Materials & Distribution Manager

Socket.dev; Maryland; On-site; USD 93,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Generous paid parental leave

11 paid holidays

Flexible paid vacation and sick leave

Job summary

HP, Inc. is seeking a Materials & Distribution Manager to drive strategy for materials and distribution, focusing on suppliers and contract manufacturers.

You will own high-level programs, lead cross-functional teams, and manage high-value suppliers with regional or global reach to support key business initiatives. The role emphasizes compliant operations, strategic process improvements, and mentoring team members across the organization.

Qualifications

• Degree in supply chain, manufacturing engineering or related field.
• Typically 10+ years in procurement, supply chain, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Drives business strategy for materials and distribution and leads large cross-functional projects.
• Owns complex programs impacting strategy and monitors partnerships.
• Ensures compliant, error-free operations to support business initiatives.
• Leads supplier and contract manufacturer relationships at regional/global scale.
• Provides vendor management guidance and mentors junior staff.

Skills

Procurement

Supply Chain

Data Analysis

KPIs

Lean Manufacturing

SAP

Material Planning

Production Planning

Purchasing

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Four-year or Graduate Degree in SCM/related

Job description

Materials & Distribution Manager

Description -

Job Summary

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Education & Experience Recommended

• 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.

Preferred Certifications

• Project Management Certification
• Certified Professional In Supply Management
• Certified In Production And Inventory Management
• Lean Six Sigma Certification

Knowledge & Skills

• 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

Cross-Org Skills

• Effective Communication
• Results Orientation
• Learning Agility
• Digital Fluency
• Customer Centricity

Impact & Scope

Impacts large functions and leads large, cross‑division functional teams or projects.

Complexity

Provides highly innovative solutions to complex problems within established policy.

Disclaimer

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.

Salary

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.

Benefits:

• 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/])

Job -

Supply Chain & Operations

Schedule -

Full time

Shift -

No shift premium (United States of America)

Travel -

Not Specified

Relocation -

Not Specified

Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) -

HP, Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and prospective employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, age, disability, or status as a protected veteran, marital status, familial status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic predisposition or carrier status, uniformed service status, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable national, federal, state, and local law(s).

Please be assured that you will not be subject to any adverse treatment if you choose to disclose the information requested. This information is provided voluntarily. The information obtained will be kept in strict confidence.

For more information, review HP’s EEO Policy or read about your rights as an applicant under the law here: “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal”.