Manager II, Materials

Regal Rexnord Corporation; Erie (Erie County); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401k Matching

Paid Time Off

Tuition Assistance

Job summary

Regal Rexnord's Erie, PA facility seeks a Materials Manager II to lead planning, purchasing, inventory, and logistics. This senior role builds a high-performing materials organization and partners with Operations, Engineering, and Finance to optimize inventory, cash flow, and on-time delivery.

You will own the SIOP portion, drive supplier development, and implement Lean/RBS-driven improvements across procurement, planning, and execution functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations Management, Engineering, or a related field required.
• Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in materials management, supply chain, purchasing, inventory planning, scheduling, or logistics within a manufacturing environment.
• Minimum of 3 years of leadership experience managing planning, purchasing, or materials teams.
• Experience supporting engineered-to-order (ETO), make-to-order (MTO), assembly-to-order (ATO), or mixed manufacturing environments preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading supplier management, inventory optimization, forecasting, and SIOP processes.
• Strong understanding of ERP systems, including MRP, purchasing, inventory management, and scheduling functionality.
• Proven ability to build, lead, and develop high-performing teams.
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing working capital, inventory investment, forecasting, and business case development.

Responsibilities

• Leads a team of Planning, Purchasing, Scheduling, Inventory, Receiving, Shipping, and Logistics professionals to define and execute the site's materials strategy.
• Responsible for all aspects of inventory performance, including availability, inventory value, inventory accuracy, excess and obsolete inventory, turns, and days on hand.
• Establishes and manages inventory strategies, replenishment methodologies, safety stock levels, and planning parameters for all purchased and manufactured components.
• Owns the materials portion of the SIOP process including supply planning, capacity planning, materials availability, inventory forecasting, and scenario analysis.
• Supports the Operations and Plant Manager in assessing supply chain risks and implementing countermeasures to achieve operational and financial objectives.
• Drives alignment between customer demand, production schedules, and supplier capabilities to ensure on-time delivery and efficient inventory utilization.
• Leads forecasting and order fulfillment activities to ensure customer requirements are met while optimizing working capital.
• Develops and maintains strong supplier relationships while leading escalation efforts and corrective action plans for supplier delivery, quality, and capacity issues.
• Leads sourcing and supplier development activities in partnership with Corporate Sourcing and Category Management teams.
• Improves ERP effectiveness by ensuring master data integrity and proper planning parameters to drive automation and planning accuracy.
• Establishes and improves processes to enhance customer commit dates, available-to-promise accuracy, and overall supply chain visibility.
• Leads physical inventory counts, cycle count programs, and initiatives to improve overall inventory accuracy.
• Implements, manages, and continuously improves all processes related to procurement, planning, scheduling, inventory management, receiving, warehousing, shipping, logistics, forecasting, and demand management.
• Leads structured problem solving using Regal Rexnord Business System (RBS) principles and drives root cause corrective action throughout the organization.
• Establishes, deploys, and monitors standard work, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with company and regulatory requirements.
• Partners with Finance to improve working capital performance, inventory productivity, and cash flow.
• Develops and leads a high-performing materials organization through hiring, coaching, mentoring, succession planning, performance management, and employee development.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Inventory optimization

Forecasting

SIOP process

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Decision making

Project management

Education

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

Tools

SAP

ERP Systems

Job description

Work Model

This is a fully onsite role, with work performed at your designated Regal Rexnord office.

Position Overview

The Industrial Powertrain Solutions segment of Regal Rexnord is seeking a Materials Manager II at our Erie, PA location. This role is the primary point of coordination and interface within the supply chain and operations organizations at the Erie plant. This senior leadership role is responsible for providing comprehensive supply chain strategy, process leadership, and tactical execution to optimize inventory, material flow, supplier performance, and customer delivery. The role leads all aspects of materials management including planning, purchasing, inventory control, scheduling, logistics, supplier management, and forecasting. The Materials Manager will partner closely with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Customer Care, and Corporate Supply Chain teams to drive performance in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and cash flow while building scalable processes and developing a high-performing materials organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads a team of Planning, Purchasing, Scheduling, Inventory, Receiving, Shipping, and Logistics professionals to define and execute the site's materials strategy.


• Responsible for all aspects of inventory performance, including availability, inventory value, inventory accuracy, excess and obsolete inventory, turns, and days on hand.


• Establishes and manages inventory strategies, replenishment methodologies, safety stock levels, and planning parameters for all purchased and manufactured components.


• Owns the materials portion of the SIOP process including supply planning, capacity planning, materials availability, inventory forecasting, and scenario analysis.


• Supports the Operations and Plant Manager in assessing supply chain risks and implementing countermeasures to achieve operational and financial objectives.


• Drives alignment between customer demand, production schedules, and supplier capabilities to ensure on-time delivery and efficient inventory utilization.


• Leads forecasting and order fulfillment activities to ensure customer requirements are met while optimizing working capital.


• Develops and maintains strong supplier relationships while leading escalation efforts and corrective action plans for supplier delivery, quality, and capacity issues.


• Leads sourcing and supplier development activities in partnership with Corporate Sourcing and Category Management teams.


• Improves ERP effectiveness by ensuring master data integrity and proper planning parameters to drive automation and planning accuracy.


• Establishes and improves processes to enhance customer commit dates, available-to-promise accuracy, and overall supply chain visibility.


• Leads physical inventory counts, cycle count programs, and initiatives to improve overall inventory accuracy.


• Implements, manages, and continuously improves all processes related to procurement, planning, scheduling, inventory management, receiving, warehousing, shipping, logistics, forecasting, and demand management.


• Leads structured problem solving using Regal Rexnord Business System (RBS) principles and drives root cause corrective action throughout the organization.


• Establishes, deploys, and monitors standard work, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with company and regulatory requirements.


• Partners with Finance to improve working capital performance, inventory productivity, and cash flow.


• Develops and leads a high-performing materials organization through hiring, coaching, mentoring, succession planning, performance management, and employee development.


• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations Management, Engineering, or a related field required.


• Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in materials management, supply chain, purchasing, inventory planning, scheduling, or logistics within a manufacturing environment.


• Minimum of 3 years of leadership experience managing planning, purchasing, or materials teams.


• Experience supporting engineered-to-order (ETO), make-to-order (MTO), assembly-to-order (ATO), or mixed manufacturing environments preferred.


• Demonstrated experience leading supplier management, inventory optimization, forecasting, and SIOP processes.


• Strong understanding of ERP systems, including Materials Requirements Planning (MRP), purchasing, inventory management, and scheduling functionality.


• Proven ability to build, lead, and develop high-performing teams.


• Strong financial acumen with experience managing working capital, inventory investment, forecasting, and business case development.


• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make sound decisions using incomplete information.


• Strong project management, prioritization, and organizational skills.


• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.


• Demonstrated success driving continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.


• Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing without direct authority.


• Ability to travel up to 10% as business needs require.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• SAP experience is strongly preferred.


• APICS/ASCM CPIM, CSCP, ISM, CPM, or related professional certification preferred.


• Lean and/or Six Sigma certification preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage


• Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)


• Paid Time Off and Holidays


• 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions


• Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance


• Paid Leaves


• Tuition Assistance

About Regal Rexnord

Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools. The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture. Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affimative Action Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract), disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law.

Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.

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Please note that Regal Rexnord Corporation and its affiliates and subsidiaries ("Regal Rexnord") do not accept unsolicited resumes or calls from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement or similar contract and approval from HR to submit resumes for a specific requisition, Regal Rexnord will not consider or approve payment to any third-parties for hires made.

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Our values frame our culture - a shared understanding of how we think and act relative to our key stakeholders. We center our behaviors, actions and decisions around the following values: Integrity Responsibility Diversity, Engagement & Inclusion Customer Success Innovation with Purpose Continuous Improvement Performance Passion to Win with a Sense of Urgency.