Materials Manager Jobs

MAKITA Corporation of America, a worldwide leading producer of high quality power tools, is seeking a Materials Coordinating Section Manager to become a part of our team!

Job Qualifications:

Required:

· College degree in business or logistics or equivalent work experience.

· Minimum of 5 years of experience in materials coordinating and or inventory control.

· Thorough working knowledge of MRP systems.

· Provides guidance and direction to support the transition of standard MAP system.

· Experience working with custom brokers, forwarders, and Import Ocean transportation services.

Preferred:

· Prior supervisory or management experience

Job Responsibilities:

· Manage employees involved in materials scheduling and purchasing.

· Coordinate materials scheduling activities to meet the Master Production Schedule

· Monitor and evaluate the performance of the Materials section against established goals for inventory levels, data base accuracy, parts shortages, and material cost containment.

· Analyze, identify, and implement improvements to the ordering process cycle. This includes a review of the best economic ordering quantities (T/Q).

· Determine manpower requirement for the Materials section.

· Establish and maintain three document systems, procedures, and training to assure that the materials coordinating sections activities are in conformance with the Makita Management System.

· Work directly with outside suppliers to resolve component availability and negotiate for best prices.

· Participate with other MCA managers in the evaluation of suppliers of direct materials and components.

· Support MCA’s Sox initiative

· Negotiate yearly freight contracts with Import Ocean transportation companies.

· Submit the quarterly Harbor Freight maintenance fee form and submit data to USA customs.

· Maintain procedures to insure they are in compliance with ISO and MCA quality standards.

· Coordinate the quarterly outside vendor audit of Makita Supplied materials

· Coordinate the yearly Makita fixed assets audit at the outside vendors.

· Maintain accurate freight rate codes in MAP and adjust in vendor master accordingly.

· Coordinate the yearly request for county of origin.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Makita Corporation of America is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. Makita comapny policy prohibits discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, religion, marital status, age, gender, national origin, ancestry, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disabiity, veteran status, military service, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, genetic information, medical (including genetic characteristics or cancer diagnosis), actual or preceived sexual orientaion, or any consideration protected by federal , state or local laws. All such discrimination is prohibited. Addtionally, Makita will provide registered domestic partners with all rights and benefits as required by Law. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) prohibits employers from requesting or requiring genetic information of an individual or family memeber of the individual. Makita is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• 401(k) matching
• Health insurance
• Professional development assistance
• 401(k)
• Employee discount

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Buford, GA 30518: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• What is your salary expectation for this position?
• Do you have any experience in management and/or manufacturing environments?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• MAP System: 1 year (Required)
• Materials coordinating and or inventory control: 5 years (Required)
• MRP systems: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: In person