Warehouse Supervisor Job Details

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Honeywell International (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100 diversified technology and manufacturing global leader. It generated $33.4 billion in sales in 2010 and currently employs 130,000 people in 100 countries. The company has a demonstrated heritage of innovation and achievement.

Honeywell Life Safety (HLS) is a strategic business unit in Automation and Control Solutions (ACS). HLS innovates to protect and save lives worldwide everyday. It is a global leader in many growing industries, including commercial fire systems, smoke and gas detection, personal protective equipment (PPE), and home and hospital patient monitoring. Its quality products, integrated system solutions, and services make life safer, more comfortable, more secure, and more productive in every corner of our world. You can find leading-edge HLS technology in the products, software, and solutions all around you, including at airports, hotels, healthcare institutions, business centers, stadiums, industries, and schools.

We are seeking a Warehouse Supervisor for our Bolingbrook, IL facility.

Responsibilities Include:

• Department supervisor to monitor, assist with and improve all aspects of safety, quality, productivity, and delivery.

The incumbent will:

• Ensure safety throughout the department.


• Eliminate, prevent and/or provide countermeasures for all quality issues.


• Ensure daily output goals are met (OTTR, OTTP, Revenue, Past Due, and Supplier Returns)


• Initiate improvement actions to reduce department spending.


• Be responsible for all departmental metrics.


• Responsible for defining Goals at Cell level.


• Coach/encourage Team Leads and operators to get excited about work and use reinforcing feedback methods in order to encourage good work habits.


• Regularly support need for HOS in place and impress upon the team a sense of urgency to reach the team goals and to get things done.


• Manage overall performance (adherence to standard work, attendance, safety, etc.) within the department.

The Supervisor is expected to:

• The Supervisor is expected to have thorough knowledge of departmental operations and demonstrate process proficiency. The supervisor will be expected to provide process upport or back up any time a Team Lead is absent from the production floor.


• The Supervisor will meet with his/her cross shift counterparts on a daily basis at the start and the end of the shift. The Supervisor will assist the Team Lead with coordination of daily work assignments.


• Communicate with all Team Leads on a daily basis.


• Communicate daily with other shifts and peers regarding quality, workload capacity, safety, staffing problems, and CI issues.


• Lead solution of production problems as they occur.


• Be the first contact for Team Lead when problems and concerns surface.


• The supervisor is expected to lead/coordinate Quality Control activities, initiate and implement work standards, specifications and characteristics of department processes to insure that quality is inherent in each production process.


• The supervisor is expected to encourage the use of Six Sigma Tools and HOS methods to effectively solve production problems.


• The Supervisor will provide new employee orientation and new employee introductions to the Team Leads.


• The Supervisor will constantly search for improvement and continually seek to eliminate waste.

Hours of Operation: 6:00am- 3:00pm. Ability to work overtime and Saturday’s as needed.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Management or related field or current enrollment in undergraduate program in Supply Chain Management, Business Management or related field.


• 3 years of supervisory experience.


• 1 year of customer communication experience.


• 1 year of international logistics experience.


• 3 years MS Office experience (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Visio).

Additional Qualifications:

• 2 years experience in managing departmental projects.


• Working knowledge of US custom compliance and regulatory requirements.


• Strong communication skills (written & verbal).

To view and apply for this position, please visit www.careersathoneywell.com and reference job number 186959.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Honeywell is committed to a diverse workforce.

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