Materials Manager jobs in Durham, NC

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What you will do

The Materials Manager is responsible for managing overall plant efforts to ensure a consistent, economical and timely flow of both purchased and raw materials to support the manufacturing efforts of the facility to meet customers' needs and expectations by performing duties personally or through subordinate supervisors and/or support team members.

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How you will do it

• Manage the Purchasing, Shipping, Receiving, Production Scheduling and Inventory Control functions.
• Manage the various scheduling techniques and employees to provide a total production schedule which efficiently utilizes equipment and employees to meet acceptable lead times and delivery dates to our customer base.
• Coordinate with Manufacturing and Engineering to ensure that materials are onsite in a timely manner to facilitate speedy and accurate parts availability to meet customer demands.
• Develop budget and manpower requirements for the Tarboro Inventory Control, Shipping, Receiving, Warehouse, Purchasing and Scheduling departments.
• Work with Supply Chain Management to identify and qualify Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers and work with Quality to set up and maintain vendor quality acceptance processes.
• Establish and maintain Kan Ban systems to ensure on demand flow of materials to the Manufacturing floor.
• Establish and manage consignment programs for materials and blanket purchasing agreements for commodity items.
• Manage Transportation contracts both in-bound and out-bound to assure Customer needs are satisfied.
• Coordinate all off site inventory locations.
• Coordinate the scheduling and inventory movement of all outside processing operations.
• Develop and manage an aggressive Purchased Material Cost Reduction Program for both Raw Materials and Purchased Parts.
• Responsible for on-going aggressive cost reduction efforts.
• Adhere to the Company's Code of Conduct and Business Ethics standards.
• Responsible for driving Safety Performance in the plant to achieve and maintain Gold Status (Goal of No Recordables / No Lost Times).
• Ensure Safety Training is completed as required for direct reports.

What we look for

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of six (6) years of Materials Management experience in a manufacturing environment with Buyers, Production Scheduling and Inventory Control as direct reports.
• Minimum of three (3) years of Warehouse Management experience.
• Minimum of three (3) years of MRP/ERP experience.

Preferred:

• Knowledge of MacPac ERP and/or AS400.
• APICS CPIM, CSCP or CLTD certification.
• Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing experience and/or certification.

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What we offer:

Competitive salary

Paid vacation/holidays/sick time

Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care – available day one

On the job/cross training opportunities

Encouraging and collaborative team environment

Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy

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