Material Handling Technician PGT ($16.50/hour) - PGT Innovations

 *** ACTIVELY HIRING ALL SHIFTS!!! - MUST BE ABLE TO LIFT 90 POUNDS****

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Directs and coordinates activities of the Supply Chain Tactical Operations Group to meet customer requirements by ensuring the supply of forecasts and capacity plans, accurate and timely production schedules, accurate and timely inventory control, and accurate and timely replenishment of direct material to the production lines, by performing the following duties personally or through subordinates.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Plans, directs and coordinates activities of personnel in the Supply Chain Tactical Operations department.
• Ensures subordinate leaders and their employees receive appropriate training/coaching to meet and exceed job expectations.
• Identifies recruits and develops employees as future leaders.
• Works closely with Operations to produce accurate capacity plans.
• Recommends re-allocation of resources to allow more optimized production capability – level loading, shift alterations, factory assignments.
• Applies appropriate statistical methods when estimating future materials requirements.
• Identifies opportunities for inventory reduction and recommends disposition of excess and obsolete inventory.
• Oversees inventory accuracy, including the cycle count and physical inventory processes.
• Assists with the coordination and implementation of engineering and material changes, the development and maintenance of master schedule for firm and forecasted business, and the analysis for future production requirements.
• This may include workforce planning strategies to develop recommendations to ensure that machine load and workforce can meet the production requirements for the department, including maintaining and planning kanbans, calculating kanban quantities or MRP generated requirements.
• Serves as the liaison between the Company, customers, and suppliers to resolve receiving and invoicing issues, facilitate resolution of quality issues, and perform all operations according to appropriate government regulations and Company policies and procedures.
• Directs investigations into causes of customer or supplier complaints and responds accordingly.
• Establishes and continuously reviews procedures, training, and application systems interfaces; develops performance measures, monitors performance and recommends improvements – for inventory control, material planning, and production control.
• Develops cost savings and cost reduction programs.  Implements and maintains meaningful metrics to measure the performance of all three areas.
• Develops, maintains, and continuously advances planning and implementation procedures for the organization.
• These actions should represent best practice procedures for the resources available now, but should also be scalable to the larger organization that we are becoming.
• Recommends departmental operational budget and approves requisitions for equipment, materials, and supplies within limits of department budget.
• Reviews and analyzes expenditure, financial, and operations reports to determine need for increased efficiencies, schedule changes, reallocation of priorities, etc.
• Reviews and approves weekly Department Expense Reports.
• Provides positive and negative feedback to employees verbally and in writing.
• Documents feedback through Confirmation of Conversations (COC). Conducts or participates in annual performance reviews for employees.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for leading SC Tactical Operations, including Production Control, Material Planning, Tactical Purchasing and Inventory Control.
• Assesses, coaches and develops personnel.
• Actively coaches and leads direct reports in developing Supply Chain professional skills to better enable advancement and knowledge.
• Must possess strong leadership qualifications, i.e. honesty, organizational skills, must be able to motivate people, and to take action to promote change.
• The ability to listen and provide good follow up is essential.
• Must possess excellent interpersonal skills.

QUALIFICATIONS 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Four (4) year college business degree or better
• APICS Certification (CPIM) preferred
• Minimum eight (8) year leadership experience with manufacturing company
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Understands and applies strategic planning practices to establish Supply Chain goals and design efficient, executable plans
• Knows industry trends, economic outlooks
• Knowledge of modern manufacturing techniques such as LEAN Production a plus

LANGUAGE / COMMUNICATION SKILLS

• Excellent oral and written English language skills
• Ability to communicate effectively at multiple levels within the company

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

College level mathematical skills

REASONING ABILITY

• Must be able to analyze situations promptly and accurately
• Must have ability to handle multiple tasks
• Excellent problem solving and analytical decision-making skills
• Ability to form good judgments in critical situations

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

None

PHYSICAL DEMANDS / WORK ENVIRONMENT   

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Manufacturing floor and office environment with frequent sitting, walking, and standing, and occasional climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and balancing. Frequent use of eye, hand, and finger coordination enabling the use of office machinery. Oral and auditory capacity enabling interpersonal communication as well as communication through automated devices such as the telephone.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

Ability to travel occasionally domestically.

Occasional:   activity exists less than 1/3 of the time.

Frequent:  activity exists 1/3 and 2/3 of the time.

• High School diploma or GED
• Certified forklift operator preferred
• Material handling and/or Warehouse experience preferred

At PGT Innovations, we may build and support high-quality, innovative windows and doors, but every day holds opportunities for us to do so much more – from building stronger teams through leading, supporting, mentoring, and collaborating, to fostering better relationships with our customers.

WHY WE’RE DIFFERENT

Every day we look for opportunities to grow and achieve greatness – together.

This isn’t an “everyone for themselves” environment. Here, we look out for each other. We help each other. We prop each other up during challenging times. 

Because inventing, building, and delivering the future of windows and doors is not a one-person job. It takes all of us.

• Our collaborative group.
• Our understanding family.
• Our strong team.

Working together to inspire greater opportunity for our customers, our community, and our team members. 

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive compensation
• Career advancement opportunities
• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee stock purchase plan
• 401k matching
• Profit sharing
• Paid time off
• Volunteer time off

PGT Innovations is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are considered for positions without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or

physical disability, marital/family/caregiver status, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local low. PGT Innovations also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories.