Materials Manager

Description

Materials Manager

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We believe in flexibility for you to explore your passions while making an impact through meaningful work within our inclusive workforce. That’s what is all about.

We are looking for a talented Materials Manager to join our team specializing in Supply Chain Planning for our Power Systems Business Unit in Columbus, IN.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• To plan and maintain daily supply chain operations for critical suppliers or customers in materials, production, inventory, logistics, customer service, demand management, or order fulfillment. Ensures internal and external customers' expectations and requirements are met.
• Achieving and continuously improving customer service levels, and/or manage inventory levels and targets, and managing supply and demand within the Supply Chain
• Ensures internal and external customers' expectations and requirements are met
• Manage the daily operational processes for a critical segment of the supply chain
• Eliminate potential supply chain failures as part of the daily planning process
• Champion preventive practices to eliminate expediting to supply chain leadership as appropriate to prevent problems
• Lead cross functional stakeholders to develop and implement short and mid-term tactical improvement
• Complies with communication plans and processes to ensure stakeholders’ needs are met
• Leverage common processes tools, and information systems
• Approve system strategies and advise on changes to planning systems parameters as required
• Analyze and interpret KPIs to identify areas for improvement and action plans
• Lead Six Sigma and functional process improvement teams
• Liaise with functional stakeholders to mitigate mid-term supplier or customer constraints
• Mentor and coach supply chain planners
• Ensure common processes are being utilized and internal controls are in place
  
  

Qualifications

Skills

• Develops talent - Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals.
• Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Ensures accountability - Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Global perspective - Taking a broad view when approaching issues, using a global lens.
• Master Supply Scheduling - Establishes and maintains a valid Master Production Schedule for a family of products, which meets customer’s expectations and requirements while maximizing operational efficiency; validates procurement scheduling, production scheduling, and replenishment planning are aligned to manufacturing and assembly assets for conversion.
• Materials KPI Management - Operates in relation to recent or historical outputs as compared to expectations of the organization to determine next steps to drive improvement; assesses gaps to the supply chain performance against the expectation of achieving target deliverables; interprets KPIs to understand end-customer impact; strategically balances trade-offs to influence one KPI while minimizing the impact to others.
• Materials Planning Parameters - Aligns parameters (minimum order quantity, multiple order quantity, lead time, part cost, etc.) to balance the supply and demand plans while stabilizing the supply chain; runs changes to parameter settings in the planning environment and analyzes the impact to customer delivery and inventory.
• Materials Planning System Utilization - Uses the materials planning system to manage supply and demand plans taking long-term corrective action on exception messages and other alerts based on root cause analysis; occasionally refers to adhoc tools such as Excel, Access, TOAD, OMS, etc. in performing problem solving, while leveraging the materials planning system as the primary tool in day-to-day operations
• Part Change Control Management - Evaluates and implements engineering change request (obsolescence, supersessions, new part release, etc.) to meet customer delivery requirements while minimizing excess and obsolete inventory.
• Plan for Every Part (PFEP) - Uses PFEP in planning, designing, and management of systems and processes within a facility to ensure delivery of right part at the right time in the right quantity to the right place, which in turn guarantees smooth operations; applies PFEP principles on the end to end supply chain with particular attention to the relationships between master data management, materials planning parameters, engineered material flows, transport management, and warehouse management
• Planning Data Extraction and Analysis - Extracts, transforms, models, interprets, and presents planning data with the goal of mining useful information, suggesting conclusions, and supporting value creating decision making.
  
  

Education, Licenses, Certifications

• B.S or B.A in applicable field
• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.
  
  

Experience

• Intermediate level of relevant work experience required.
  
  

Onsite Role

• Confidently sequence engine build schedules, keeping a customer delivery focus while eliminating/minimizing part shortages and assembly disruption
• Follow up daily on supplier shortages, shipment plans, and PPAP’
• Interface with suppliers and internal/external stakeholders on part number specific changes, projects, obstacles, and timeline
• Problem solve opportunities in supply chain logistics to prevent assembly line disruption.
• Research and resolve issues with inventory discrepancies, parts with unexpected quality issues, and warehouse cycle counts
  
  

Cummins and E-verify

At Cummins, we are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity in the workplace. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law. Cummins validates right to work using E-Verify. Cummins will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

Compensation And Benefits

Base salary rate commensurate with experience. Additional benefits vary between locations and include options such as our 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Cash Balance Pension Plan, Medical/Dental/Life Insurance, Health Savings Account, Domestic Partners Coverage and a full complement of personal and professional benefits.

Base salary rate commensurate with experience, range: $86,400-129,600. Please note that the salary range provided is a good faith estimate on the applicable range. The final salary offer will be determined after considering relevant factors, including a candidate’s qualifications and experience, where appropriate. Additional benefits vary between locations and include options such as our 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Cash Balance Pension Plan, Medical/Dental/Life Insurance, Health Savings Account, Domestic Partners Coverage, and a full complement of personal and professional benefits.

Job SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING

Primary Location United States-Indiana-Columbus-US, IN, Seymour, Cummins Industrial Center

Job Type Experienced - Exempt / Office

Recruitment Job Type Exempt - Experienced

Job Posting May 27, 2024, 11:00:00 PM

Unposting Date Jun 11, 2024, 10:59:00 PM

Organization Power Systems Business

Role Category Hybrid - Potential for Partial Remote

Relocation Package Ineligible

Req ID: 2400042V

Salary : $86,400 - $129,600