Manager, Materials

WHO YOU ARE:

Do you have experience is materials management, people leadership, and warehousing? Do you enjoy collaborating with other managers to ensure everything runs smoothly? Our Materials Manager role might be the one for you! This manager leads our inventory team, manages inventories, and manages the department budget. Are you ready for the next step in your career? Apply today!

WHO WE ARE:

• The Leader in food-industry-related contract sanitation and food safety
• Over $1 Billion in sales with an excellent history of organic and acquisition growth
• Over 17 thousand team members throughout North America
• Corporate headquarters in Kieler, Wisconsin with team members working in over 400 customer plants throughout North America

OUR VISION:

To be the leading food safety solutions company that owns the standard of health and safety for our PSSI family and brand protection for our partners.

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  Safety: We are committed to the health and safety of our team members and set the standard of food safety for the protection of our customers’ products and brands.
• Integrity: We speak with candor, act with transparency, follow through on our commitments and abide by our principles and values.
• Team: We respect and value our team members, embrace diversity, and invest in their development through coaching and training.
• Customer Focus: We strive to exceed our internal and external customers’ expectations through open communication, relationships, and continuous improvement.
• Achievement: We manage our business to provide opportunities and stability for our team members, and bring value to our customers, owners, and the communities we serve.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

The Manager, Materials position works closely with the fabrication shop and the commercial installation teams of Safe Foods Chemical Innovations (“SFCI”) by ensuring adequate inventories of essential parts and materials are readily available when needed. This position will participate in meetings that receive and disseminate important information about past, current, and upcoming plant installations and plays a pivotal role in maintaining inventory and cost records.

Essential functions of the position:

• Manage the team responsible for sourcing/purchasing, receiving, storing, inventorying, managing, and shipping parts and equipment as needed.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of all transactions related to material and equipment movements.
• Coordinate with applicable departments and managers to ensure timely availability of parts and materials to meet company and customer objectives.
• Work closely with the accounting and logistics departments and communicate costs and movements of equipment and materials within the North Little Rock (“NLR”) facility and at supplier and customer locations.
• Create and maintain “costed” Bills of Materials in the D365 ERP system for equipment and sub-assemblies.
• Act as the subject-matter expert on parts and materials and provide technical expertise when requested or otherwise appropriate.
• Understand all aspects of equipment costs and provide cost information and estimates as requested, or as needed.
• Generate and manage departmental budgets.
• Monitor and manage inventory costs to preapproved budgets.
• Comply with all labeling, warehousing, and shipping regulations and guidelines.
• Provide reports as requested.
• Maintain a safe and friendly work environment.
• Provide reports as requested.

YOUR MUST HAVES:

• High School diploma or General Education Degree (“GED”)
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience using Microsoft Office programs: Excel, Word, and PowerPoint and be proficient in using the internet to locate and purchase equipment and materials (general knowledge and casual use of these programs will not suffice).
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience managing a team or department.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and assignments while maintaining adherence to schedules and deadlines.
• Independently source, negotiate prices for, and arrange shipping to the proper destination all inventory items.
• Engage in tasks requiring manual labor, using non-mechanized material handling equipment, climbing ladders, opening, and sealing cartons and crates, and safely lifting and handling parts, equipment, materials, and other work-related objects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, in person and electronically.
• Extremely detailed oriented, conscientious, and organized.
• Work independently, comfortably, and successfully with minimum supervision.

This position works in the SFCI North Little Rock, AR facility, where. We take pride in safeguarding the cleanliness of our facility and the safety of our employees and invited guests.