Materials Manager

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, Business Administration, Logistics, Supply Chain Management or related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum of seven (7) years of progressive materials experience in a JIT automotive manufacturing environment
• Demonstrates strong leadership skills with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrates a high level of interpersonal skills to effectively communicate and present information to customers, suppliers, vendors, management, employees and corporate personnel
• Excellent analytical, problem resolution and project management skills
• Working knowledge of ERP systems
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to successfully manage multiple tasks and priorities within and across departments/business units to meet established and changing deadlines

Responsibilities

• Direct responsibility for overseeing the daily operations of the Materials department
• Leads the materials team by creating and implementing Materials management objectives, and implementing policies and procedures to ensure key objectives are met
• Ensures that organizational materials objectives are successfully achieved, primarily related to cost and delivery
• Assists the General Manager and Assistant General Manager in maintaining a plant wide commitment that the highest quality product possible is manufactured
• Provides leadership and daily direction to Materials Analysts, Service Parts Analyst and Materials Supervisors
• Monitors and strives to improve department KOI’s, optimize inventory levels and reduce cost
• Maintains daily communication with Customers to ensure requirements are understood and supply is uninterrupted at the Customers’ facilities
• Manages and reviews cycle count activities to ensure integrity of inventory in ERP system
• Ensures supplier releases are accurately developed and distributed in a timely fashion
• Monitors the inbound supply of materials to ensure an adequate supply at all times
• Oversees tracking and execution of engineering changes from Bill of Materials to production implementation
• Manages the delivery and warehousing of component parts and raw materials
• Maintains top OEM service scores
• Ensures all required training is received
• Ensures Material Supervisors are adhering to standardized work instructions, rotation schedules and cross training is done as necessary

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $100,000.00 - $125,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Salary : $100,000 - $125,000