Materials Manager

Talentify; City of Binghamton (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Talentify seeks a Materials Manager to lead all materials and supply chain activities, including planning, inventory, purchasing, scheduling and shipping. The role reports to the Plant Manager and focuses on cost control, process improvements, and vendor management.

The ideal candidate has a strong analytical mindset, leadership experience, and proven ability to optimize material flows using ERP/MRP systems. Travel up to 10% is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business or related discipline; 5+ years in supply chain/materials management.
• Analytical and metric-driven with strong leadership and decision-making abilities.
• Experience using AI tools to improve productivity and cost management.
• Knowledge of ERP/MRP systems; Oracle experience is a plus.
• Excellent communication, problem solving and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Lean Six Sigma or Continuous Improvement methodologies knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Direct all materials and supply chain activities including planning, inventory, purchasing, scheduling and shipping.
• Develop purchasing model to analyze costs and reduce future spending.
• Analyze material changes to drive cost reductions and quality improvements.
• Prepare monthly management reports for major expense categories.
• Interface with vendors to minimize costs; develop supplier agreements.
• Assist with department budgeting/forecasting and cost optimization.
• Set and achieve department goals aligned with company objectives.
• Supervise materials team; manage hiring, training and performance.

Skills

Analytical

Leadership

Negotiation

Communication

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

AI tools usage

Continuous Improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or related discipline

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Oracle

Job description

The Materials Manager must have proven experience in directing and coordinating the effectiveness of all material/supply chain management activities for the business including purchasing, inventory control, production control, scheduling, planning, warehouse, shipping and customer delivery support.

This position reports directly to the Plant Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manages all functional areas in Materials/Supply Chain, such as material planning and control, shipping, inventory and sourcing of future supply chain opportunities.
• Must understand and apply principles, concepts, practices and standards for material management with a full and competent knowledge of industry and company practices.
• Develop a purchasing model for our organization and related support functions that can be used to analyze and track historical costs as well as reduce future spending.
• Analyze changes or new issues in materials and supplies to find ways to reduce costs and improve quality.
• Prepare a monthly set of management reports to track and control major expense categories
• Interface with third-party vendors to minimize and control cost of goods and services.
• Develop third-party supplier agreements such as vendor managed inventory and other arrangements as required by the business.
• Assist with departmental budget/forecast preparation with a constant focus on streamlining costs and improving efficiencies.
• Manage the setting and achievement of department goals and objectives to align with overall company goals.
• Directly supervises employees on the materials team. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Business or related discipline is highly desired with 5 years of supply chain/materials management experience.
• Must be very analytical and metric focused.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-marking, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.
• Proven leadership and management experience in Purchasing or Materials.
• Must have demonstrated skills in the areas of problem solving/reasoning, communication, leadership and ability to operate at a level that meets the scope and impact required for the team and company.
• Must understand the process flow for fabricated and purchased parts.
• Must thoroughly understand Engineering and Manufacturing Bills of Material and be capable of performing requirements analysis and reconciliation of both make and buy components.
• Experience must include negotiation and bid and cost proposal experience.
• Must have the ability to clearly convey information orally and in writing.
• Knowledge of ERP/MRP systems. Experience with Oracle a plus.
• Critical skill sets include the ability to collaborate cross-functionally, build consensus, shape/influence opinion and develop and articulate the future state.
• Lean, Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement Methodologies desired.
• Travel: up to 10%
• Ability to multi-task and maintain organization in a fast paced, changing environment.
• Ability to manage change in an organization reengineering its culture and approach to workload management.