Materials Manager

About Us

WHY WERNER? BECAUSE WE ARE THE PRO'S CHOICE! You will find our market leading products and brands on trucks and job sites all over the world. Focusing on end users' needs drives our success. Our entire product development process—from research to engineering to manufacturing to commercialization—creates products that ensure ease of use, productivity, durability and safety for the end user. On jobsites across America and the world, WernerCo brands are most preferred

Overview

Purpose of the Job:

• This is a high visibility position with significant impact on the entire organization that requires high energy and an advanced level of both technical and interpersonal skills.
• Primary responsibilities are to plan, direct, and control the scheduling of materials to maximize customer deliveries, plant productivity and inventory turns.
• The materials manager will be involved in both tactical and strategic decisions to drive immediate and long term results by:
  • Setting effective materials policies internally and across the supply chain using best practices.
  • Building a high performance team 3. Implementation of appropriate technology
  • Developing productive relationships with peers inside the company.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities (Essential Job Functions):

• Acts as Sales and Operation Planning process leader. Develop and execute division material and inventory control strategies in active support of division sales, manufacturing and asset management goals.
• Oversees development and maintenance of Master Production Schedule. Directs the generation of daily shop floor schedules that balance Master Schedule attainment with production capacity constraints and manufacturing efficiencies.
• Coordinates direct material planning and releases in support of manufacturing schedules. Oversees finished goods planning for purchased goods in support of sales forecast. Establishes corporate inventory targets and ensures target attainment.
• Coordinates audits and ensures Item Master accuracy.
• Oversees inbound and outbound logistics activities, ensuring optimum customer delivery satisfaction while managing freight expense.
• Coordinates physical inventory as scheduled. Directs company cycle count program, ensuring integrity of raw, work in process, component and finished goods inventories.
• Coordinates implementations of ECO's. Sustain inventory data integrity through execution of timely and accurate inventory transactions. Schedule and allocate team resources.
• Ensure full team support for ongoing continuous improvement initiatives. Contribute to the development and attainment of company strategic and business plans as well as participate in various planning and reporting meetings.
• Develop and maintain active succession planning, cross-training and organizational development actions spanning all team positions. Support development and delivery of division communication plans.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships within the Operations team.
• Set personal goals and objectives to stay abreast of and apply world class manufacturing practices and technology.
• All other duties as directed by supervisor

Qualifications

Experience & Education:

• BS degree.
• Must have a broad based knowledge of production and inventory control theory and a working knowledge of Lean manufacturing principles.
• APICS CPIM certification
• 5 years minimum experience in a materials, production planning, inventory/production control setting required.
• Management Experience

Key Competencies:

• Adaptability
  • Decisiveness
  • Emotional Composure
  • Self-Responsibility
• Expressive Relationships
  • Communications
  • Sociability
• Problem Solving
  • Closure
  • Learning
• Strategic Thinking
  • Creativeness
  • Listening
  • Planning
• Math Ability
• Superior presentation skills and proficient in use of presentation software
• Must have a working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles and a broad knowledge of various manufacturing processes.
• Must possess good interpersonal skills and be able to effectively communicate with all levels of associates up to and including Senior Management.

EEO Statement

WernerCo is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. WernerCo is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All qualified applicants to WernerCo are considered for employment without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status or any other protected characteristic. WernerCo will not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind based on these characteristics.