Job Description

Your Responsibilities

As a Material Handling Supervisor for John Deere Waterloo Works (TCAO) located in Waterloo, IA, you will be responsible for leading a wage workforce to accomplish the safety, quality, delivery, and efficiency goals through Continuous Improvement (CI) plans and activities.  In addition, you will: 

Ensure that assigned personnel have appropriate training, work instructions, and tools to successfully complete their job.
Lead safety through regular safety communications, setting clear safety expectations to drive the safety culture, driving engagement in the CI Safety and Ergonomic Risk Assessment process, prompt near-miss reporting with a focus on quick, thorough safety corrective actions.
Monitor processes, troubleshoot out-of-process activities, and generally supervise material flow activities to ensure that parts move throughout our buildings via the processes outlined.
Lead employee engagement activities, while establishing a positive employee environment through communications, feedback, and overall guidance.
Monitor individual/group performance and take corrective action including discipline, as needed and respond to complaints to ensure the Company and employees adhere to policies, practices, procedures, and work rules.

VISA Sponsorship is NOT Available for this position

What Skills You Need

Excellent communicator, who thrives on solving problems and working in a team environment.
Experience with, or supporting shop floor manufacturing and/or warehouse operation.
Demonstrated team leadership/mentoring skills.
Experience communicating across functions. (such as Material Flow, Supply Management, Engineering, Operations, and Labor Relations)

What Makes You Stand Out

Experience with wage/union employee policies, practices, procedures, and work rules.
Experience in leadership or supervision of a union workforce.
Working knowledge of the CI continual improvement process and 5S.
Experience within the Material Flow organization.
Knowledge regarding other functional roles within Material Flow including MRS, IC, and MC roles.

Education

Ideally, you will have a degree or equivalent related work experience in the following:

Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Supply Management, and Engineering.

What You'll Get

At John Deere, you are empowered to create a career that will take you to where you want to go while working in an inclusive team environment. Here, you'll enjoy the freedom to explore new projects, the support to think outside the box, and the advanced tools and technology that foster innovation and achievement. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive reward package to help you get started on your new career path, including:

Flexible work arrangements
Highly competitive base pay and performance bonuses
Savings & Retirement benefits (401K and Defined Contribution)
Healthcare benefits with a generous company contribution in the Health Savings Account
Adoption assistance
Employee Assistance Programs
Tuition assistance
Fitness subsidies and on-site gyms at specific Deere locations
Charitable contribution match
Employee Purchase Plan & numerous discount programs for personal use