Materials Manager

Description

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinates and negotiates with vendors for price and procurement.
• Organizes and supervises the material flow for shipping and receiving of all materials.
• Supervises the work of the plant buyers
• Manages records of all stock and inventory.
• Maintains the standard and quality of goods and materials through purchasing and inventory control.
• Conducts market survey and analysis of material cost and prices and works with the Commodity Manager(s) to maintain favorable cost positions and mitigate risk.
• Plans and prepares the budget for shipping and receiving and procuring materials. Develops procurement plans and assesses the transporting and carting of materials.
• Prepares assessment reports on the availability, price, market survey, and supply of materials.
• Oversees daily inventory activities to ensure compliance with all company and regulatory agency policies and procedures.
• Schedules all work assignments to direct the processes of shipping, receiving, inventory control, and similar functions for the flow of materials in the plant.
• Monitors scheduled assignments and reassigns tasks as necessary.
• Develops and conducts inventory-specific training programs.
• Supervises and directs the work of the material handlers.
• Confers with supervisors of other departments to coordinate the flow of materials or products.
• Leads and participates in the Continuous Improvement and Lead initiatives within the materials department.
• Performs other related duties as required or assigned.

• Supervises supervisory and/or non-supervisory employee(s).
  • Interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance, rewarding, and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
  • Working with Human Resources on employee issues.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

• Effectively communicates information and responds to questions in person-to-person and small group situations with customers, clients, the general public, and other employees of the organization.
• Maintains confidentiality and uses discretion with business information.
• Reads and understands documents such as policy manuals, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Writes routine reports and correspondence.
• Adds, subtracts, multiplies, and divides numbers (using currency and other forms of measurement).
• Utilizes common-sense understanding in order to carry out written, oral, or diagrammed instructions.
• Deals with problems involving several known variables in situations of routine nature.
• Plans the time, method, manner, and/or performance sequence of own work; may also occasionally assist in planning work assignments performed by others within a limited area of operation.
• Frequently makes decisions of both minor and major importance, which may affect the work operations of other employees and/or clientele to a moderate degree.
• Completes some moderately repetitive tasks.
• Uses noncomplex machines and equipment (adding machines, calculators, copy/fax machines, etc.).

• Bachelor’s degree in business, operational management, or a related field (required).
• Seven to ten years of relevant education or experience in purchasing, logistics, or a related field (required).
• ERP system experience is required
• JD Edwards experience is preferred

• Advanced: Alphanumeric data entry, spreadsheet.
• Basic: Word processing/typing.

• APICS Certification is preferred

• While perrming the functions of this job, the employee is:
  • Continually required to stand and walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear.
  • Regularly required to reach with hands and arms.
  • Occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

• While performing the functions of this job, the employee is frequently subjected to fumes or airborne particles, moving parts, and risk of electrical shock.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

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