Material Manager

POSITION SUMMARY: The Assistant Supply Chain Manager is responsible for providing facility supply chain leadership including production scheduling, capacity planning, materials requirement planning (MRP), inventory management, logistics coordination and customer service.  Also responsible for maximizing product availability and customer service while optimizing raw, WIP, and finished goods inventories and for maintaining systems data integrity. Manages performance and development of department personnel. Job Responsibilities: Setting up new projects, including but not limited to part numbers Creating Bills of Material (BOM) Creating routing,  Master Lot Control Forms and Placards Printing initial Production Shop Orders for startup review and approvals Organizing  and notify participants of new project start-up meetings Be part of the New Project Implementation  Team for the (site) and participate in customer meetings and conference calls Direct contact to customer’s Materials Manager Confirm/ensure that the “change in materials” have been updated in the system and coordinate timing with the team including PMM Manager Ensure  that critical set up and reporting of “ change in materials” is entered in the system and communicated to key stakeholders Coordinate the change in material timing by monitoring forecast changes  Review scheduling material shortage report daily and responsible for working with the team on incoming product delivery validation Actively manages inventory aging, date code variances and inventory reduction plans to ensure team engagement and minimize Company exposure Responsible for making sure that inactive inventory is addressed and disposition is done timely throughout the team Participate in Scrap Meetings including  verification of incoming shortages Monitor /track vendor compliance and act on those underperforming  Manage the Sales Samples coordination of materials with the team and updates to the customer Back up for scheduling production and capacity planning at the facility Other responsibilities as directed by facility PM Manager and or Director.   Education, Experience & Required Skills Undergrad degree in Business or Supply Chain related discipline required, plus 5 years progressive development in production operations supply chain capacity.  Previous experience supervising employees for 2 years.  Food Industry experience is preferred. #LI-SS1