Materials Manager

Amtec Staffing; California; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a hands-on leader for their Supply Chain and Stockroom departments. This role involves overseeing operational plans, managing personnel, and ensuring efficient material support for production operations. You will lead strategic planning for supply chain activities, manage purchasing decisions, and coordinate with various teams to meet production targets. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in materials management within manufacturing, particularly in a high mix/low volume aerospace environment. Join this dynamic team and contribute to impactful projects in a fast-paced setting.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in materials management, purchasing, or supply chain operations.
• Strong knowledge of procurement and negotiation practices.

Responsibilities

• Oversee supply chain operations and strategic planning.
• Manage purchasing department and stockroom personnel.

Skills

Problem solving

Critical thinking

Creativity

Organizational skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA)

C.P.I.M. Certification

Tools

Excel

MS Office applications

ERP systems

MRP systems

Job description

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Base pay range

$120,000.00/yr - $150,000.00/yr

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Summary

Hands on leader overseeing Supply Chain and Stockroom departments. Responsible for organizing, developing operational plans and controls, and personnel development of employees engaged in providing material support to Production Operations. Operational owner of activities such as order placement, receiving of incoming parts and material, stocking and issuing of parts and equipment, inventory control, packing and kitting of company products.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of the strategic planning for supply chain operations, including all sourcing and sub-tier decisions.
• Plans, schedules, prioritizes, and supervises employees engaged in a wide range of material support activities such as receiving, stocking, inventory control, and picking, packing, and shipping of company products.
• Leads team responsible for placing purchase orders, expediting orders as required to support customer demand, and assisting the Purchasing Supervisor and buyers with any supplier issues.
• With the Operations Manager and Planning Manager, owns the joint development of monthly production targets in support of corporate and customer objectives.
• Conducts studies to develop and implement material operations techniques and procedures to improve productivity and cost-effectiveness. Owns supply chain PPV and actions to drive incremental purchase price improvement.
• Trains employees in the application of most cost-effective and efficient procurement procedures, including but not limited to forecast orders, order bundling, Vendor Managed Inventory.
• Coordinates materials operations activities with company line and staff organizations.
• Hits monthly targets for cost savings and on time delivery for suppliers.
• Oversees and manages all purchasing department and stockroom personnel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA) from four-year college or university;
• C.P.I.M. Certification is highly desirable
• Ten years of directly related experience in materials management, purchasing, or supply chain operations in a manufacturing environment
• Seven in a management role
• Preferred experience in high mix/low volume aerospace environment
• Must have in-depth knowledge of Company and industry material procurement and negotiation practices.
• ITAR - applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.
• Experience in working with multi-layer BOM’s and capacity planning.
• Problem solving, critical thinking and creativity skills are essential.
• Must be able to organize and coordinate a major purchasing activity.
• Must be highly motivated and be a committed team player.
• Excellent PC skills including Excel and other MS Office applications and strong working knowledge of computerized enterprise resource planning system (ERP), or material requirements planning system (MRP).

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Supply Chain, Management, and Manufacturing

Industries

Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing, Defense and Space Manufacturing, and Manufacturing