What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Manager, Materials position at Regal Rexnord?
Position Summary
The Senior Manager, Materials leads the strategic direction of materials management across a multisite network. This role is responsible for defining the materials strategy, building organizational capability, and delivering sustained improvements in service performance, cost efficiency, and working capital effectiveness.
Essential Responsibilities
Required:
Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.
The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.
Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract), disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan for protected veterans/individuals with disabilities or policy statement, please email Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com.
Equal Employment Opportunity Posters
Notification to Agencies: Please note that Regal Rexnord Corporation and its affiliates and subsidiaries ("Regal Rexnord") do not accept unsolicited resumes or calls from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement or similar contract and approval from HR to submit resumes for a specific requisition, Regal Rexnord will not consider or approve payment to any third-parties for hires made.
The Senior Manager, Materials leads the strategic direction of materials management across a multisite network. This role is responsible for defining the materials strategy, building organizational capability, and delivering sustained improvements in service performance, cost efficiency, and working capital effectiveness.
Essential Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the materials management strategy to support production goals, cost targets, and long-term business objectives.
- Lead multiple materials teams and/or managers with accountability for organizational capability and succession planning.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Drives performance improvements in On Time Delivery, Inventory Turns, Working Capital efficiency, and overall materials cost optimization.
- Ensures the site’s materials strategy is fully aligned with global sourcing priorities and enterprise-wide supply chain initiatives.
- Leads the site’s SIOP process to ensure alignment between demand, supply, and financial plans—driving cross functional collaboration, improving forecast accuracy, and enabling informed, long-range decision-making across the business.
- Sponsor enterprise level continuous improvement efforts and ensure their long-term sustainability and adoption
- Partner with Plant, Operations, and Supply Chain leadership on long-range planning and capacity strategies.
- Lead change management initiatives related to systems, processes, or organizational transformations.
- Establish governance frameworks that ensure compliance with regulatory, contractual, and internal control requirements.
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field.
- 10 years of progressive experience in materials or supply chain leadership.
- Minimum of 5 years leading managers or multi-team organizations.
- Experience applying Lean Manufacturing principles within materials management, with a proven ability to streamline material flow, optimize inventory strategies, and eliminate waste across the supply chain.
- Demonstrated success leading cross functional continuous improvement initiatives, enhancing supplier performance, and building high performing teams that embrace Lean thinking.
- Ability to implement standardized processes, strengthen end-to-end visibility, and drive a culture of operational excellence in all aspects of materials planning, procurement, and logistics.
- Experience working in defense or other regulated industries, with familiarity navigating compliance and security requirements.
- Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
- Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
- Paid Time Off and Holidays
- 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
- Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
- Paid Leaves
- Tuition Assistance
Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.
The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.
Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract), disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan for protected veterans/individuals with disabilities or policy statement, please email Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com.
Equal Employment Opportunity Posters
Notification to Agencies: Please note that Regal Rexnord Corporation and its affiliates and subsidiaries ("Regal Rexnord") do not accept unsolicited resumes or calls from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement or similar contract and approval from HR to submit resumes for a specific requisition, Regal Rexnord will not consider or approve payment to any third-parties for hires made.