance, and legal/identity theft services
• 401(k) plan with up to a 4% employer match
• Paid company holidays, paid vacation, and paid volunteer time
• Sportech Learning Academy (SLA) with onsite quarterly courses focusing on personal and professional growth and development; tuition reimbursement for courses completed outside Sportech

Maintains an inventory of raw materials in stock, on order, and work‑in‑process in production. Provides inventory information to production schedulers; may investigate inventory accuracy. Reorders materials or issues re‑order requests when appropriate.

• Support the production process by coordinating the movement of material into, within, and out to manufacturing in a timely and professional manner
• Review planned time‑off, communicate coverage and concerns during daily production meetings
• Review payroll and PTO requests
• Review daily production schedule and ensure all jobs are covered to confirm production and manufacturing commitments are achieved
• Communicate to supervisor/manager if there is shortage or overage in labor resources
• Perform job completions in a timely manner
• Drive team to maintain a clean, safe, and organized work area per 5S standards
• Review weekly 5S audit with team and resolve 5S issues for your area
• Document any safety or environmental issues through incident reporting procedures and participate in safety investigations
• Evaluate status of picking, return to stock, and cycle counting processes
• Capture issues on the material flow countermeasure board and immediately communicate issues to responsible parties across departments
• Reconcile inventory discrepancies and report information to finance weekly
• Operate a variety of equipment applicable within assigned area (e.g., CRTs, forklifts, etc.)
• Create, train, and audit standard work documents and subsequent work instructions for all primary job functions
• Review and audit material from negative on‑hand reports daily
• Review and process scrap as needed
• Communicate daily during pre‑shift meetings important announcements, metrics, and company communications to team
• Attend L10 department meetings, production, cell board, and ship board meetings daily escalating inventory and resource constraints as needed
• Provide coaching and proper documentation on performance
• Participate in quarterly and end‑of‑the year performance reviews
• Participate in requisition and onboarding of new employees
• Drive a continuous‑improvement culture by involving employees in problem solving, decision making, and recognizing them for outstanding work during daily pre‑shift communication meetings and ongoing developmental 1:1s
• Process outsource jobs
• Perform other related duties as needed

• High school diploma or equivalent plus 1 to 2 years of relevant experience
• Forklift training and certification required
• Ability to lift and perform other physically demanding tasks associated with material handling and receiving
• Accurate counting skills
• Some computer skills
• Ability to collaborate and build relationships with team members

Entry level

Full‑time

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