Shift Supervisor (Second Shift) in San Jose, California at Industrial Metal Supply Co

COMPANY OVERVIEW:
Industrial Metal Supply, founded in 1948, is a leading metals distributor with seven locations serving California and Arizona. We are entering an exciting new growth phase as we strive to expand our brand awareness and enhance our customer experience. IMS is committed to safety, quality, reliability, and operational excellence across all areas of the business.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

• Responsible for developing, coaching, and mentoring team members for excellent performance. Provides direct leadership to production employees in value streams, including work scheduling and assignment, employee training, and ensuring safety and production quality requirements are met.
• Evaluating staffing needs, administering safety, communication, teambuilding, etc. These goals need to be accomplished in a safe and effective manner through utilization, development, and adherence to all IMS policies.
• Inspects department areas to ensure safety and cleanliness standards are in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practices and 6S Lean Manufacturing practices. Responsible for all safety issues affecting employees, including taking action to minimize the risk of injury as needed.
• Ensures proper utilization of equipment, manpower, and materials to eliminate downtime, injuries, and/or scrap. Develops more efficient means to identify limiting factors of equipment, staffing, and materials to better utilize available resources and to maximize productivity.
• Maintains a safe and healthy work environment by daily walks, audits, surveillance checks, following, and enforcing standards and procedures.
• Consistently and continuously monitors and enforces safety policies.
• Ensures that equipment and tools are in good working order and the applicable maintenance checklist is both available for use as necessary and properly completed.
• Collaborates with the Warehouse Manager and teams to continuously evaluate the warehouse layout and material workflow, modifying it as necessary to increase throughput and productivity.
• Ensures that all warehouse activities meet or exceed the Company’s high-quality standards <1.5 RGA.
• Maintains control of production man-hours, reviews daily production plan to maintain and improve scheduled production levels of finished product for distribution.
• Develops and implements control systems, interprets information, and implements problem-solving actions and continuous improvement processes.
• Perseveres to achieve established goals associated with the strategies and processes assigned to the warehouse.
• Communicates Company goals and team and individual expectations to subordinates.
• Plans, monitors, and appraises work results while coaching, counseling, and correcting associate behavior.
• Assists with the technical support in the troubleshooting of all major equipment malfunctions.
• Implements and supports training programs in coordination with the Warehouse Manager to ensure that all associates possess and maintain the necessary skills to perform their duties safely and productively.
• Coordinates daily warehouse floor activities and delegates assignments to warehouse associates based on critical factors, including individual experience, abilities, knowledge, and the associate’s documented record of performance.
• Monitors and administers the compliance of warehouse floor personnel with work hours and rest and meal breaks in accordance with Company policy and state and federal employment regulations.
• Manages the housekeeping standards established for work areas, equipment, and shipping and receiving yards, coordinating cleanups when necessary.
• Manages non-labor warehouse supplies in accordance with established budget guidelines.

LIFE AT IMS

The Company strongly believes that the more diverse our team, the better our work will be. We are committed to equal opportunity employment and celebrate inclusion in all circumstances. As an employee, you can expect:

• A supportive, inclusive atmosphere on a team that values your contributions.
• An attractive and competitive compensation package.
• Opportunities for growth and development via work experience and offerings from our HR/People Resources team and Learning and Development program.
• Frequent in-office events, lunch and learns, volunteer opportunities, and more.
• A generous and well-rounded benefits program featuring Vacation, Sick Leave, comprehensive medical benefits, retirement plans, tuition reimbursement,401k with company match, and much more

The Company believes that each team member makes a significant contribution to our success.  That contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities outlined in a job description.  Therefore, this job description is designed to outline primary duties, qualifications and job scope, but not limit the employee or the organization to just the work identified. It is our expectation that each team member will offer his/her services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our endeavors and to pursue individual career growth.