Supervisor Facility - Picking - 1st

HanesBrands Inc

HanesBrands Inc., (HBI) is a global company with more than 48,000 associates in 30 countries, all working together to create the world’s best apparel to include iconic brands such as Hanes, Bali, Bonds, Champion, and many more. We offer enormous opportunities for creative thinkers, for people with a passion for consumers, and for people who think like business owners. We’re building a truly inclusive culture, where people of different backgrounds, races, cultures and experiences come together to make us stronger. We are a sustainable company committed to making a positive difference in our communities and around the world.

Supervisor - Distro 1st shift - Cleveland DC

This position is responsible support all DC and/or MFG activities to assure the shift(s) are run as efficiently, safely, and productively as possible.  Assures that daily work is planned, executed, and completed per facility standards.  Demonstrates effective leadership and is accountable for exemplary performance of a DC or MFG team or shift.  Typically team/shift/department supervised would be those accountable for receiving, unloading, recording, arranging, routing, transporting, and/or stocking of materials and products, and/or picking, value added services, and/or order fulfilment.   Accountable to assure operations, quality, service, cost, administration, and system metrics and KPI are achieved.  This position supervises team members and may be assisted by Specialists, Team Leaders, and/or Group Leads in the leadership of the team.  However, this position has accountability for the KIP achievement, training, and morale of the shift/team/department.  Contributes to the interviewing, selection, onboarding, training, motivating, and performance management of those team members.  Could be accountable to maintain and/or verify inventory records and transactions. 

• Plans and prioritizes work flow for the shift  to create the sense of urgency needed to ensure all customer Service Level Agreements (SLA) are met.  
• Promotes the highest level of expectations for achieving established standards in Safety, Quality, and Productivity.  
• Maintains Kronos, evaluates and edits incentive pay communications, monitors attendance, and develops staffing schedules. 
• Contributes to the interviewing, selection, onboarding, training, motivating, and performance management of shift team members. 
• Provides leadership and oversight to shift team to ensure highest level of employee performance and morale while driving continuous improvement and managing change.  
• Promotes an environment of learning and continuous growth by implementing and assessing systems and processes to make the work flow more effectively.   
• Coordinate with other departments as required, to assure the entire workstream is achieved.         
• Drives process improvement through Lean concepts and problem solving techniques.  
• Assures team members are sufficiently trained to perform their jobs and are cross-trained to support other areas as necessary.
• Produces shift reports as required. 
• Assesses shift work flows for stretch capacity requirements through coordinating staffing to meet increased and/or decreased workloads to maximize efficiencies and reduce cost during volatile demand swings across any/all shifts.
• Develop (cross train within the department) and communicate team staffing assignments and schedules (startup meetings)
• Actively participates on Committees as assigned
• Enforce Company policies and safety regulations
• Ensures GPS, Lean, and Safety program is in compliance

Interaction with Stakeholders and Resources: 

• Interact with internal and external stakeholders to assure shift performance and deliverables are achieved.   
• Keeps facility manager and management team apprised of project/work flow status.  Proactively implements course-correction actions to avoid delays or underachievement.   

Qualifications:

Required: High School Diploma or GED.   

(This is an entry level supervisory position and as such does not require previous experience.)

Preferred: Four-year degree in related field, i.e., Business, Engineering or Logistics/Supply chain Management.    

(2 yrs comparable work experience (comparable defined as the duties of a leader, similarly titled role, HBI SIT) Work experience includes budgeting, financial analysis, and/or productivity measurement/monitoring.)

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• DC or MFG Operations and equipment experience a plus.
• Strong systems orientation in Manhattan Software PkMS or comparable Warehouse Management System (WMS) experience.
• Intermediate knowledge and proficiency in MS office, especially MS Excel.
• Demonstrated track record of process improvement/Lean initiatives.

Competencies and Behaviors:

• Collaborative leadership skills with the abiltiy to effetively influence others
• Engages and inspires others
• Gains commitment and ownership
• Passion for results and sense of urgency
• Authentic/ builds relationships
• Applies analytical/problem solving techniques   
• Sets and pursues aggressive goals as a self-starter

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require now, or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.

EOE/AA: Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled.

Only applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact us directly:    

Telephone: 877.999.5553

Email: HBI_TA@hanes.com