Materials Handling Manager

Description

At BioFire Diagnostics, LLC. we make the world a healthier place by providing molecular solutions that lessen the time to medical results and empower healthcare professionals to make better diagnostic decisions.

We are proud to be part of the bioMérieux family and the 5,000+ team members across 12 sites and subsidiaries in North America committed to our mission to help save lives around the globe through the power of diagnostics.

Come be a part of our team and our mission as a Materials Handler Manager!

The Materials Handling Manager is responsible for maintaining, replenishing, and auditing a centralized stock warehouse and or, multiple production stock warehouses. The manager will supervise team leads, material handlers, delivery, and, or receiving personnel to insure the replenishment, inventory integrity, and transactional accuracy of these warehouses and material.  This manager will ensure materials remain in manageable balance against data.  The materials personnel will receive materials, perform physical and routine cycle counting, kit Kanban replenishment, and, deliver Kanban bins to production sites and bin locations.  Additionally, this manager will supervise inter-building shipping, pick-up, and delivery of nonstandard material and intercompany mail when applicable. This manager will attend meetings and do presentation/reporting when required. This Manager will work closely with Purchasing on shortages and shortage reporting and develop packaging requirements and demand flow strategies with suppliers to allow for direct packing to production requirements and direct delivery systems from supplier to production (Demand Flow).  This position typically oversees a team of 5-15 people.

Principal Job Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Ensure all work of employees are in compliance with company policy and within the guidelines of BioFire Diagnostics LLC Quality System.
2. Oversee through existing processes and tools the material receiving function in relation to incoming material requirements, procedures, and processes.
3. Oversee through existing processes and tools the stocking of material, related transactions, bin maintenance, and shelving requirements.
4. Manage and improve the intercompany delivery process production and non-production of materials and intercom pay mail.
5. Oversee the production warehouses: their stock of materials, processes, and cycle auditing of materials in these locations.
6. Collaborate with procurement, quality, and production to ensure material and processes meet business, quality, and production requirements.
7. Coach and guide employees to adhere to the Attendance Policy and maintain proper documentation on points incurred.
8. Oversee and through existing processes and tools to transport and ship non-conforming material as directed form Material Review Board back to suppliers. Work closely with procurement, quality and the cycle audit team on tracking and performing necessary transactions including RTV’s.
9. Create, Investigate and complete NCR’s.
10. Execute change order implementations.
11. Adhere to company safety requirements and policies
12. Conduct and attend meetings with direct reports regularly
13. Supervise employee’s performance and development.
14. Encourage cross training within department.
15. Help write and conduct employee performance reviews.
16. Keep adequate documentation on employee relations.
17. Assist upper management with grading material handlers for bonus and merit increases
18. Institute LEAN practices for the warehouse, material handling, and receiving areas, Examples are Six S, FIFO inventory, and value stream mapping of processes.
19. Work effectively with the Shipping Manager and team to insure finished goods are delivered to stores location or shipping on time and in pristine condition.
20. Support lot traceability and labeling for regulatory and Manufacturing Execution System (Production Web) processes.

This position requires a minimum of a High School diploma or equivalent, although an Associate’s or higher is preferred.  In addition, qualified candidates will have 1-4 years of directly related management experience in inventory, warehouse, and receiving.  Materials handling /management experience within the medical device industry, including working with the FDA regarding control of materials for instruments and chemistry, preferred.  Qualified candidates must understand inventory control principles, warehouse management, and receiving functions, have experience with using MRP/ERP and Warehouse management software, and the ability to use Word, Excel, and Microsoft Office software.

Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. with or without assistance and work 75% of time standing and or lifting.