Materials Manager Jobs

Client

Our client is a multi-billion dollar, publicly traded, 100+ year-old, global, high-growth, extremely innovative leader in thermal systems technology for the Electronic Vehicles industry.

Core Values

Our client's core values are Integrity-Committed, People-Centric, Technology-Driven, Results-Oriented, and Team-Focused.

Mentoring & Career Development

Our client provides hands-on mentoring, training, and career development with rapid opportunities for global career progression.

Summary

Our client is looking for a Materials Manager to manage the Materials Planning & Logistics team supporting the Advanced Thermal Systems business. This role’s responsibilities will span from customer service, production scheduling, material planning, warehouse, and logistics.

Location

Lawrenceburg, TN

Compensation

Compensation is highly competitive and includes 401K + Full Medical, Dental, & Vision + Bonus

Key Responsibilities

• Develop solutions to supply chain challenges, working with engineering, procurement, and quality to ensure customer satisfaction is protected
• Engages with teams to lead solutions and improvements
• Maintain a high level of organization and cleanliness within the material storage areas of the facility, employing 5S activities daily
• Participate in Daily Management by asking questions, assigning responsibilities, and facilitating problem-solving
• Develop the Materials team
• Develop material strategies that meet customer requirements, company targets, and creates stability across the supply chain.
• Leverage lean manufacturing concepts to improve material flow in the facility, and to improve warehousing, service parts, receiving, and stores operations
• Oversight of the Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP) process
• Identify important supply chain change points and produce compelling strategies for mitigation
• Application of 80-20 principles to improve the business
• Safety leadership and culture development
• Support the extraction and consolidation of important functional performance metrics
• Support new product launch projects while developing strategies to meet program timing, cost, quality, and delivery goals
• Owner of production planning, purchasing of productive and non-productive materials, inventory management, managing shipments, and customer satisfaction
• Lead team of Customer Service Representatives, Production Planners, Plant Buyers, and Warehouse personnel

Qualifications

• Experience navigating an ERP system and SAP skills are required
• Experience transitioning products from prototype to production
• Highly organized, good attention to detail, capable of multi-tasking and following through on tasks to completion
• Strong communication skills (both written and verbal), able to work with all partners, and act as a professional representative of the corporation.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, effective communicator at all organizational levels
• 7+ years of experience in an automotive manufacturing environment or similar industry
• Understanding of IATF 16949 and ISO 14001 and how it relates to the materials group
• 3 years in a direct management position with multiple direct reports
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Materials Management, Operations, Business Management, Engineering, or another technical field
• Experience with electrical and HVAC components
• Eagerness to operate in a dynamic fast-paced environment with an ability to drive change