Materials Manager

PAC/LifePort believes that each employee makes a significant contribution to our success. That contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. Therefore, this position description is designed to outline primary duties, qualifications and job scope, but not limit the individual nor the organization to just the work identified. It is our expectation that each employee will offer his/her services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our endeavors.

Position Summary:

Manages the organization, planning and implementation of all material activities including general purchasing, subcontract management, resources, and material management. The Materials Manager will work with the inventory, shipping and purchasing team who will schedule materials to support production and meet all customer delivery requirements. Goals are to ensure parts are kitted to the production floor on schedule, minimize the need for expediting, maintain cycle count accuracy, increase inventory turns, decrease E&O, and facilitate optimized use of manufacturing labor.

Essential Functions:

• Plan, direct and coordinate activities of personnel engaged in purchasing and inventory to provide supplies for production and plant operations
• Refine policies and procedures for inventory, purchasing and shipping departments
• Develop vendor contracts, lead-times, and observe quality of purchased materials
• Review release strategies for production and purchase orders to verify coverage of customer demand
• Work with Operations, Sales and Customer Service on communication of projected delivery dates
• Review ERP to ensure production and purchase orders are in line with the production plan
• Analyze slow moving and obsolete inventory for disposition
• Forecast projected inventory levels for raw material, work-in-process, and finished goods
• Review item card lead-times and update to ensure accuracy to schedule
• Maintain inventory accuracy by ensuring cycle counting, and handling procedures are adhered to
• Review material flow and suggest ways to improve the current process
• Work within current ERP system to establish accurate need dates for parts to work order operations
• Investigate root cause for unfavorable trends; implement corrective actions where appropriate
• Review materials performance with vendor against targets, benchmarks and service agreements, and maintain performance scorecards to track and improve the overall supply chain metrics
• Expand existing supply base by identifying new suppliers and establishing long term contracts to reduce lead time and material costs while improving quality
• Maintain raw material and finished goods levels to achieve inventory turns targets; focused on both inventory cost and space optimization.
• Drives a cycle count program that ensures raw material accuracy, early identification of any challenges and prompt corrective/preventative actions to address issues
• Captures and reports out KPI results to team and key internal partners