Materials Manager

creationtech; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Creation Technologies Milwaukee seeks a Materials Manager to oversee all inventory management and warehouse operations, driving efficiency and customer satisfaction. You will lead the Materials team, establish stock control systems, and guide cross-functional projects, with a focus on accuracy and continuous improvement.

The role involves coaching, training, and evaluating staff, developing strategy, and ensuring compliance with policies and regulatory requirements while maintaining safe

Qualifications

• 5 years' experience in warehouse/inventory management, physical inventory practices and procedures.
• 5 years' experience with leading hourly teams or equivalent experience/training.
• University or college degree in related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• High School diploma, GED, or equivalency.
• Strong working knowledge in MS Office Suite (Advanced Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.) to create, edit, and maintain documents.
• Experience in setting up MS Excel functions including creating and editing formulas, VLOOKUP, and PivotTables.
• Advanced English business comm.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the warehouse operates with maximum efficiency with customer satisfaction being the main objective.
• Supervise, organize, direct, and train materials employees by establishing, monitoring and managing operational objectives.
• Manages and monitors inventory transaction processes to ensure inventory accuracy and timeliness to company policies.
• Determine proper storage methods, identification, and stock location based on turnover, environmental factors, and physical capabilities of facilities.
• Verify inventory computations by comparing them to physical counts of stock, and investigate discrepancies or adjust errors.
• Develop warehouse operations systems determining product handling and storage requirements, equipment utilization, inventory management, inbound and shipping processes.
• Coordinate and monitor the receipt, storage, movement, and shipment of goods.
• Coordinate the generation of cycle count and physical inventory sheets and is responsible for maintaining the accuracy of the inventory count.
• Manage recycling and inventory disposal per Creation Technologies' policy.
• Assist Finance and Procurement staff by reviewing and analyzing invoices as needed.
• Inspect material handling equipment, tools, and machinery regularly and monitor general maintenance as needed.
• Maintain a safe and healthy work environment by establishing, following and enforcing standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations.
• Directly manage employees including approve timecards and personal time off, performance evaluation, career progression planning, and employee recognition.
• Motivate, organize, and encourage teamwork within the workforce to ensure productivity goals are met or exceeded.
• Sets and drives strategy
• Review and prepare workflow, staffing and space requirements, equipment design, and action plans, while ensuring productivity, quality, and customer service standards are met
• Assess departmental performance in areas assigned, identify problems, develop and present effective solutions
• Coach, manage, and evaluate performance of materials team personnel to meet company goals and policies including career progression and cross-functional skill development
• Demonstrates flexibility in developing systems that can be adapted to individual projects due to the nature and scope of work of Creation Technologies projects with varying quality assurance and documentation requirements
• Provides feedback to their leadership on resources and training needs; proposes and implements solutions
• Audit receiving, shipping, material handling processes and procedures, shipments, receipts, etc.
• Coordinate and support the implementation of training, procedural documentation updates, and process improvements
• Lead cross-functional projects, process improvements and continuous improvement events to improve the performance of the Materials team
• Produce statistical and information reports on a daily, weekly and monthly basis regarding inventory and warehouse status including establishing metrics and targets
• Provides guidance, training, and priorities to personnel in their daily work while working with them to resolve issues and anticipating potential problems
• Participates in global policy changes and continuous process improvements and initiatives
• Updates policies and training materials as needed
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Skills

Warehouse management

Team leadership

Advanced English comm

MS Office Suite

Education

University degree in related field

High School diploma or GED

Tools

MS Excel

VLOOKUP

PivotTables

Access

Job description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

The Materials Manager is responsible for all aspects of inventory management and warehouse operations to ensure maximum efficiency and customer satisfaction. They develop and implement warehouse operations systems, maintain accurate stock control systems, and manage inventory transaction processes. They are responsible for setting and driving strategy, reviewing workflow and staffing requirements, and assessing departmental performance. Through coaching, training, and evaluation, they motivate and manage the Materials team to meet company goals and policies. The Materials Manager also leads cross-functional projects, produces reports on inventory and warehouse status, and provides guidance and training to personnel while anticipating and resolving potential issues.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include, but not limited to:

• Ensure that the warehouse operates with maximum efficiency with customer satisfaction being the main objective
• Supervise, organize, direct, and train materials employees by establishing, monitoring and managing operational objectives
• Manages and monitors inventory transaction processes to ensure inventory accuracy and timeliness to company policies
• Determine proper storage methods, identification, and stock location based on turnover, environmental factors, and physical capabilities of facilities
• Verify inventory computations by comparing them to physical counts of stock, and investigate discrepancies or adjust errors
• Develop warehouse operations systems determining product handling and storage requirements, equipment utilization, inventory management, inbound and shipping processes
• Coordinate and monitor the receipt, storage, movement, and shipment of goods
• Coordinate the generation of cycle count and physical inventory sheets and is responsible for maintaining the accuracy of the inventory count
• Manage recycling and inventory disposal per Creation Technologies' policy
• Assist Finance and Procurement staff by reviewing and analyzing invoices as needed
• Inspect material handling equipment, tools, and machinery regularly and monitor general maintenance as needed
• Maintain a safe and healthy work environment by establishing, following and enforcing standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations
• Directly manage employees including approve timecards and personal time off, performance evaluation, career progression planning, and employee recognition
• Motivate, organize, and encourage teamwork within the workforce to ensure productivity goals are met or exceeded
• Sets and drives strategy
• Review and prepare workflow, staffing and space requirements, equipment design, and action plans, while ensuring productivity, quality, and customer service standards are met
• Assess departmental performance in areas assigned, identify problems, develop and present effective solutions
• Coach, manage, and evaluate performance of materials team personnel to meet company goals and policies including career progression and cross-functional skill development
• Demonstrates flexibility in developing systems that can be adapted to individual projects due to the nature and scope of work of Creation Technologies projects with varying quality assurance and documentation requirements
• Provides feedback to their leadership on resources and training needs; proposes and implements solutions
• Audit receiving, shipping, material handling processes and procedures, shipments, receipts, etc.
• Coordinate and support the implementation of training, procedural documentation updates, and process improvements
• Lead cross-functional projects, process improvements and continuous improvement events to improve the performance of the Materials team
• Produce statistical and information reports on a daily, weekly and monthly basis regarding inventory and warehouse status including establishing metrics and targets
• Provides guidance, training, and priorities to personnel in their daily work while working with them to resolve issues and anticipating potential problems
• Participates in global policy changes and continuous process improvements and initiatives
• Updates policies and training materials as needed
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required

• 5 years' experience in warehouse/inventory management, physical inventory practices and procedures
• 5 years' experience with leading hourly teams or equivalent experience/training
• University or college degree in related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• High School diploma, GED, or equivalency
• Strong working knowledge in MS Office Suite (Advanced Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.) to create, edit, and maintain documents
• Experience in setting up MS Excel functions including creating and editing formulas, VLOOKUP, and PivotTables
• Advanced English business comm