MATERIAL FLOW MANAGER **Engineering Services and Products Company** 1 Positions ID: 129010 Posted On 11/25/2024 **Job Overview** **Summary:** The individual in this position reports to the VP of Operations and will lead a team of individuals to optimize inventory movement, replenishment, and delivery to production. This position will oversee receiving, replenishment, RGA, material handling and shipping of our beam, greenhouse, and truss product lines. This position will also require close collaboration with purchasing, manufacturing, transportation, and scheduling teams to ensure proper material flow. **Essential Duties and Responsibilities:** + Manage and evaluate the activities of all supervisors and lead persons in the receiving, returns, outside material movement, replenishment, inspection and loading functions including performance measurement and reviews. Perform supervisory responsibilities complying with company policies and procedures and applicable laws. + Complete performance reviews on employees in a timely fashion. + Manage employees by appraising performance, rewarding or disciplining employee performance, addressing complaints and work with HR as necessary to ensure compliance. + Plan work activities and assign resources as needed to accomplish goals. Participate in the hiring process including requisitioning, interviewing and selection of jobs and candidates. + Provide necessary leadership and training to build and maintain a strong material movement, receiving, and RGA team. Write and maintain departmental work instructions and maintain departmental training documentation. + Design and control work processes used to facilitate the accomplishment of organizational plans as they pertain to inventory control. + Interface with other manufacturing and distribution departments, as required, maintaining inventory accuracy and optimizing material flow. Remove material flow constraints through long-term sustainable corrective actions and solutions . + Collaborate with the Continuous Improvement team to ensure lean manufacturing protocol and continuous improvement initiatives are developed to optimize material flow and reduce costs. + Develop effective KPI’s to measure and improve team’s performance. + Review receiving processes for efficiency and accuracy **.** + Supervise activities outside of the buildings. + Supervise replenishment to enhance on time shipping. + Work with the Material Flow Coordinator to efficiently and accurately move manufactured materials. + Train supervisors, leads, and other employees within each work group. + Conduct oneself in a professional manner that supports an engaged environment. + Monitor and resolve workplace safety issues and be involved in meetings addressing these issues to reduce worker’s compensation claims. + Perform other tasks as assigned. **Qualifications** **Supervisory Responsibilities** This job requires supervision of receiving associates, outside material handlers, replenishment workers, RGA workers, inspection workers, greenhouse, truss, and beam loaders and lead and supervisory personnel. **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. Knowledge of general material handling practices and safety procedures. + Knowledge of planning processes and process controls + Knowledge of employment laws and policies + Ability to supervise the work of others and plan and direct work activities + Ability to evaluate performance + Ability to define and articulate problems and develop solutions + Ability to use complex computer systems for management planning and inventory control. + Ability to operate material handling equipment including forklifts, pallet jacks, banders, hoists and lifting equipment. + Ability to lift up to 50 pounds. + Ability to follow written and verbal instructions. + Skilled in material handling techniques. + Skilled in mathematics and skilled in communicating ideas and instructions **Education and/or Experience** Associate degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school preferred; or equivalent combination of education, experience and training. **Language Skills** Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. **Mathematical Skills** Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. **Reasoning Ability** Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. **Computer Skills** Proficiency in Excel, MS Word, & MS Outlook. **Physical Demands** 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. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is frequently required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. **Work Environment** The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. **,** Primary Contact 12164 FarmTek HR Department , 563-875-2288 Phone Phone Phone Fax hrdeptiowa@farmtek.com Email True False True **Job Details** Categories Agricultural Shipping/Warehousing Location Dyersville, IA Job Type Employee Full/Part Company ID 1007 Job REQ # 129010 \# Positions 1 Start Date 20241125 End Date 20250118 Featured Job TH Ad TH Comments **Similar Jobs** Afterhours Fleet Manager Tucker Freight Lines Value Stream Manager I/II (1st shift) Andersen Windows & Doors DISTRICT MANAGER Telegraph Herald Driver Manager Tucker Freight Lines Driver Manager Tucker Freight Lines Location Manager - Central City, Iowa Innovative Ag Services BEAM MATERIAL HANDLER/PAINTER Engineering Services and Products Company IT MANAGER Engineering Services and Products Company Warehouse Manager TOMY International **Share this Job** Engineering Services and Products Company **About the Company** A rewarding career waits for you at Engineering Services and Products Company! ESAPCO was founded in 1979 with the purpose of bringing the highest quality products at the most competitive prices with exceptional customer service directly to the agricultural, horticultural, building and retail trade communities. With this goal in mind, we have grown from a regional, two-person operation to one with corporate headquarters and sales call center located in South Windsor, Connecticut and a manufacturing and distribution center located in Dyersville, Iowa. Brands that fall under our umbrella include FarmTek, ClearSpan and GrowSpan.