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Materials Manager | Royal Truck Body | Carson, CA
Regular Employee | Salary Exempt | $95,000.00 - 100,000.00
Who we are
At The Shyft Group we are driven to deliver, and as the North American leader in specialty vehicles, our portfolio of last-mile delivery vehicles, work trucks, and motorhome chassis brings people, goods, and services where they need to be.
We are strengthened by nine industry-leading brands - Utilimaster®, Blue Arc™ EV Solutions, Royal® Truck Body, DuraMag®, Magnum®, Strobes-R-Us®, Spartan® RV Chassis, Red Diamond™, and Builtmore™. Over 4,000 employees across ten states and two countries work independently and together as one team under Shyft, building chassis, vehicle bodies, and accessories that improve every route, every run, and every ride.
Empowered by a supportive, inclusive, and highly entrepreneurial culture, every person behind our brands is given the tools they need to make a positive contribution to the company, their community, and their families. Together under the Shyft umbrella, our teams drive new synergies that bring innovations to life on the road - for an experience that is safer, more satisfying, more rewarding all around.
With 50 years and millions of miles behind us, we continue to charge forward - leading the commercial vehicle transition to electric, innovating across all our brands, and earning our position among Fortune's 100 Fastest Growing Companies.
What you'll do
As the Materials Manager for Royal Truck Body (A Shyft Group Brand) based at our manufacturing facility in Carson, CA,you will enjoy overseeing the company's need for common inventory, special buyouts, and associated supplies, as well as delivery schedules for the day-to-day operations.

In addition, you will also be involved with strategic materials sourcing activities, cost targeting, supplier performance metrics, supplier development, risk mitigation, and Value Analysis/Value Engineering initiatives (VA/VE).

You will also:

• Develop a deep understanding of the Bill of Materials for all Royal Truck Body products
• Partner with the Scheduler to align deliveries with production schedule
• Ensure materials planning activities stay on schedule and within budget
• Attend daily materials planning meetings, create forecasting reports
• Close materials planning gaps to hit monthly target goals
• Examine manufacturing data, and forecasts, develop monthly plans
• Identify trends, anomalies, improvement opportunities
• Provide materials management support to all branches, installation centers
• Maintain 'Days on Hand' inventory at manufacturing plant, branches
• Oversee semi-annual physical inventory counts
• Process branch inventory transfers in SAGE
• Manage aged, finished goods reports, partner with sales, and branch managers to sell off
• Review, and align blanket, and existing purchase orders with 'Days on Hand' targets
• Track global shipments, identify issues
• Improve inventory turn goals, manage, creates inventory control reports and implements inventory control processes
• Review back ordered items, expedite shipping
• Coordinate customer returns, ensure credit
• Provide customer follow-up on outstanding purchase order issues
• Collaborate with supervisors, and logistics for monthly cycle counts
• Serve as Inventory SME for Supply Chain, aligning supply to factory, branches
• Reduce shop supplies spend target
• Obtain new MRO, engineering/operations samples
• Monitor suppliers for On-Time Delivery, Quality, report issues
• Occasionally visit suppliers' facilities
• Implement Long Term Supplier Agreements with strategic suppliers
• Manage supplier relationships, and align suppliers' operating plans to business goals
• Support continuous improvement of materials management processes, systems
• Institute KANBAN replenishment systems
• Inspect large ticket buyouts like cranes, compressors, liftgates, dump beds, hoists

Expand your knowledge of The Shyft Group and Royal Truck Body by exploring the Learn More section below.
What you need to be successful

• Bachelor's degree (Preferred) in Business, Materials Management, Finance, Engineering, Operations, or equivalent materials management experience within a manufacturing environment
• Three or more (3 ) years of manufacturing expertise in a manufacturing leadership role with exposure to a variety of manufacturing processes and commodities and/or warehouse/distribution and/or materials management experience

What makes you stand out

• Expertise in specialty vehicle manufacturing, including Trucks, Buses, and Agriculture/Construction equipment
• Experience with global product sourcing
• Bilingual English and Mandarin or Spanish
• Proficiency in SAGE and Excel

Learn More

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Why The Shyft Group?
We believe that when our people thrive personally and professionally, our business thrives. We are committed to offering comprehensive benefits programs that stay healthy, feel secure, and maintain a work/life balance.
Stay Healthy:
Medical and Rx Plan
Health Savings Account
Dental and Vision Plan
Healthcare Flexible Spending
Wellness Plan
Financial Security:
401 (k) Retirement Savings
Short and Long Term Disability
Company Provided Life and Dependent Life Insurance
Voluntary Term Life Insurance
Work/Life Balance:
Educational Reimbursement
Employee Assistance Program
Dependent Care FSA
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
The Shyft Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, status as a protected veteran or status as a qualified Individual with a Disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.If you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply, please email us at careers@theshyftgroup.com.
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