Receiving Supervisor

At Rite-Hite, your work makes an impact. As the global leader in loading dock and door equipment, we design and deliver solutions that keep our customers safe, secure, and productive. Here, you'll find innovation, stability, and the chance to grow your career as part of a team that's always looking ahead.

This position is responsible for receiving, organizing, and storing production parts and components in the warehouse. This position also oversees the supply of materials to the production floor and manages the cycle count program to ensure component inventory accuracy. Incumbent carries out responsibilities in the office and on the shop floor.

• Oversees the processing of all inventory transactions.
• Maintains required supply of parts to support shop floor through the efforts of warehouse personnel.
• Works closely with Buyer/Planners to establish and maintain set inventory levels; evaluates inventory levels and notifies Purchasing when reorders are necessary; maintains records, replenishes stock, and plans for future requirements.
• Manages master scheduling, shipping scheduling, and build scheduling.
• Communicates customer order status.
• Manages clear to build process to ensure materials availability line side.
• Manages cycle counting program to ensure component inventory accuracy; generates cycle count reports, distributes them to production, measures these reports and provides feedback.
• Investigates and resolves errors and/or discrepancies with inventory and production structures (BOMs); distinguishes between production support errors and discrepancies in production structures and communicates with appropriate functional areas.
• Maintains records of status and location of materials received; allocates materials to specific projects and documents the distribution of materials and/or parts.
• Provides daily work direction to warehouse and shipping personnel and ensures proper training in stock handling and record keeping methods.
• Prepares special reports and reviews warehouse operations for compliance with established procedures; works under minimal supervision with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.
• Monitors inventory levels of component parts using visual management systems.
• Maintains monthly reports verifying stock status, inventory transfers and accounting using information from JDE.
• Is expected to know and utilize warehouse methods and procedures; inventory stock control record keeping procedures; reporting procedures; and purchasing and requisitioning procedures.
• Ensures that all shipments, receivers, stock moves and documents are posted on a daily basis.
• Accountable that all ships verified ready for distribution are shipped the week or date assigned; will ensure that truck carriers are called in for pick up as scheduled.
• Works with shipping personnel to ensure accurate picking of finished goods for all orders; includes that orders ship complete per the packing slip or order information; all deviations are reported to the planning department at weekly shipping meetings.

• Bachelor's degree from four‑year college or university; or 3‑5 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to work any and all areas at subordinate level.
• Lean manufacturing experience desired, especially related to logistics/replenishment/PFEP/kanban/pull systems.

• Facilitates employee training and development.
• Facilitates lean manufacturing updates of materials practices with proper management personnel.
• Coordinates materials and resources to ensure production operations have materials as needed.
• Evaluates individual performance and makes appropriate recommendations.
• Understands and supports safe factory practices and good housekeeping.
• Leads receiving dock operations and documentation processing.
• Leads shipping dock operations and documentation processing.
• Leads internal material movement operations to include a “clear to build” process.
• Drives 5S processes in dock, warehouse, and staging areas.

The employee is required to spend…