Automotive Materials Manager: Inventory & Procurement

Rare Bird Recruiting, LLC; Bloomington (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Rare Bird Recruiting, LLC is seeking a Materials Manager in Bloomington, IL to oversee on-time shipment of finished goods, freight, and inventory. You will coordinate purchasing, raw materials, equipment, and supplies, ensuring on-time delivery and efficient flow for production schedules.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree and recent automotive manufacturing plant experience, with strong ERP and leadership skills to drive continuous improvement and supplier performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Recent experience in an Automotive Manufacturing plant.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Excellent oral and written presentation skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate to a diverse audience (customers, suppliers, employees).
• Results oriented approach.
• Broad based supply chain management and process development knowledge.
• Strong interpersonal skills and leadership skills.
• PC software skills and Strong ERP knowledge.
• Ability to prioritize competing demands.
• Strong time management skills and customer focus.

Responsibilities

• Prepares instructions regarding purchasing system and procedures.
• Issues purchase orders and change notices.
• Analyzes market and delivery conditions for material availability and prepares market analysis reports.
• Reviews purchase orders and contracts for conformance to policy.
• Arranges disposal of surplus materials.
• Designs and develops systems and procedures to implement purchasing, production scheduling, inventory control and traffic for uninterrupted materials flow.
• Develops plant purchasing procedures aligned with policies.
• Develops procedures for parts suppliers to improve timeliness of delivery.
• Implements visual inventory management on the production floor.
• Maintains inventories to assure material availability for production.
• Sets guidelines with suppliers to improve efficiency and cost savings while maintaining flow of materials.
• Assists in developing inventory budgets and guides plant personnel for inventory management.
• Develops procedures to handle engineering changes during the model year.
• Assists Plant Engineering and Plant Quality in Vendor QA program.
• Resolves disposition of substandard or rejected materials.
• Coordinates product changes with suppliers and customers for timely startup.
• Ensures supplies are delivered on time for uninterrupted production.
• Implements computer technology to improve manufacturing processes.
• Maintains BOM and databases to support manufacturing software.
• Applies continuous improvement methods.
• Complies with safety policies.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Time management

Interpersonal skills

Results oriented

Prioritization

Customer focus

Education

Bachelor's degree

Automotive manufacturing experience

Leadership skills

Tools

ERP systems

PC software skills

Job description

Rare Bird Recruiting, LLC is seeking a Materials Manager in Bloomington, IL to oversee on-time shipment of finished goods, freight, and inventory. You will coordinate purchasing, raw materials, equipment, and supplies, ensuring on-time delivery and efficient flow for production schedules.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree and recent automotive manufacturing plant experience, with strong ERP and leadership skills to drive continuous improvement and supplier performance.