Automotive Materials Manager: Supply Chain & Inventory Leader

Acloché LLC; Bloomington (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Acloché LLC is seeking a Materials Manager to oversee on-time shipments, freight, and inventory for automotive manufacturing operations. The role coordinates purchasing, distribution of raw materials, equipment, and supplies while maintaining lean inventories.

The position requires a Bachelor's degree, recent automotive plant experience, and strong leadership with excellent communication skills to manage diverse stakeholders and drive continuous improvement in material flows.

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 and leadership skills.
• PC software skills and Strong ERP knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate purchasing, distributing raw materials, equipment, machinery, and supplies.
• Prepare instructions regarding purchasing system and procedures.
• Direct preparation and issuance of purchase orders and change notices.
• Analyze market and delivery conditions for material availability and prepare market analysis reports.
• Review purchase orders and contracts for conformance to policy.
• Design systems to implement purchasing, production scheduling, and inventory control.
• Develop procedures for parts suppliers to improve timeliness of delivery.
• Maintain inventory management systems on the production floor.
• Ensure on-time delivery of materials to support uninterrupted production.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ERP software

PC software

Job description

Acloché LLC is seeking a Materials Manager to oversee on-time shipments, freight, and inventory for automotive manufacturing operations. The role coordinates purchasing, distribution of raw materials, equipment, and supplies while maintaining lean inventories.

The position requires a Bachelor's degree, recent automotive plant experience, and strong leadership with excellent communication skills to manage diverse stakeholders and drive continuous improvement in material flows.