Materials Manager

Manager, Materials And Logistics

The primary duty of the Manager, Materials and Logistics is to direct and coordinate activities of personnel engaged in planning materials, scheduling production, inventory management, product distribution and warehousing.

• Prepares guidelines for the material planners to operate under. Assures the most effective use of CMS system.
• Sets safety stock levels of inventory components and finished goods. Determines component delivery schedules to support the master schedule.
• Assists in the development of Kanban quantities to assure minimum inventory with maximum customer service levels.
• Prepares an attainable master schedule to meet shipping dates according to sales forecasts or customer orders, and to sustain the balanced, targeted finished goods level.
• Actively supports all Quality, environmental, and safety systems.
• Communicates with suppliers to assure timely delivery.
• Reports and resolves material support concerns daily.
• Prepares the daily production schedule to satisfy customer needs and inventory requirements.
• Effectively supports manufacturing by minimizing schedule nervousness and assuring component availability.
• Analyzes inventory to maximize turns.
• Plans for the phase in and phase out of new product introductions and engineering changes to minimize excess and obsolete inventory.
• Manages and assesses the material requirements planning system to assure consistency; analyzes the causes for inconsistency within the process.
• Coordinates material planning activity for material with long lead time as such to eliminate any potential supply interruption and minimize inventory.
• Responsible for managing the material planning group.
• Optimizes inventory value and storage

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or other related degree.
• Five or more years of experience managing Materials, Scheduling, Inventory, ETC.