Materials Manager

INTRODUCTION and WHAT YOU WILL DO (Job Responsibilities)

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position is responsible to manage and develop all supplier relationships that support Matco Tools Jamestown Facility Manufacturing. It is responsible for leading a team that manages all aspects of materials flow and maintaining control and accuracy over all materials inventories, including all transactions, procurement, planning, scheduling, cost, warehouse, receiving, and shipping to ensure that customer orders are fulfilled on time.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead a team of buyers, shippers, material handlers and inventory control coordination to meet the requirements of the Matco production system. Required to manage the timekeeping aspects, disciplinary actions, and safety talks for the materials team.
• Develop, implement and manage cross-functional, fully integrated planning process that incorporates make versus buy, capacity planning, scheduling, inventory, material and associated cost elements.
• Perform analysis of customer demand, sales forecasts and historical material usage to develop and execute build to order and build to forecast plans.
• Coordinate with cross-functional business teams to develop the optimal strategy for production planning to support customer demand.
• Establish and implement the systems and processes that support inventory forecasting, purchasing, and material control.
• Prepare customer delivery reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends and uses information to proactively communicate potential late deliveries.
• Monitor material inventories and proactively communicate material shortages.
• Partner with corporate sourcing team on “new to Matco” sourcing strategies and improved quality, delivery and cost of existing suppliers.
• Adhere to established company policies, procedures, terms and conditions and legal matters that affect purchasing policies.
• Coordinate and work with quality, engineering, fabrication, paint and assembly operations to ensure achievement of targeted on-time delivery goal by establishing and monitoring schedule to proactively identify and address any issues.
• Develop and implement an inventory control system, capable of identifying discrepancies in inventory counts and taking corrective action to guard against inconsistencies in the future. Manage the shipping department and work cross-functionally with the Distribution centers on error correction.
• Participates as a member of the operations leadership team in strategic decision-making and continuous improvement activities.