Automotive Materials Manager — On-Time Production Leader

Acloché LLC; LaGrange (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Acloché LLC is seeking a Materials Manager to ensure on-time shipment of finished goods, manage freight and inventory levels, and coordinate raw materials purchases. You will lead purchasing, warehousing, and production scheduling activities to sustain uninterrupted production and delivery for our customers.

The role requires experience in automotive manufacturing, strong leadership, and the ability to implement purchasing procedures and ERP-driven processes on the plant floor.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Must have 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

• Prepare instructions regarding purchasing system and procedures.
• Direct the preparation of and issuance of purchase orders and change notices.
• Analyze market and delivery conditions to determine present and future material availability and prepare market analysis reports.
• Review purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.
• Arrange for disposal of surplus materials.
• Design and develop systems and procedures to implement purchasing, production scheduling, inventory control and traffic which assures the availability of parts, materials and transportation for an uninterrupted flow of materials for production in accordance with delivery schedules, while maintaining minimum inventories.
• Formulate, establish and administers plant purchasing procedures which are consistent with and supplement established corporate and division policies and procedures.
• Develop procedures and requirements for parts suppliers to improve timeliness of parts and materials delivery.
• Develop and implement visual inventory management systems on the production floor.
• Provide for the maintenance of purchased materials and supplies inventories to assure the availability of materials and parts required to fulfill the plant’s ongoing need for these parts.
• Set guidelines and follows up with suppliers to improve the efficiency of suppliers to provide cost savings while maintaining the even flow of raw materials necessary to produce the finished product for our customer.
• Assist in the development of inventory budgets for the purpose of establishing acceptable inventory levels upon which performance can be measured and operating controls affected.
• Develop procedures to handle engineering changes during the model year for the plant, suppliers and customer to provide for orderly transition in the flow of materials and production.
• Assist Plant Engineering and Plant Quality Manager in the Vendor Quality Assurance Program.
• Assist as required in resolving this disposition of substandard or rejected materials.
• Develop procedures to handle changes in product in order to coordinate the changes in parts and materials within the plant system, with suppliers and with customer, to insure timely start-up of production.
• Ensure supplies are delivered on time to provide uninterrupted production and shipment of finished goods.
• Effectively adapt and implement computer technology in developing orderly manufacture and on-time delivery of the plant’s product.
• Maintains Bill of Material and databases to support manufacturing system software.
• Utilizes and practices methods of continuous improvement.
• Complies with all Company Safety policies, procedures and rules.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Time management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ERP systems

MS Office

Job description

Acloché LLC is seeking a Materials Manager to ensure on-time shipment of finished goods, manage freight and inventory levels, and coordinate raw materials purchases. You will lead purchasing, warehousing, and production scheduling activities to sustain uninterrupted production and delivery for our customers.

The role requires experience in automotive manufacturing, strong leadership, and the ability to implement purchasing procedures and ERP-driven processes on the plant floor.