Materials Manager
Materials Manager
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11-05-2025
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1 Vacancy
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11-05-2025
Job Description
Summary
Provide leadership of Supply Chain Management activities for a manufacturing location. Supply Chain Management activities will include materials planning; scheduling; inventory control; cash flow management; information flow and coordination and asset management.
Work with suppliers business unit managers purchasing production planners I/T and other appropriate resources to strategically plan and coordinate the flow of materials and information from customers through procurement to delivery. Matrix management responsibilities with business units and support groups for production planning shipping receiving and inventory functions. Provides direct leadership and management of Purchasing and Supplier Quality functions.
Functions and Responsibilities
Qualifications
Provide leadership of Supply Chain Management activities for a manufacturing location. Supply Chain Management activities will include materials planning; scheduling; inventory control; cash flow management; information flow and coordination and asset management.
Work with suppliers business unit managers purchasing production planners I/T and other appropriate resources to strategically plan and coordinate the flow of materials and information from customers through procurement to delivery. Matrix management responsibilities with business units and support groups for production planning shipping receiving and inventory functions. Provides direct leadership and management of Purchasing and Supplier Quality functions.
Functions and Responsibilities
- Lead and manage all procurement and materials management activities including order placement supplier reduction/evaluation/certification supplier follow up price negotiation and compliance with government procurement regulations.
- Responsible for Production Plannings manufacturing resourceplanning activities. These activities need to help achieve sales and RONA objectives and maintain 100% ontime customer deliveries.
- Matrix responsibilities for personnel involved with the MRP database to achieve and maintain a high degree of data accuracy integrity and ownership.
- Accountable for location/division materials metrics and Standards of Performance.
- Help define and implement automated systems to plan and track material flow from customers through procurement to delivery to support a supply chain management strategy.
- Ensure all the location/divisions material management policies are consistent with the inventory control objectives of the Corporation.
- Facilitate corporate purchasing and materials initiatives including common part numbers supplier managed inventory consolidated purchasing agreements supplier reduction and supplier quality certifications.
- Advise on suppliermanaged inventory or supplierbased contracts with customers. Support internal or external audit requirements relative to the planning procurement or inventory control functions.
- Prepare and manage department budget within established guidelines. Effectively create and sustain procurement to delivery material and system cost reduction programs.
- Provide professional development for all materials team members. Explain and support company policies and procedures.
- Actively support and implement lean principles.
- Facilitate kanban materials requirement planning techniques
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years applicable purchasing/materials management experience in a worldclass high volume manufacturing environment.
- Experience in stateoftheart materials management systems including supply chain management cash flow and asset management JIT MRPII cellular manufacturing and with APICS/CPM certification preferred.
- Fouryear college degree in business engineering or materials management required with certification in materials management and quality preferred.
- Possess analytical and technical skills required to understand business practices and recommend proper automation opportunities.
- Excellent written verbal and interpersonal communication skills for effective interface with all internal and external contacts.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft PC software (e.g. spreadsheets word processing databases and presentations).
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Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
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