Logistics Supervisor
Agilent Technologies
Summary
The Logistics Supervisor maintains daily operational continuity for the Inbound, Receiving, and Factory Support functions at the Cedar Creek site. This role provides direct leadership for material flow, receiving accuracy, factory support execution, team performance, safety, compliance, and service-level commitments. The position plays a critical role in supporting site production, customer delivery performance, inventory control, and overall logistics execution.
Job description
Key Responsibilities
- Lead daily operations for inbound logistics, receiving, warehouse activities, and factory support functions.
- Supervise employees responsible for product movement, ensuring materials are delivered to the right place, at the right time, and at the right cost.
- Oversee physical distribution activities, including warehousing, shipping, receiving, inventory management, localization, and the movement and storage of finished goods, supplies, and parts.
- Support logistics network development and optimization activities, including network design, reverse logistics, cost analysis, order fulfillment cycle time management, and system improvements.
- Manage logistics services procurement, including contract and vendor management.
- Support supply chain operations, including order management and postponement procurement activities.
- Drive achievement of safety, cost, order fulfillment, inventory accuracy, and customer satisfaction objectives.
- Develop and implement logistics processes and strategies related to transportation, trade compliance, physical distribution, and logistics optimization.
- Manage outsourced warehousing and distribution partners as needed, including service level agreement (SLA) performance and compliance.
- Support global trade activities, including import/export compliance, licensing requirements, product certifications, and regulatory audits.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure operational effectiveness and continuous improvement.
- Utilize operational metrics and KPIs to monitor performance and identify improvement opportunities.
- Lead problem-solving and continuous improvement initiatives using Lean principles, root cause analysis, and standard work practices.
Qualifications
- Associate degree, higher education, specialized training, or relevant certification; equivalent practical leadership and operations experience will also be considered.
- Experience directly supervising hourly or individual contributor employees in logistics, warehouse, manufacturing, or supply chain operations.
- Experience with inbound receiving, dock operations, material staging, put-away processes, factory support, inventory accuracy, and shortage escalation.
- Working knowledge of SAP, warehouse management systems, ERP systems, barcode scanning, or inventory transaction systems.
- Experience using operational KPIs such as safety, receiving accuracy, inventory accuracy, dock-to-stock time, backlog, shortages, productivity, schedule attainment, and service-level performance.
- Continuous improvement experience using root cause analysis, standard work, visual management, Lean methodologies, or structured problem-solving.
- Experience in regulated or quality-controlled environments, including audit readiness, corrective actions, documentation, and training compliance preferred.
- Exposure to transportation, trade compliance, import/export activities, third-party logistics providers, or service-level agreements preferred.
This job has a full time weekly schedule. Travel Required: Occasional. Shift: Day.
Requirements
- Associate degree, higher education, specialized training, or relevant certification; equivalent practical leadership and operations experience will also be considered.
- Experience directly supervising hourly or individual contributor employees in logistics, warehouse, manufacturing, or supply chain operations.
- Experience with inbound receiving, dock operations, material staging, put-away processes, factory support, inventory accuracy, and shortage escalation.
- Working knowledge of SAP, warehouse management systems, ERP systems, barcode scanning, or inventory transaction systems.
- Experience using operational KPIs such as safety, receiving accuracy, inventory accuracy, dock-to-stock time, backlog, shortages, productivity, schedule attainment, and service-level performance.
- Continuous improvement experience using root cause analysis, standard work, visual management, Lean methodologies, or structured problem-solving.
- Experience in regulated or quality-controlled environments, including audit readiness, corrective actions, documentation, and training compliance preferred.
- Exposure to transportation, trade compliance, import/export activities, third-party logistics providers, or service-level agreements preferred.
Benefits
- Bonus
- Stock
- Benefits
Company overview
Agilent Technologies is a global leader in life sciences, diagnostics, and applied markets, delivering innovative solutions that advance scientific discovery and improve quality of life. Founded in 1999 as a spin-off from Hewlett-Packard, the company has grown into a major player in analytical instrumentation and laboratory services. With approximately 18,000 employees worldwide and annual revenues exceeding $6.5 billion, Agilent provides a comprehensive portfolio of instruments, software, services, and consumables that serve laboratories across pharmaceutical, biotechnology, clinical diagnostics, environmental, food safety, and academic research sectors. The company's product offerings span chromatography systems, mass spectrometry, spectroscopy, cell analysis platforms, molecular diagnostics, and laboratory informatics solutions. Agilent's expertise extends beyond hardware to include comprehensive laboratory management services through its CrossLab division, which helps customers optimize laboratory operations, ensure regulatory compliance, and maximize research productivity. The company's commitment to innovation and customer support has made it a trusted partner for scientists and researchers worldwide who rely on Agilent's technologies to address complex analytical challenges and drive scientific breakthroughs.