Materials & Distribution Manager
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Job summary
Hewlett Packard Enterprise seeks a Materials & Distribution Manager to drive strategic initiatives around suppliers and contract manufacturers. You will own complex programs with regional/global impact, ensuring compliant, efficient operations and leading large cross-functional projects.
The role emphasizes strategic vendor management, process improvements for new production lines, and mentoring team members across the organization. Strong leadership and ERP proficiency are essential.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or higher degree in supply chain or related field.
- 10+ years of experience in procurement, supply chain, or related area.
- PMI or CPIM/Lean Six Sigma certifications are preferred.
Responsibilities
- Drives business strategy and develops new strategic initiatives around suppliers and contract manufacturers.
- Owns complex programs that impact strategy regionally and globally.
- Identifies and owns high-level improvements in undocumented areas and defines future solutions.
- Owns compliance and error-free operations to drive business initiatives.
- Leads large cross-functional projects and reports monthly supplier performance packages.
- Defines storage and material handling requirements for new production lines and aligns processes.
- Provides strategic vendor management support at regional or global levels.
- Mentors and grows junior contributors within the organization.
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Job description
This role is responsible for driving business strategy for materials and distribution, developing strategic initiatives related to suppliers and contract manufacturers, and owning complex projects that impact overall strategy. The role identifies and implements high-level improvements in undocumented areas while ensuring compliance and error-free operations to support business initiatives. The role leads large cross-functional projects, makes decisions with a global impact, and manages high-value vendors with regional or global reach.
- Drives business strategy and develops new strategic initiatives around suppliers and contract manufacturers.
- Owns complex programs that impact strategy at-large, and monitors performance of partnerships.
- Identifies and owns high-level improvement in undocumented areas and defines future solutions.
- Owns compliance and error-free operations in order to drive business initiatives.
- Leads large, cross-functional projects, makes decisions that impact regional and or worldwide operations, and follows-through with implementation.
- Leads all elements of high-value projects and contributes to defining business requirements in support of contracts of medium to high complexity, as well as holds supplier performance meetings and reports monthly supplier performance packages.
- Identifies and performs materials-related aspects of new production lines, determines equipment needs and utilization, defines storage and material handling requirements, and integrates and aligns physical processes with systematic processes.
- Provides strategic vendor management support by managing external relationships at either a regional or global level.
- Provides guidance, mentoring, and training to individual contributors in lower-level roles, and contributes to their growth in the organization.
- Four-year or Graduate Degree in Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
- Typically has 10+ years of work experience, preferably in procurement, supply chain, or a related field.
- Project Management Certification
- Certified Professional In Supply Management
- Certified In Production And Inventory Management
- Lean Six Sigma Certification
- Continuous Improvement Process
- Data Analysis
- Enterprise Resource Planning
- Finance
- Inventory Control
- Inventory Management
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Lean Manufacturing
- Material Requirements Planning
- Materials Management
- Process Improvement
- Procurement
- Production Planning
- Purchasing
- SAP Applications
- Supply Chain
- Supply Chain Analysis
- Supply Chain Management
- Supply Chain Planning
- Warehousing
- Effective Communication
- Results Orientation
- Learning Agility
- Digital Fluency
- Customer Centricity
- Impacts large functions and leads large, cross-division functional teams or projects.
- Provides highly innovative solutions to complex problems within established policy.
This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.
The pay range for this role is $93,400 to $135,400 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Long term/short term disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance
- Generous time off policies, including;
- 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
- 11 paid holidays
- Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview [https://hpbenefits.ce.alight.com/])
Schedule - Full time
Shift - No shift premium (United States of America)
Travel - Not Specified
Relocation - Not Specified
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