Heavy Truck Trailer Parts Supervisor
1016 meijer great lakes lp
📍 lansing michigan 48917 - distribution complex united states🕐 8d ago🔗 workday
Job Description
As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community!
**Meijer Rewards**
* Weekly pay
* Scheduling flexibility
* Paid parental leave
* Paid education assistance
* Team member discount
* Development programs for advancement and career growth
Please review the job profile below and apply today!
Lead More Good to Life—One Team at a Time
At Meijer, keeping our fleet moving requires more than trucks and trailers. It takes the right parts, the right inventory, and the right leader behind it all.
As a Heavy Truck Trailer Parts Supervisor, you'll lead a team responsible for managing the maintenance parts inventory that supports our transportation fleet. Through inventory planning, vendor partnerships, data analysis, and team leadership, you'll play a critical role in helping ensure our equipment remains operational and our stores stay stocked for customers across the Midwest.
This position leads a team of specialists to execute maintenance projects, support ongoing facility operations, and provide parts expertise across multiple building and material handling systems.
**How You'll Make an Impact**
* **Lead People, Not Just Processes-** Guide and develop a team of parts specialists while fostering a safe, accountable, and collaborative culture.
* **Own a Critical Operation-** Help manage more than $1.5 million in maintenance parts inventory that keeps our truck and trailer fleet operating safely and efficiently.
* **Use Data to Drive Decisions-** Analyze inventory levels, forecast needs, and improve processes that keep equipment running and operations moving.
* **Build Strategic Partnerships-** Work closely with vendors, suppliers, and internal maintenance teams to ensure the right parts are available when needed.
* **Keep Our Fleet Moving-** Your decisions directly support transportation operations that help stock our stores and serve customers across the Midwest.
**What You'll be Doing:**
* Practices 200% Safety Accountability – Self and Others.
* Lead and assist with hiring the site maintenance team to ensure continuous operations.
* Make work assignments, promote positive employee relations, teamwork and accountability for results.
* Coach team members and administer discipline as required.
* Monitor and oversee activities of the team, troubleshooting assignments, repair work, etc. to ensure continuous operations within the facility.
* Record and deliver coaching disciplinary action to team members as necessary.
* Work closely with team members in an effort to improve plant key performance indicators and operational metrics.
* Ensure all activities are conducted in compliance with company, local, State and Federal requirements & regulations, including completion and maintenance of required documentation.
* Forecast, create and assist with managing departmental budget, ensuring appropriate accounting in accordance with company practice.
**What You Bring with You (Qualifications):**
* Bachelor’s Degree
* 3-5 years leadership experience required.
* Ability to operate powered lift equipment and maintain Meijer equipment operator license.
* Ability to read/sketch blueprints, shop drawings and electrical schematics.
* Previous experience working with refrigeration systems beneficial.
* Ability to learn/use office technology tools, e.g. timekeeping and office communication skills (current examples include MicroSoft Outlook, MIDS, PLEX and mainframe systems).
* Knowledge of industrial motors and motor controls.
* Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
* Ability to prioritize, follow-through and meet production goals.
* Flexibility to work a rotating schedule as needed.
* Working knowledge of company, local, State and Federal Safety, Sanitation and regulatory requirements.
* Ability to read, interpret and communicate safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and important company information to the team.
* Inventory control experience for assets over $1.5M
* SAP &Trimble SAS systems knowledge