Job Description

Why Us?

With a mantra of Empowering Human Potential, Hanger, Inc. is the world's premier provider of orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) services and products, offering the most advanced O&P solutions, clinically differentiated programs and unsurpassed customer service. Hanger's Patient Care segment is the largest owner and operator of O&P patient care clinics nationwide. Through its Products & Services segment, Hanger distributes branded and private label O&P devices, products and components, and provides rehabilitative solutions to the broader market. With 160 years of clinical excellence and innovation, Hanger's vision is to lead the orthotic and prosthetic markets by providing superior patient care, outcomes, services and value. Collectively, Hanger employees touch thousands of lives each day, helping people achieve new levels of mobility and freedom.

Could This Be For You?

We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Materials Supervisor to lead our materials management operations (Purchasing, Shipping/Receiving Warehouse, Inventory). The ideal candidate is a proactive problem solver with exceptional leadership skills and a thorough understanding of purchasing, inventory management, and shipping processes. This role requires a strong commitment to safety, efficiency, and quality, along with the ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment. The Materials Supervisor will oversee Procurement, Warehouse Shipping and Receiving, and Inventory Management functions.

Your Impact

Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions):

• Reviews receipt of all materials to ensure purchase orders are open and the quality of materials received is correct.
• Ensures the security and accountability of materials and goods with inventory control.
• Maintain a clean and organized warehouse space, fostering optimal efficiency and safety for all materials handling activities.
• Organize daily workflow to produce highest productivity possible within the department while maintaining product quality.
• Responsible for scheduling and expediting all work through the department.
• Recruit, hire, train, and develop department personnel.
• Build good communications between the warehouse department and its customers, branches, Central Purchasing and all departments within Hanger.
• Ensure a safe working environment and promote “safety awareness” among employees.
• Ensure compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards and other governmental rules and regulations.
• Ensure adherence to all administrative and financial policies and procedures; develop company spirit and teamwork within the department.
• Performs other duties or special projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience and Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Five years of supply chain warehouse experience.

Preferred

• BS in Business Administration or equivalent experience
• Five years of supervisor/manager experience
• IATA hazmat safety shipping certification (49CFR) and 5 years of experience in FedEx domestic and international documentation, including familiarity with Harmonized System HS Codes.

Additional Success Factors

Job Characteristics

Knowledge and Skill:

• Proven ability to anticipate challenges and proactively develop solutions to address issues that may arise within the materials and logistics processes.
• Display exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail to maintain accurate inventory records, optimize storage space, and ensure materials are readily available for production needs.
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment by efficiently managing tasks, meeting deadlines, and adapting to changing priorities as required.
• Possess knowledge of the Epicor system, with a preference for experience in its usage. Familiarity with implementing and managing an ERP system is advantageous.
• Develop and document clear and concise process documents. Effectively train team members on these processes to ensure consistency and operational excellence.
• Apply strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify trends, optimize procurement strategies, and enhance overall efficiency. Proven interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• Proven supervisory or leadership skills.
• Ability to organize, prioritize and manage multiple projects as well as ongoing production work.
• Possess a valid Forklift Certification and at least 5 years of hands-on experience operating forklifts. Additionally, be certified to provide forklift training to other team members.
• Computer skills must include word processing, spreadsheet, and data entry experience.
• Adaptability in fast-paced, changing environments.
• Ability to create, develop and maintain positive working relationships.

Job Complexity:

Works on issues of limited scope. Follows established practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained. Monitors daily operations of a unit or sub-unit. Requires full knowledge of own area of functional responsibility.

Act with integrity in all ways and at all times, remaining honest, transparent, and respectful in all relationships.

• Keep the patient at the center of everything that you do, building lifelong trust.
• Foster open collaboration and constructive dialogue with everyone around you.
• Continuously innovate new solutions, influencing and responding to change.
• Focus on superior outcomes, and calibrate work processes for outstanding results.

Our Investment in You

• Competitive Compensation Packages
• 8 Paid National Holidays & 4 additional Floating Holidays
• PTO that includes Vacation and Sick time
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
• 401k Savings and Retirement Plan
• Paid Parental Bonding Leave for New Parents
• Flexible Work Schedules and Part-time Opportunities
• Generous Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Mentorship Programs- Mentor and Mentee
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance by Location
• Relocation Assistance
• Regional & National traveling CPO/CO/CP opportunities
• Volunteering for Local and National events such as Hanger’s BAKA Bootcamp and EmpowerFest

Hanger, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship. All conditions and privileges of employment are administered to all employees without discrimination or harassment because of race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, special disabled veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. The company will comply with all applicable state or local fair employment laws that forbid discrimination or harassment on the basis of other protected characteristics. Retaliation against any employee for filing or supporting a complaint of discrimination or harassment is prohibited.