Materials Manager

Description

What You'll Own

Reporting to the Plant Manager, you will lead all materials functions, including:
- Purchasing and supplier performance
- Production planning and scheduling
- Inventory control and working capital optimization
- Warehouse operations and material flow

You will serve as a key member of the plant leadership team - aligning materials strategy with production, engineering, and business objectives.

What Success Looks Like in Year One

Enterprise Impact:
- Achieve consistent material availability supporting 95% on-time delivery
- Improve inventory turns, schedule attainment, and on-time delivery performance
- Reduce past-due orders by 20%

Inventory & Working Capital:
- Reduce excess and obsolete inventory by 20%
- Improve inventory accuracy by 15%

Supplier Performance & Cost:
- Improve supplier delivery, quality, and lead times
- Contribute to cost reduction initiatives

Warehouse & Material Flow:
- Optimize warehouse layout and flow
- Improve safety performance

Leadership & Systems:
- Build and develop a high-performing materials team
- Establish KPI cadence and accountability
- Improve ERP/MRP utilization
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives

What You'll Do Day-to-Day:
- Balance inventory vs. availability using data
- Lead planning, purchasing, and inventory strategy
- Manage supplier performance and risk
- Align cross-functional priorities
- Track KPIs for inventory, delivery, and supplier performance
- Develop team capability

What We're Looking For:

Required:
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, or related
- 7-10+ years manufacturing/materials leadership experience
- ERP/MRP experience (Epicor, SAP, etc.)
- Strong financial and operational acumen

You'll Thrive Here If You:
- Are data-driven
- Influence without authority
- Develop people
- Think long-term
- Own results

Why This Is a Career Move - Not Just a Job:
- Build and transform a materials function
- Direct impact on plant performance
- High-visibility leadership role
- Career growth opportunity

Work Environment:
- 80% plant / 20% office
- Physical and safety considerations apply

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities


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