Materials Manager — Global Inventory, Flexible Schedule

World Wide Technology; Łódź; On-site; PLN 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work-from-home schedule

Medical insurance

Life insurance

Global opportunities

Job summary

World Wide Technology is seeking an experienced Materials Manager to ensure smooth material flow across our Global Order Operations. You will research, reserve, and move materials to support production and sales orders, and partner with cross-functional teams to keep builds on track.

In this role, you will own inventory management responsibilities, analyze KPIs, and drive continuous improvement initiatives across programs.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of progressive experience in planning, procurement, or inventory management.
• Proven track record of delivering results through process development.
• Strong written and verbal communication across all levels of an organization.
• Comfortable prioritizing in an environment with many competing demands.
• Sound critical thinking skills, with the ability to identify solutions to difficult problems in ambiguous situations.

Responsibilities

• Research and recommend part substitutions to meet material reservation needs.
• Generate inventory allocation reports to coordinate materials needs for production.
• Reserve materials to work orders and sales orders to stabilize the build plan.
• Initiate material moves and transfers based on regional and program requirements.
• Research and resolve materials movement issues for DOA materials impacting production.
• Identify and take mitigation action on materials discrepancies and system issues.
• Review and analyze aging material in outbound lanes.
• Execute against KPIs designated for program and customer measurements.
• Initiate and develop continuous improvement initiatives across current and future business opportunities.
• Improve SLAs tied to material moves through process improvements and collaboration.
• Analyze and evaluate reporting to flag risk to WWT and its programs.
• Maintain strong working relationships with logistics, production control, order management, and supply planning, locally and globally.
• Communicate business metrics to the management team on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.
• Resolve material issues on work orders and move orders.
• Support materials management activities across WWT's Global Integration Centers.

Skills

Communication skills

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Prioritization

Analytical skills

Education

Degree in related field

Job description

World Wide Technology is seeking an experienced Materials Manager to ensure smooth material flow across our Global Order Operations. You will research, reserve, and move materials to support production and sales orders, and partner with cross-functional teams to keep builds on track.

In this role, you will own inventory management responsibilities, analyze KPIs, and drive continuous improvement initiatives across programs.