Director of Materials Strategy & Operations

Price Industries; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Pottorff, a sister company to Price Industries, seeks a Director of Materials in Fort Worth, TX to lead the companywide materials strategy across three manufacturing locations.

This role oversees purchasing, supplier management, inventory control, receiving, materials planning, production scheduling standards, and ERP/MRP processes, aiming to improve material availability, cost, inventory accuracy, and delivery performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, operations, business, or related field.
• 8+ years of progressive manufacturing materials or supply chain experience.
• Experience leading materials functions across multiple sites and scaling processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead materials teams across all locations; set responsibilities, performance expectations, training, and accountability.
• Set companywide materials policies, KPIs, and improvement plans aligned with demand and capacity.
• Ensure material availability through MRP, replenishment, shortages reviews, expediting, and interplant transfers.
• Establish inventory controls, cycle counting, physical inventory, and discrepancy resolution with Finance.
• Reduce excess and obsolete inventory while improving storage and internal material flow.
• Lead purchasing and supplier strategy, negotiations, supplier scorecards, corrective actions, and continuity planning.
• Oversee receiving standards, ERP transactions, material verification, location assignment, and storage.
• Own materials data and Epicor ERP/MRP parameters, lead times, and BOM coordination.
• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Quality, IT, and Finance to improve systems integration and planning accuracy.

Skills

Materials leadership

Strategic planning

Cross-functional leadership

Negotiation

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, or related field

Tools

Epicor ERP

Job description

Pottorff, a sister company to Price Industries, seeks a Director of Materials in Fort Worth, TX to lead the companywide materials strategy across three manufacturing locations.

This role oversees purchasing, supplier management, inventory control, receiving, materials planning, production scheduling standards, and ERP/MRP processes, aiming to improve material availability, cost, inventory accuracy, and delivery performance.