Job Description
Must Have Responsibilities
- Follow all required safety practices, guidelines and company procedures
- Keep your work area, inside the factory and the Quest grounds safe, clean, and organized at all times
- Report all safety incidents immediately to your direct manager or member of Safety Team
- Maintain good attendance and be at your work area prior to the shift start bell
- Take breaks at designated times and do not leave your work area before the horn end of shift bell
- Be able to work in a team environment
- Provide support and train other team members as instructed
- Learn and understand Lean Manufacturing concepts
- Demonstrate basic knowledge of product, processes and customer expectations
- Monitor the quality of output to identify, discard or re-manufacture faulty products
- Perform related or other responsibilities as required or assigned to meet customer and production requirements
- Perform any and all reasonable requests from management
Additional Responsibilities
- Ensures all Materials team production goals are met, oversees the daily activities of the Materials team (Material Handlers, Material Expeditors …..)
- Assist to ensure forklift operations and receiving is completed in a safe and efficient way
- Update Microsoft Excel inventory planning sheets and update web-based inventory ERP system
- Responsible for maintaining inventory accuracy in assigned area(s) of responsibility
- Assists in maintaining accurate inventory counts by performing daily cycle counts of locations and parts; monitoring put-away activities and research inventory discrepancies found during picking
- Ensure cycle count schedule is followed for all commodities
- Identify, investigate, and eliminate inventory count variances through review of cycle count data sheets
- Ensure inventory inbound/outbound transactions occur timely and accurately
- Audit inbound material for quality and quantity
- High attention to detail a must; ability to accurately report inventory count quantities with different unit of measure
- Verifies quantities and descriptions of items against purchase order and posts receipt of materials to computer
- Promptly communicates to purchasing team problems or discrepancies with incoming packages or goods
- Works closely with production areas regarding urgent needs of incoming items to ensure prompt delivery to floor
- Works closely with procurement team to ensure accurate records of receipts.
- Engage in cross training to maintain flexibility and adaptability to support resource planning, reduce exposure to injury and increase continuous improvement suggestions
- Proficiently perform all jobs within designated area and demonstrate a willingness to rotate to other areas as needs arise. Fill in to support operations as needed
- Attend and participate in all required meetings by being on time and contributing in a positive and open-minded manner
- Follow lineup schedule as defined by management
- Understand and accept internal and external customer expectations, adjust to changing needs within business by being flexible and adaptable
- Maintain a respectful workplace environment, an orderly workplace and a positive attitude toward change and others
- Understand and perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions
- Ensure the continuous flow of production that meets planned output while identifying and escalating issues and improvements
What you will bring along
Required Qualification and Skills:
- 3-5 years of leadership experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment
- Ability to frequently lift, push, and slide product that typically may weigh up to 50 lbs
- Ability to stand for duration of shift
- Able to work in a non-climate-controlled factory environment
- Highest attention to the quality of work performed
- English communication skills - oral and written
- Basic math skills including the ability to accurately add, subtract, multiply, divide and read a standard tape measure
- Be willing to learn and rotate through multiple positions as business needs requires
- Pre-employment background check & drug screening are required
- Ability to work a flexible schedule including some overtime and weekends
- Demonstrated ability to acquire and apply continuous improvement, lean and manufacturing system principles
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
Preferred Qualification and Skills:
- High School diploma or equivalent experience
- Demonstrated ability to work with and motivate people
- Demonstrated problem solving skills
- Window aluminum industry experience
- Forklift certified/ Mobile Equipment experience