Essential Duties/Responsibilities: 

Safety & Environmental 

• Lead by example and reinforce all safety rules, regulations, procedures, and required training during the assigned shift. 

• Promote 100% safety engagement, complete shift safety routines, and support proactive hazard identification. 

• Correct unsafe conditions within the scope of the role and promptly escalate incidents or significant risks to the Raw Material Supervisor or appropriate plant leadership. 

• Ensure environmental compliance and proper housekeeping of raw material receiving areas, silos, railcar areas, and storage locations during the shift. 

• Understand and accumulate working knowledge of Raw Material Attendant job duties, required tasks, and overall scope of work to ensure business continuity and operational performance. 

Raw Material Operations & Shift Leadership 

• Work alongside employees while providing hands-on leadership for raw material receiving, unloading, storage, inventory control, and related shift activities. 

• Assign daily shift responsibilities, coordinate immediate coverage needs, communicate priorities, and verify completion of assigned work. 

• Provide real-time coaching, reinforce standard work, and identify training or performance concerns for escalation to the Plant Controller where necessary

• Serve as the primary raw material contact during the assigned shift and communicate material availability, delivery delays, equipment issues, and production risks to Operations, Planning team (WHQ based), Third-Party Carriers, Contractors  and other stakeholders. 

• Maintain accurate raw material inventories by ensuring assigned cycle counts and inventory checks are completed accurately and on time.

• Verify that materials delivered during the shift, including railcars, trucks and transloaded material, are received accurately and on time in SAP. 

• Investigate shift-level inventory discrepancies, receiving errors, and transaction issues; resolve within established authority or escalate promptly. 

• Coordinate railcar placement, unloading, documentation, release, and communication with raw material unloaders and other support functions. 

• Maintain the railcar tracking log and promptly communicate conditions that may create detention or demurrage exposure. 

• Monitor inbound deliveries and verify that all items delivered during the shift are received into SAP. 

• Support timely correction of COGI errors and other transaction issues to help maintain accurate product cost allocation. 

• Coordinate with Quality and Production when deliveries are damaged, nonconforming, delayed, SMOI or otherwise present a risk to production. 

• Ensure damaged or rejected product is identified, contained, documented, and recorded according to established processes. 

• Monitor raw material levels using a just-in-time approach and escalate shortages or abnormal usage that may affect production continuity. 

• Support adequate Friday and weekend inventory levels and follow established raw material plans for extended downtime and start-up. 

• Lead shift handoff communication, including inventory status, pending deliveries, equipment concerns, open actions, and production risks. 

• Monitor shift performance, identify abnormalities, and support corrective and continuous-improvement actions. 

• Assist with training and cross-training employees on standard work, SAP transactions, safety expectations, and raw material processes. 

• Escalate attendance, discipline, staffing, and significant performance matters to the Plant Controller for resolution; this role does not independently own formal employment decisions. 

• Support coverage for raw material operations and perform other duties as assigned by the Plant Controller or plant leadership. 

Desired Skills & Abilities 

• Hands-on leadership style with the ability to direct work while contributing to daily operations. 

• Strong communication, coaching, organization, and problem-solving skills. 

• High level of attention to detail and accountability for accurate, timely shift execution. 

• Ability to prioritize changing demands and make sound decisions within established procedures. 

• Ability to work effectively with employees, third-party vendors, carriers, suppliers, and cross-functional partners. 

• Continuous-improvement mindset with a desire to learn, develop others, and reinforce consistent standards. 

Qualifications: 

• Demonstrated understanding of inventory controls, receiving processes, and basic SOX requirements. 

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Word. 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills. 

• Knowledge of warehouse management systems; SAP proficiency is highly desirable. 

• Demonstrated ability to lead work, coach peers, reinforce standards, and make sound shift-level decisions.

  Required education: 

  • Minimum: High school diploma or equivalent. 

  • Preferred: Associate degree or relevant coursework in Inventory Management, Logistics, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field. 

  Required experience: 

  • Minimum: Manufacturing, warehouse, logistics, supply chain, or inventory management experience. 

  • Preferred: 3+ years of warehouse rail operations,  or general operations experience, including lead, trainer, coordinator, or other hands-on work-direction responsibility.