Materials Manager

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We are working with a global manufacturing client with a recently opened Materials Manager role in Portland. The Materials Manager is responsible for leading production planning, scheduling, and material coordination activities within an aerospace manufacturing environment. This role ensures on-time delivery, optimized capacity utilization, and accurate material flow throughout melting, refining, casting, and downstream processing operations. The Materials Manager collaborates cross-functionally with Operations, Engineering, Procurement and Quality to support customer requirements, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Develop, maintain, and optimize master production schedules for melting furnaces, remelt operations, and downstream processes.
• Balance capacity, labor, and equipment constraints to meet customer delivery commitments.
• Translate demand forecasts, make-to-order requests, and engineering requirements into detailed work-center schedules.
• Monitor schedule adherence and adjust plans proactively to address bottlenecks, equipment downtime, process yield issues, or emergent customer priorities.
• Maintain optimal inventory levels through MRP oversight, safety stock management, and strategic planning for long lead items.
• Coordinate with procurement to manage supplier lead times, expedite critical materials, and mitigate supply risks.
• Utilize ERP/MRP systems to manage work orders, routings, bills of materials, and capacity models.
• Track production KPI
• Drive data accuracy by identifying and resolving discrepancies in BOMs, routings, and transactional records.
• Partner with operations and engineering to align schedules with process capabilities, including melt chemistries, heat lot configurations, and qualification requirements.
• Support the department with accurate delivery commitments, recovery plans, and schedule updates.
• Participate in root cause investigations and improvement initiatives related to planning, material flow, process time reduction, or equipment constraints.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience, required.
• 5+ years of production planning/scheduling experience in aerospace, metals manufacturing, foundry/melting operations, or similar heavy industrial environment required.
• Experience with lean manufacturing, constraint-based planning, or S&OP processes highly preferred.