Materials Manager

*** MUST HAVE: MATERIALS PLANNING / PURCHASING / SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE AT A LARGE POWER DISTRIBUTION OEM ***

The Opportunity

Our client is one of the fastest-growing power distribution manufacturers in the country - scaling from $60M to $200M in revenue this year, with $300–400M projected next. They are sold out through next year and actively turning down $20M projects because they don't yet have the team to execute. You could be one of the people who changes that.

The Company

Born out of a $250M exit in precision sheet metal manufacturing, this privately held, debt-free startup has grown into a vertically integrated power distribution manufacturer in under two years. Their 115,000 sq ft Marietta facility assembles PDUs, Switchgear, RPPs, and Transfer Switches — shipping 10 units per week — with a sister facility handling sheet metal fabrication, in-house transformer manufacturing up, and on-site testing. A 250,000 sq ft facility in West Virginia was just acquired to support continued expansion.

The COO who joined recently previously took a major power distribution manufacturer from a 16-week lead time to 3–5 days, and the bar has been set at that same level.

If your career has been built inside a Tier 1 OEM you already know what it feels like to be a function inside a machine too large to steer. Decisions made three layers above you. Suppliers who know your company's size gives them leverage. Impact that's real but invisible.

Here, you'll have the authority, the access, and the organizational weight behind you to actually make an impact — and five years from now, the operation you helped build will be visible in everything the company has become.

The Role

This is the senior supply chain leadership seat at the primary assembly facility in Marieeta. You'll own material availability, inventory health, supplier performance, and ERP/MRP governance across an active ETO project portfolio — while developing a Buyer/Planner team and partnering with the Director of Supply Chain on strategic material positioning and commodity risk.

The current team is capable. What it needs is someone who's been inside a major OEM — who understands how large enterprise suppliers are structured, how to navigate them when they push back, and how to hold them accountable when delivery is on the line.

What You'll Own

• Day-to-day leadership and development of a Buyer/Planner team (2 at hire, growing to 4)
• Material availability and shortage management across an active ETO project portfolio
• Supplier performance program: QBRs, SCARs, on-time delivery accountability
• Inventory health targeting ≥10 turns/year without sacrificing production continuity
• ERP/MRP governance — data integrity, planning parameters, exception management
• Strategic material positioning: long-lead stocking, single-source risk mitigation, commodity strategy execution

What We're Looking For

Must-Have:

• 7–10 years of progressive supply chain experience in a power distribution manufacturing environment; Tier 1 OEM backgrounds preferred
• 3 years managing a team of buyers, planners, or buyer/planners
• Advanced ERP/MRP proficiency; Made2Manage a plus but not required
• Proven track record improving inventory turns without sacrificing availability — bring the numbers

Nice-to-Have:

• APICS CPIM or CSCP
• Lean / Six Sigma Green or Black Belt

Why Now

The people joining this company in the next 12 months are getting in at an early stage of something that by every trajectory is a billion-dollar business within three to five years.

If you've built your career inside serious manufacturing organizations and want to actually feel the impact of your work — let's talk.

Relocation support is available. This is a full-time, on-site role — remote and hybrid will not be considered.

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Materials Manager, Supply Chain Manager, Purchasing Manager, Materials Planning, MRP, ERP, Buyer Planner, Inventory Management, Supplier Performance, Power Distribution, Electrical Manufacturing, Switchgear, SWGR, PDU, Power Distribution, Static Transfer Switch, STS, Automatic Transfer Switch, ATS, RPP, Remote Power Panel, APICS, CPIM, CSCP, Lean Manufacturing, QBR, SCAR, Engineer-to-Order, ETO, Marietta Ohio, Ohio Manufacturing Jobs