Materials Manager

Description

Materials Manager

Job Description

This position is responsible to combine aspects of Scheduling, Buying, Receiving and Shipping to establish objectives that are consistent with the organizational needs of a customer driven company.   Work from established procedures and/or verbal instructions.

Materials Manager will:

• Maintain the Scheduling, Ordering, Receiving and Shipping Processes to established standards and directives
• Demonstrate leadership and technical expertise to achieve long range strategies of an effective Production Scheduling System
• Lead the overall quality activities to achieve plant wide goals for Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Inventory and Continuous Improvement.
• Develop a budget and manage the administration responsibilities for all aspects of the Materials function
• Identify and report the need for Standard Work Changes
• Utilize a cycle count process to maintain inventory accuracy until such time that overall processes are improved such that a cycle count program is no longer needed.
• Adapt to Standard Work variances
• Perform other duties as required or assigned
• Follow all prescribed safety rules and regulations
• Refer all questionable conditions to supervisor 
• Actively contribute to the plant strategic vision as part of the plant leadership team
• Drive for world class supplier performance utilizing root cause corrective action methodology for both supplier quality issues as well as delivery issues.
• Formulate and install standard procedures and plans based on comparative analyses, methods, and costs
• Provide effective leadership, guidance, coaching, communication, learning and development
• Facilitate a continuous improvement culture by instilling Plan, Do, Check, Act methodology
• Create a work environment conducive to employee morale and motivation to accomplish performance objectives
• Drive broader functional knowledge expertise and learning through the organization
• Communicate goal progress and roadblocks to site leader
• Establish and share best-in-class quality processes with functional peers

Attributes, Skills and Requirements:

• Leadership and integrity; manages by fact, achieves results, builds teams
• Bias for action, assertive, decisive
• Commitment to achieve key performance metrics and drives for continuous improvement
• Utilizes vision and purpose, provides direction, inspires, and motivates
• Customer focused, meets expectations, internally and externally, forms partnerships
• Analytical problem-solving ability, process oriented
• High level communication skills both written and verbal
• Strong organizational skills
• Demonstrates the ability to identify and develop high talent people
• Proficient computer skills, e-mail, word processing, spreadsheet, presentation graphics
• Four-year technical degree or equivalent experience

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