What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager Materials position at Johnson Outdoors?
Oversees new product supply chain development strategies and support.
- Responsible for the development, monitoring and maintenance of the supply chain which includes supplier selection, development, supplier agreements, supplier qualification, supplier performance and continuous improvement.
- Develops commodity strategies and identifies gaps that exist in the current or potential supplier base.
- Responsible for the planning of finished goods and purchasing of raw materials, supplies and equipment.
- Develops and plans approaches and procedures to utilize ERP information to efficiently optimize purchases of materials to support the business plan.
- Manages inventory and purchases to control/balance cost, availability, and working capital metrics.
- Monitors and reports critical inventory control metrics, and develops control or counter-measures to meet business plan, as required.
- Ensures daily interaction with other departments to ensure schedules and goals are met.
- Manages maintenance, repair and operations parts and equipment buying.
- Utilizes a broad knowledge of markets, suppliers, industries and technologies to deliver annual cost savings and increased efficiencies.
- Partners with R&D, engineers, project and product managers/staff to identify, analyze and perform financial analysis for cost savings opportunities.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Manages, controls and recommends budgets within approved guidelines.
- Develops and revises departmental policies, procedures and guidelines to meet business needs. Supervises direct reports to prescribed company administrative policies and procedures.