What are the responsibilities and job description for the Materials Manager, APA position at Danfoss?
The Impact You'll Make
As our new Regional Materials Manager, you will strengthen supply resilience and ensure reliable material availability by leading global planning and procurement strategies that align customer demand with production capability. You will also expand regional sourcing, optimize supplier performance, and drive data-driven processes that protect delivery commitments and support sustainable growth.
What You’ll Be Doing
Every day, you will focus on ensuring material availability, planning accuracy, and proactive risk management across the regional supply network.
We’re looking for someone with the strategic mindset, leadership strength, and planning expertise to elevate materials management across regions.
If this role excites you, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now to start the conversation and learn more about where your career can go with us.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.
As our new Regional Materials Manager, you will strengthen supply resilience and ensure reliable material availability by leading global planning and procurement strategies that align customer demand with production capability. You will also expand regional sourcing, optimize supplier performance, and drive data-driven processes that protect delivery commitments and support sustainable growth.
What You’ll Be Doing
Every day, you will focus on ensuring material availability, planning accuracy, and proactive risk management across the regional supply network.
- Analyzing demand, supply, and supplier performance to identify risks, imbalances, and improvement opportunities.
- Coordinating closely with production sites to support purchasing plans, capacity alignment, and inventory optimization.
- Managing escalations related to shortages or delays while driving root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
We’re looking for someone with the strategic mindset, leadership strength, and planning expertise to elevate materials management across regions.
- Deep experience in global materials planning, procurement, supplier development, and shortage management.
- Strong negotiation, collaboration, and leadership skills in a complex, global environment.
- Proficiency in SAP, data-driven decision-making, and continuous improvement to drive planning accuracy and supply stability.
- We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities.
- You’ll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Your well-being matters to us.
- We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are.
- You’ll receive benefits like 13th salary, annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they’re worth asking about—we think they’re pretty great.
If this role excites you, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now to start the conversation and learn more about where your career can go with us.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.