Kitting Supervisor

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Full Time INDIRECT Fountain Valley, Fountain Valley, CA, US

Salary Range: $25.00 To $28.00 Hourly

Established in 1971, ISC began building custom power cables & assemblies for Gateway, Kingston, and Xerox. With over 50 years of manufacturing experience, ISC is capable of meeting tight deadlines and changing forecasts while maintaining quality. Our products are in use worldwide in commercial and military aircraft, lifesaving medical devices, weapon systems, inflight entertainment, power systems, and countless commercial, industrial & technology applications.

Our facility is environmentally controlled, engineered for manufacturing flexibility, includes dedicated assembly labs for isolated program management, and a cleanroom facility. With dedicated professionals and assemblers regularly operating two full shifts, ISC operates with the most current high-speed tooling, material handling, and test equipment.

The Kitting Supervisor leads and coordinates daily kitting and material fulfillment operations to ensure accurate, timely, and efficient material flow in support of manufacturing production schedules. This hands-on leader oversees kitting personnel, inventory control activities, material staging, and warehouse-related transactions while maintaining high standards of safety, quality, accountability, and operational performance.

Working within a fast-paced, high-mix manufacturing environment producing wire harnesses, cable assemblies, overmolded products, and electromechanical assemblies, the Kitting Supervisor ensures production teams receive the correct materials, quantities, revisions, and documentation required to maintain schedule attainment and prevent downtime. The role partners closely with Production, Planning, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Warehouse teams to create standard operating processes, optimize material flow, improve inventory accuracy, and support continuous improvement initiatives.

• Lead and supervise daily kitting operations, ensuring work is performed safely, efficiently, and accurately in accordance with company procedures and production requirements.
• Assign and prioritize daily kitting activities based on production schedules, customer requirements, and operational priorities.
• Create and optimize standard operating procedures.
• Develop processes to automate warehouse stocking, kitting, and inventory material management.
• Oversee the accurate picking, verification, assembly, and staging of production kits.
• Ensure production teams receive the correct materials, quantities, revisions, and documentation within required timelines.
• Coordinate closely with Production Planning and Manufacturing teams to adjust priorities and support schedule attainment.
• Provide daily leadership, coaching, training, and support to kitting personnel while fostering accountability, teamwork, and professional development.
• Monitor inventory accuracy and investigate shortages, discrepancies, damaged inventory, and transaction errors.
• Ensure accurate ERP, MRP, and WMS transactions involving material movement, issuing, transfers, adjustments, and inventory control activities.
• Serve as the primary operational resource for warehouse and kitting processes within ERP, MRP, and WMS systems.
• Develop and maintain material traceability processes including barcode scanning, labeling, lot control, and serial number tracking.
• Partner with Engineering, Quality, Production, Warehouse, and Supply Chain teams to resolve material-related issues affecting production.
• Track and drive key performance indicators including inventory accuracy, kitting productivity, kit completion rates, material shortages, and on-time kit delivery.
• Identify and implement improvements to workflow, warehouse organization, material movement, and system utilization.
• Lead continuous improvement activities utilizing Lean Manufacturing principles, 5S methodologies, root cause analysis, and corrective actions to improve efficiency and eliminate waste.
• Support ERP/WMS…