Materials Manager

Company Description

For nearly 70 years, MasterBrand has been shaping the places where people come together, enriching lives and creating meaningful memories for our customers. That, combined with our stylish products, expansive dealer and retail network, and dedicated associates, has helped make us the number one North American residential cabinet business. Our unique culture of continuous improvement is based on trusting the tools, empowering the team and moving forward, and is kept alive by our more than 14,000 associates across 20 plus manufacturing facility and offices. Visit www.masterbrand.com to learn more and join us in building great experiences together!

Job Description

As the Materials Manager, you will lead materials planning processes and inventory management throughout the facility to improve material flow consistent with the requirements of a lean manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities:

• Leads all materials management activities at the Howard Lake facility.
• Develops and executes a materials strategy to improve customer service, increase inventory turns and reduce excess inventory with focus on eliminating customer back orders.
• Improve material flow within the manufacturing facility through the development of a streamlined logistics process to minimize cost, optimize resource utilization, and reduce work in process.
• Provide leadership for Warehousing and Receiving personnel.
• Responsible for inventory record accuracy, cycle counts, and scrap accuracy transactions.
• Lead and manage physical inventory process as well as auditing plant scrap.
• Work closely with General Manager and operations on daily materials movements.
• Responsible for Materials KPIs
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related educational discipline preferred.
• 5 years of experience in materials management in a high-volume manufacturing environment preferred.
• 3 years of experience in a supervisory role, exhibiting positive leadership traits and talent development.
• Demonstrated problem solving capability.
• Ability to communicate effectively to all levels within the organization.
• Ability to provide leadership to peers and subordinates on all subjects related to materials
• A familiarity with MRP systems.
• Proficient in Microsoft Suites, with emphasis in Excel.
• A working knowledge of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement processes.
• A change agent with superior people and project management skills
  
  
  

Additional Information

Equal Employment Opportunity

MasterBrand Cabinets LLC is an equal opportunity employer. MasterBrand Cabinets LLC’s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability/handicap status, marital status, military status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws. MasterBrand Cabinets LLC also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also MasterBrand Cabinets LLC’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Reasonable Accommodations

MasterBrand Cabinets LLC is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment, please contact us at staffing@masterbrand.com.

Hiring Range: $90,300.00-117,000.00

• Actual pay will vary based on qualifications and other factors