Location:

Michigan City, Indiana, United States

Job ID:

R0071912

Date Posted:

2024-12-19

Company Name:

HITACHI AMERICA, LTD.

Profession (Job Category):

Other

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

Yes

Job Description:

Warehouse Operations Manager

Company: Hitachi Global Air Power

Location: Michigan City, Indiana

Status: Regular, Full-time

The Company

Hitachi drives Social Innovation Business, creating a sustainable society through the use of data and technology. We solve customers' and society's challenges with Lumada solutions leveraging IT, OT (Operational Technology) and products. Hitachi operates under the business structure of “Digital Systems & Services” - supporting our customers’ digital transformation; “Green Energy & Mobility” - contributing to a decarbonized society through energy and railway systems, and “Connective Industries” - connecting products through digital technology to provide solutions in various industries. Driven by Digital, Green, and Innovation, we aim for growth through co-creation with our customers. The company’s consolidated revenues for fiscal year 2022 (ended March 31, 2023) totaled 10,881.1 billion yen, with 696 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 320,000 employees worldwide. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at https://www.hitachi.com.

Hitachi Global Air Power (HGAP) is a unit of Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems — a subsidiary of Hitachi — that operates factories in Michigan City, IN (headquarters) and Suzhou, China and sales offices located in Europe, Australia, Southeast Asia and South and Latin America.

HGAP’s compressed air solutions power manufacturing operations worldwide; from food and beverage, to pharmaceuticals and computer chips. Its portable compressors provide the air power to build roads and bridges, lay pipelines and aid in oil and gas mining and production.

Hitachi Global Air Power offers a full range of integrated compressed air solutions including:

• Oil Flooded Industrial Air Compressors

• Oil Free Air Compressors

• Portable Air Compressors

• Aftermarket OEM parts and fluids

This product portfolio is engineered to provide ultra-high efficiency compressed air products and connected solutions that help achieve more energy savings and operational efficiencies. You can visit Hitachi Global Air Power to find out more.

Summary:

The Materials/Warehouse Operations Manager oversees material-related operations to ensure that all incoming and outgoing inventory is processed for Hitachi Global Air Power US, LLC (HGAP). Responsible for material storage and material flow within several manufacturing and storage facilities to ensure manufacturing lines receive the correct material when needed.

This position is located at the Hitachi Global Air Power manufacturing plant in Michigan City, Indiana, and reports to the Director of Materials Management.

Responsibilities:

• Safety – Promote & Lead a safety-oriented culture within all warehouse operations and warehouse locations

• Production Lead Time & OTD – Drive improvements to reduce and sustain warehouse part shortages to production, maximizing Production Lead Time and On-Time Delivery KPIs

• Inventory Accuracy – Ensure all warehouse operations are supporting all inventory accuracy initiatives and improvements, partnering with the Manager of Inventory Control

• Cost – Drive a continuous improvement culture to reduce and control costs, improve material flow and right-size labor

• Team Development – Foster a learning and development culture regarding direct and indirect headcount Duties and responsibilities:

• Promote and drive a safety-first culture, with a focus on near miss reporting, root cause analysis for both behavioral and environmental aspects, and irreversible corrective actions. Oversee proactive audits for discoveries of potential safety-related issues.

• Manage and oversee all warehouse operations, shipping and receiving, material handling, and storage throughout manufacturing and warehouse facilities to ensure production schedules and customer delivery demands are met.

• Promote and support all inventory accuracy and location accuracy initiatives to mitigate warehouse part shortages to production, to meet production lead time and on-time delivery targets.

• Coordinate activities with production, purchasing, engineering, planning, and quality departments to resolve material shortages.

• Foster a continuous improvement and lean manufacturing mindset and culture to lead initiatives to improve processes, material flow, and SAP functionality / maintenance.

• Identify opportunities and lead cost-reduction activities in transportation, warehousing, material flow, and labor.

• Support transformation efforts to digitally transform material handling systems such as automated guided vehicle systems (AGVs), autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), and collaborative robotic arms (cobots) for palletizing.

• Maintain balanced workloads by shifting assignments, workers and other resources under own control to achieve the most effective material handling and material processing operations.

• Adjust plans, assignments, and methods as necessary to accomplish the work effectively and economically.

• Provide weekly schedules for direct reports, including starting/ending times, as well as overtime hours.

• Monitor overtime hours to stay within budget while maintaining adequate coverage to support operations.

• Hold direct reports accountable to uphold Sullair values and policies; issue discipline as required in conjunction with the Human Resource Department.

• Maintain skills matrix and work center instructions for effective development of hourly staff. Coach & mentor supervisors to elevate capacity, capability and to effectively coach and mentor hourly staff.

Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Inventory Management, Supply Chain Management, or Logistics

• Graduate degree in a logistics- or business-related field a plus

• Material Management certification, such as CPIM, CSCP, CLTD, and CLT, a plus

Professional experience:

• Five plus years of experience in Warehouse Operations Management or Material Management, including inventory management systems.

• Working knowledge of Inventory Control Software (SAP S4 Hana / eWM preferred).

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Teams & Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access). Key behaviors:

• Ability to establish self as credible leader and partner with site leadership as a trusted member of staff.

• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn.

• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively.

• Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed.

• Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative.

• Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker.

• Urgency: Ability to act quickly and effectively to meet customer expectations, quality standards, and production goals.

Physical requirements:

• Lifting up to 35 lbs, lifting over 35 lbs. requires a lifting device, crane, or assistance from another associate

• Standing and walking minimum of 8 hours, must be able to bend/stoop, squat/crouch, kneel and twist

• Must understand and comply with Sullair Safety Standards While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, talk, and/or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, sit, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Direct reports:

• Materials supervisors across two or more manufacturing / warehouse locations

• SAP Analyst

The successful candidate is responsible for complying with Hitachi Global Air Power US Code of Ethics and related policies. In performing the job, the incumbent shall take all steps necessary to comply with our safety rules and requirements and must actively support the organization's efforts to meet and exceed its goals of creating and maintaining a safe workplace.

This description is to serve as a guide. It is intended to be flexible and will continue to evolve over time with business needs and demands and may be updated periodically and at the Company's discretion.

Hitachi Global Air Power US is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate based on race, religion, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, veteran status, physical or mental disability, or other protected categories under applicable law, whether in recruitment, employment, promotion, transfer, compensation, or other conditions of employment.

Our Values

We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to any factor that doesn’t impact your ability to do the job, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. We are proud of Japanese heritage, with our values expressed through the Hitachi Spirit:

• Wa – Harmony, Trust, Respect

• Makoto – Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity

• Kaitakusha-Seishin – Pioneering Spirit, Challenge

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)-Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job at Hitachi, please send the nature of request and contact information to [email protected]. Queries other than accommodation requests will not be responded to.