Supervisor, Materials
Who We Are:
Challenge’s mission is to manufacture with operational excellence by empowering our employee-owners. As a leading tier 1 supplier of complex metal assemblies for the global automotive industry, we drive innovative solutions for future mobility. We believe the best ideas come from individual unique perspectives. These ideas combined with the teamwork of industry leaders allow us to accomplish any challenge. Our team members take pride in the work we do and embody our core values of safety, ownership, and teamwork every day; they are the true driving force in our operations.
Challenge is proud to be one of the largest employee-owned automotive companies in North America. One of the many benefits of joining the Challenge team is the ESOP program. This program allows Challenge to give shares of the Company to all employee-owners annually. These shares are an additional retirement benefit that will continue to grow during your time at Challenge. Being part of an ESOP means our employee-owners share in Challenge’s success!
Together we own Safety! Challenge is #QualityDriven and #PeoplePowered!
Who We Want:
Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in verifying and keeping records on incoming and outgoing shipments.
What You'll Do:
- Understand and explain company’s quality policy
- Understand and explain all relevant quality policies, procedures, and work instructions.
- Participate in preventative actions where appropriate. Conduct corrective actions and preform problem solving analysis and reporting as required.
- Participate in needs analysis and attend and preform the requirements of scheduled training and educational programs.
- Conduct physical inventories of all product and operations as required.
- Works with customers on returnable containers maintenance.
- Prepares composite reports from individual reports of subordinates.
When and Where:
This will be a 1st Shift / 7AM-3PM M-F position located at our Plant in Holland, MI.
Occasionally, this may require you to arrive early, stay late, or work on weekends, outside of our regular hours, to ensure we successfully meet customer needs, deadlines, or urgent requests.
What You Need to Have:
- Associate or Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- 5 to 15 years of relevant experience and/or training
- Demonstrates high standards of performance and personal accountability
- Takes ownership of actions, results, and mistakes with integrity and honesty
- Is thorough, accurate, and dependable in completing job tasks
- Resolves conflict objectively by listening, focusing on solutions, and following through
- Builds and maintains positive working relationships through constructive communication
- Uses feedback to improve performance and strengthen team collaboration
- Adapts to different roles and responsibilities to support workflow and business needs
- Works with urgency and responsiveness to meet customer and team expectations
- Maintains current knowledge and skills to effectively perform all job responsibilities
- Embraces change as an opportunity to grow and improve
- Collaborates well with others, sharing information and supporting team success
- Manages time effectively; is punctual and ensures adequate coverage when absent
- Steel toe boots and hard hats are required on site
What We Offer:
We’re excited to offer a range of awesome benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a Health Savings Account with annual employer contributions, Flexible Spending Accounts, company-paid Short-Term Disability and Basic Life Insurance, Voluntary Life and Long-Term Disability options, an Employer 401k Match, ESOP shares, tuition reimbursement, a Referral Bonus Program, Challenge Incentive Program, and paid time off.
Please note, while these benefits are part of what we offer, they may not all apply to this specific role. The details shared in this job description are intended to give you a general idea, but duties and responsibilities may evolve over time, with or without notice. And of course, we’re happy to provide reasonable accommodations to help individuals with disabilities succeed in their role.
