Full Job Description
The Technical Stockroom Supervisor manages and coordinates the Technical Stockroom department and personnel supporting Maintenance and Engineering for the Solon and Cleveland manufacturing sites. You will oversee technical stores areas, routines, systems, and team performance while ensuring spare parts are easy to locate, meet required quality standards, are available when needed, and are maintained at appropriate inventory levels and costs. You will establish and sustain 5S storage conditions, material master data, material movement routines, inventory controls, and work-order material readiness. In this role, you will work closely with technicians, supervisors, Planning & Scheduling, Reliability, Technical Purchasing, Finance, and Operations to support effective maintenance and engineering activities.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide leadership, coaching, scheduling, cross-training and backup coverage for Technical Stockroom personnel.
- Work closely with Planning & Scheduling to support daily and weekly maintenance execution.
- Drive the work-order parts process, including receiving, staging, kitting, issuing, returning and status visibility.
- Own Technical Stores master-data quality, including material records, storage locations, ABCZ classification, criticality, Min/Max levels and reorder parameters.
- Maintain accurate inventory through cycle counts, physical inventory, transaction discipline and investigation of variances.
- Monitor spare-parts availability while controlling inventory value, slow-moving stock and obsolete materials.
- Provide routine KPI and inventory reporting to Maintenance, Finance and Purchasing.
- Ensure Finance approval for stock adjustments and obsolete-part write-offs in accordance with applicable requirements.
- Maintain storeroom 5S, access controls, safe storage, hygiene, OEM and environmental requirements.
- Lead Technical Stores Work Group activities, standards, procedures and continuous-improvement actions.
- Use SAP/CMMS to complete and monitor required Technical Stores transactions and ordered-parts visibility.
- Partner with Technical Purchasing on supplier follow-up, order-status issues and purchasing discrepancies while maintaining segregation of duties.
- Support development of the maintenance budget with Technical Stores data and inventory requirements.
- Complete loss analysis and implement improvements to parts availability, data quality, work-order readiness and cost performance.
KEY PERFORMANCE MEASURES:
- Parts availability and critical-spares health
- Inventory accuracy and inventory value
- Slow-moving and obsolete stock reduction
- Min/Max and reorder-parameter health
- Cycle-count completion and variance closure
- Work-order kit readiness and parts-return discipline
- Material master-data quality and ordered-parts visibility
- Realized cost and process improvements
REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM EDUCATION LEVEL:
- High school diploma or equivalent required; associate degree in business, supply chain, materials management, maintenance or a related field preferred.
- Three or more years of relevant experience in a technical stockroom, maintenance, materials management, purchasing or manufacturing environment.
- Experience leading employees, contractors, suppliers or other third parties.
- Experience with SAP or another CMMS, inventory controls, master data and maintenance spare-parts processes preferred.
SKILLS:
- Ability to work flexible hours and support multiple site priorities.
- Strong written and verbal communication with a service-oriented approach.
- Proven ability to lead, coach, develop and hold others accountable.
- Strong listening, facilitation and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Results focus with strong organization, analytical thinking and attention to detail.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel; SAP/CMMS experience highly preferred.
- Problem-solving and continuous-improvement skills.
- Working knowledge of 5S, inventory controls, maintenance work processes and spare-parts management.
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities and maintain segregation of duties.
Salary: $71,874.00 to $105,800.00 per year
Bonus Eligibility: Yes
The pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills and abilities as well as geographic location. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at top of range.
Nestlé offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position. Learn more at https://www.nestlejobs.com/nestle-in-the-us-benefits
