Materials Supervisor

Thursday, December 12, 2024

At Phantom, making life better is our mission; for our customers and our employees. We're driven by our vision and values - it's what sets us apart as a corporation - and what makes Phantom Screens a special place to work. Since our beginning, in 1992, Phantom has excelled, expanded, and stayed laser-focused on our passion: making and installing the highest-quality retractable screens on the market. Now we're the top-selling retractable screen, and our products are international.

What we offer:

• Workplace culture that values meaningful work and developing and distributing a product we’re proud to share.
• Ongoing learning opportunities and support for career advancement.
• Competitive compensation and group medical and dental benefits/insurance.
• Employee Care program and on-site life coach.
• Managers who value work-life balance.
• Regular team building and social events – everything from pizza, food trucks, barbecue lunches to our annual holiday party.
• Support for local and international charities, including World Vision and Cyrus House.
• Onsite parking, casual dress code, employee discount, profit sharing, and more!

What You Will Do:

• Assist in the development, revision, and improvement of standard workflow and execution timelines with the goal of reducing material waste.
• Lead day-to-day support for production to ensure that the right materials are delivered at the right time and place.
• Resolve material quality and supply issues as they arise.
• Co-ordinate Inventory Control tasks to support physical inventory accuracy and translate this into real-time accuracy within Phantom’s ERP system, including cycle counting and reconciling.
• Communicate with internal stakeholders including Customer Experience and Production regarding priorities and requirements for customer shipments.
• Provide informal daily updates to the Materials team with status reports of ongoing projects and strategic efforts.
• Track, monitor, and update materials KPIs daily.
• Coach and motivate the Materials team, providing effective training and cross-training.
• Ensure team members adhere to company policies, procedures, and safety rules.
• Track and update quality inspection forms for all production runs.
• Maintain a first-class, clean, and safe work environment and positive culture.
• Work closely with maintenance to ensure machinery preventative maintenance is up to date.
• Approve and track employee vacations, corrective actions, incident investigations, and schedules.
• Other duties as assigned by the manager.

Top Three Qualities We are Looking for:

• Strong Communication: you ensure everyone on the team has the information needed to be successful.
• Empowerment: you aim to make sure the team feels empowered to make the right decisions on their own.
• Adaptability: you have the ability to adapt to company needs on the fly and plan around the daily priorities, even if there are curveballs!

What you bring to the role:

• Completion of the following post-secondary education (or equivalent): Supervisory Skills, Quality Assurance Fundamentals, Inventory management Skills, MS Excel.
• Minimum 5 years in a materials handling role with 2 years in a leadership role.
• General: customer focused, flexible in work schedule, committed to self-development.
• Leadership: lead by example, develop, coach, mentor, motivate and support.
• Strong Communication Skills: verbal and written English, non-verbal, internal and external facing.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite (especially Excel), ERP systems and typing.
• Class 5 (or higher) Driver’s License and access to an insured vehicle.
• Ability to travel internationally if required.
• First Aid (Level 2) or willingness to receive training.
• ERP software knowledge.
• Experience working in a LEAN Process manufacturing environment.
• Manufacturing Engineering principles.
• Dedication to self-development and improvement.
• Self-awareness, with respectful and effective communication skills; leading by example to support and develop your team.
• An ability to learn and apply new concepts quickly.
• Full-time, Permanent Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.

Between $65,000 - $75,000 per year, salary dependent on experience.

At Phantom we know that our supervisors have a challenging, yet crucial role within the company. The successful candidate will be passionate about modeling the company values, to speak the truth, to serve each other, to practice stewardship, and to pursue excellence, and will bring open-mindedness to the flexibility required in this position.

Note: This is an on-site job, so all applicants should be locally available and legally entitled to work in Canada.

All applications will be considered for employment, but preference will be given to candidates who have previous experience working in manufacturing, production, lead hand, supervisory, or management roles.

We would like to thank all applicants; however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

• 30451 Simpson Rd, Abbotsford, BC V2T 6C7, Canada