What are the responsibilities and job description for the Materials Manager position at RW Screw LLC?
Job Title: Materials Manager
Job status: Full-time employee, Exempt Salary
Department: Materials
Reports to: General Manager
Summary/Objective
This position manages a team that is responsible for all activities related to materials planning and inventory management of the plant. This includes demand planning, master scheduling, production planning, buying/expediting, receiving, cycle counting and shipping as well as the sales inventory and operations planning (SIOP) process for the plant.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Build and lead the end-to-end supply chain strategy, including sourcing, purchasing, inventory management, scheduling, and logistics, with a focus on scalability and cost efficiency.
- Ensure that production and inventory plans are understood and followed; analyze actual sales trends in comparison with budgets and production capabilities.
- Identify, evaluate, and manage relationships with key vendors, ensuring quality materials are received at the right price and on time.
- Collaborate closely with General Manager to align strategies and ensure departmental goals support broader company objectives.
- Collaborate with other departments such as production, finance, and planning to ensure alignment.
- Solve problems, manage daily operations, and keep things moving forward.
- Create and improve systems and processes, develop policies and best practices to manage inventory and supply chain efficiently and scalability.
- Establish KPIs and metrics to monitor performance, identify areas for improvement, and drive accountability across the team.
- Lead, coach, support and train team members to provide alignment with goals, processes, and expectations.
- Develop reports and tracking tools to measure performance and areas for improvement.
- Identify risks and opportunities within the supply chain and proactively implement solutions to mitigate disruptions.
- Ensure compliance with safety, regulatory, and quality standards in all supply chain activities.
- Drive cost savings initiatives while maintaining service levels and quality standards.
- Directs and authorizes preparation of production master schedules to reflect manufacturing capabilities, available labor, delivery dates, etc. and assures coordination of the purchasing function within this ability.
- Develops and maintains methods of communication of schedule fulfillment, delays and changes.
- Responsible for inventory control consistent with company policy on material requirements and to assure preparation of periods of high and low production demand.
- Establishes and/or approves budget for departments and implements controls necessary to keep expenditures within budgetary limitations. Reviews various reports from subordinates to determine expenditures related to budgetary allowances.
- Plans and organizes activities to do with acquisition, distribution, movement and storage of material. This includes creation and monitor of supplier scorecards and negotiations on LTA, price and delivery.
- Frequent contact with customers, suppliers and service agencies in the performance of the function. Must be able to communicate to customer via professional presentations.
Education / Requirements:
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Operations Management or Supply Chain Management
- 10 years’ experience in Material Management with 3 years in a supervisory or leadership role
- APICS CPIM preferred
- Able to work in a shop floor environment
- Vision, innovation and leadership - Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to drive changes in culture and to lead teams to higher levels of success.
- Strong Communication skills (written and verbal) - Proven communication skills and action/results orientation. The ability to actively network with vendors and suppliers.
- Solid organizational skills (time management, delegation, planning / forecasting, managing conflicting resource needs)
- Team player a must
- Negotiation skills
- Strong Microsoft Office skills.
Great benefit package including Medical, Dental, Vision and 401 (k) on your 1st day of employment.