Materials Manager

Materials Manager

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years relevant experience, Associates Degree plus 8+ relevant experience, or 10+ years of relevant experience
• Five years of operations management experience or five years of supervisory/management experience in an industrial environment
• Excellent communication, organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills
• The ability to work in a cooperative manner and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Financial/accounting skills
• Passion and integrity with the drive to excel and deliver exceptional results

Responsibilities

• Assist the Sr. Plant Manager in the operation of the Oklahoma Operations
• Oversee and ensure areas of responsibility are meeting customer requirements in a timely and logical manner
• Manages and coordinates activities between manufacturing, production control, quality, purchasing and logistics in order to meet customer requirements
• Demonstrates a commitment to communication at all levels of the organization
• Responsible for directing, training and assessing the employee activities in order to meet or exceed plan objectives of the segment
• Communicates on a regular basis, departmental, divisional, and company information to all employees
• Responsible for proper inventory levels to balance inventory costs with appropriate available material to meet master production schedule
• Assists in the development of the site’s strategic development plan, annual operating plan, and annual budgeting process
• Establishes and maintains a high degree of morale and initiative in department employees
• Sets policy for the organization
• Develops and delivers training as a SME (Materials 101/102/etc.)
• Mentors and develops talent for materials professionals across the organization
• Drives S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) process globally via Central Planning department
• Integral part of manufacturing strategies/capacities/ footprint
• ERP system SME for all purchasing scheduling, movement, etc.
• Establishes policies for purchasing (MRP, e-Kanban, discreet purchase orders, etc.)
• Leads lean transformation for material flow in the plants
• Ensures that all company policies are followed in a fair and consistent manner in respect to department employee matters such as discipline, performance evaluations, promotions, and terminations
• Demonstrates a commitment to achieving all customer delivery expectation metrics
• Demonstrates a commitment to executing the master production schedule, and the short and long term capacity plan
• Identifies and analyzes specific problems associated with information flow, data collection, and existing computer systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree
• Prior experience with the Lean manufacturing philosophy and tools.