Warehouse Supervisor

AMETEK, Inc.George Town, PenangOn-siteFull-timeSenior, 5–8 yearsListed 7 hours ago

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About this role

The Warehouse Supervisor is responsible for supervising and coordinating the activities of warehouse keeper. He/ She will be controlling, and processing inventory related to the receiving, storing, issuing, shipping goods, supplies parts in the stockroom and stocking locations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Responsible for supervising and training warehouse keepers & material handlers

- Monitoring inventory control function

- Process and handle inventory posting, transaction and coordinate inventory movement

- Coordinate production order kitting to the floor before start date

- Oversees and develop strategies that improve cycle count process for efficiency and first-pass accuracy

- Recommend and improve upon inventory accuracy

- Advise warehouse keeper on care and preservation of items receive, storage, and shipping goods

- Ensure warehouse keepers use of equipment with safety as a priority

- Trace, identify and rectify discrepancies between physical inventory and stocking records

- Adjusts and tracks errors for all operations with the mindset to identify root cause and error-proof method

- Anticipate & implement new processes to improve efficiency of operations

- Plan layout of stockroom, warehouse, and other storage areas, considering turnover, size, weight, and related factors of items stored

- Assign duties and examine work for neatness, and compliance to policies and 5S procedures

- Other duties as required and assigned by supervisor

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:

- Supervise the Shipping, Receiving, and Stockroom departments

- Work closely with Production Supervisors and Group Leaders on material availability

- Interact with Purchasing and Planning, Engineering, Quality Control, and Sales

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

- At least 5 years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

- Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook

- Experience MRP operating environment, experience in Microsoft Navision is a plus

- Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.

- At least 3 years of supervisory experience; ability to handle conflict issues

- Excellent working knowledge of supply chain management, and inventory management with Lean manufacturing management principles