Materials Manager

Koch Business Solutions, LP; Hudson (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Retirement

Job summary

Phillips Medisize, a Molex Company, is seeking a Materials Manager for our Hudson, WI facility. The role leads materials functions—planning, procurement, inventory, warehousing, and logistics—driving end-to-end material flow and cross-functional coordination to meet production goals.

You will oversee supplier relationships, optimize inventory, and partner with manufacturing, quality, and engineering to remove bottlenecks and improve performance.

Qualifications

• Experience across core materials disciplines including planning, procurement, inventory, warehousing, logistics, and manufacturing operations.
• Experience leading people or cross-functional initiatives in manufacturing or supply chain.
• Familiarity with SAP planning, procurement, inventory management or production scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Lead materials functions and coordinate teams to ensure reliable material flow.
• Develop and execute materials strategies aligned with plant objectives and customer value.
• Optimize inventory levels and working capital while ensuring material availability.
• Manage supplier relationships and performance to improve delivery and continuity.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, quality, and operations to resolve constraints.
• Analyze demand, inventory, and performance data to improve forecasting and decision making.
• Drive inventory reduction and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Production Planning

Procurement

Inventory Management

Warehousing

Logistics

Manufacturing Operations

Education

ISO 13485 knowledge

Tools

SAP

Job description

Your Job

Phillips Medisize, a Molex Company is seeking a high-potential supply chain professional for a Materials Manager leadership role at our Hudson, WI facility. The ideal candidate will have foundational experience across several core materials functions, including production planning, procurement, inventory control, warehousing, logistics, and manufacturing operations.

This role requires a hands-on leader who can effectively coordinate people, processes, and priorities within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. While not expected to be an expert in every materials discipline, the successful candidate will possess a strong understanding of end-to-end material flow and demonstrate the ability to lead beyond a traditional supervisory level.

Our Team

At Phillips Medisize, our goal is to create value for others. We empower every team member to hear, feel and see the quality in every action we take. By incorporating quality into the design of products and processes and predicting potential quality problems before manufacturing and delivering the product, we can create mutual benefit. The leading task of quality control involves enforcing the use of specified processes and materials, ensuring the qualification of operators and equipment, and making a series of planned measurements to determine if quality standards are being met.

What You Will Do

• Champion and cultivate a Principle Based Management (PBM) culture by developing employees, sharing knowledge, and aligning team contributions to business priorities and customer value
• Promote a safe work environment by managing risk, supporting compliance initiatives, and reinforcing safety expectations across materials operations
• Lead purchasing, production planning, inventory control, warehousing, and scheduling activities to ensure reliable material flow through manufacturing operations
• Develop and execute materials and supply chain strategies that support plant objectives, operational excellence, and customer satisfaction
• Optimize inventory levels and working capital while ensuring material availability to support production and customer commitments
• Manage supplier relationships and performance to improve delivery, responsiveness, and overall supply continuity
• Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, quality, and operations teams to identify and resolve material flow constraints impacting business performance
• Analyze demand, inventory, and operational performance data to improve forecasting accuracy, support decision making, and drive continuous improvement
• Lead inventory reduction and process improvement initiatives that improve service levels, material flow, and operational effectiveness
• Develop team capability by establishing clear expectations, driving accountability, and coaching employees toward greater contribution and leadership growth

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in one or more materials management disciplines, including production planning, procurement, inventory management, warehousing, logistics, or manufacturing operations
• Experience leading people, projects, or cross-functional initiatives within a manufacturing, operations, or supply chain environment
• Experience utilizing SAP to support planning, procurement, inventory management, or production scheduling processes
• Familiarity with ISO 13485

What Will Put You Ahead

• Previous experience in materials management or supply chain within a manufacturing environment
• Experience in medical device manufacturing
• Certification in supply chain or operations management (e.g., APICS CPIM/CSCP, ISM CPSM)
• Experience leading lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, or inventory optimization initiatives

This position does not qualify for VISA Sponsorship.

Hiring Philosophy

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Molex company, Phillips-Medisize mobilizes and deploys specialized capabilities and services across highly regulated industries, including health care, regulated consumer, automotive and defense. We design, develop and create innovative and life-changing medical technologies for millions of people across the globe.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life insurance
• ADD
• Disability
• Retirement
• Paid vacation/time off
• Educational assistance
• Infertility assistance
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.