Warehouse Supervisor - Waters Corporation

Overview:

Waters Corporation is currently seeking a highly motivated and team-oriented candidate to lead our Stockroom team in Milford, MA. This position will oversee a staff of (~20)  Material Handlers spanning two shifts. In this role you will be responsible for the daily management of activities supporting material receipt, inventory controls, picking of parts to support factory orders, expedient movement of goods, and packaging of finished goods inventory.

 

The successful candidate will be a passionate and agile leader, who strives to deliver superior value to our internal and external customers every day. They will have the ability to improve the effectiveness of the current processes and systems leading to enhanced material availability. This hand-on position requires dynamic leadership, excellent interpersonal skills, problem solving, critical thinking as well as a compelling initiative to see the organization succeed.

Responsibilities:

 

· Responsible for the daily management of activities supporting material receipt, stocking of material, inventory controls, picking of parts to support factory orders, expedient movement of goods, and packaging of finished goods inventory

· Institute standard procedures and incorporate best practices to ensure operational efficiencies

· Establish and maintain internal KPIs and dashboards to monitor team performance (safety, quality, delivery, cost)

· Support a continuous improvement mindset to improve processes and behaviors

· Establish a robust operating mechanism including daily huddle to ensure team engagement and alignment

· Create competitive advantage by hiring the right people and developing, coaching and enabling talent

· Develop rotational training program to ensure depth of coverage and proper succession planning

· Champion a physically and mentally safe environment for all employees

· Maintain compliance to routine cycle count process

Qualifications:

· Associates degree highly desired;

· Minimum of 3 years management experience in a Stockroom or Warehouse setting

· Strong leadership skills, self-directed and the ability to make independent decisions

· Proficiency with SAP(or similar) and Microsoft applications required

· Excellent organizational, interpersonal, verbal, written and presentation skills

· Ability to operate material handling equipment, including forklift, stock-picker, pallet jack and hand truck

· Familiar with warehouse safety best practices

· Passion for driving continuous improvement and operational excellence

· Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and drive corrective actions

· Familiarity with Duty Free Zone, cGMP, ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 is desired

 

Company Description:

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for over 60 years. With approximately 8,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.   

 

Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We’re the problem solvers and innovators that aren’t afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We’re all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow. 

 

 

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status. 

Key Words:Receiving, Stockroom, Material Handler, Warehouse, Supply Chain, Manufacturing