Materials Manager

The Overhead Door; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

The Overhead Door in Pensacola, FL seeks an experienced professional to manage purchasing, planning, inventory control and master production scheduling (MPS) in a build-to-order environment.

Responsibilities include creating feasible production schedules, issuing daily schedules, coordinating intercompany material movements, driving material demand, and negotiating site pricing. Strong Oracle ASCP and ERP experience is required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in discrete manufacturing planning, scheduling and purchasing using MRP/ERP systems (Oracle preferred) with 2 years of leadership experience.
• Heavy experience in material planning, purchasing and inventory management.
• APICS certification is highly desirable.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Excel-based planning tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop valid, feasible production schedules for finished goods and components based on equipment, labor and material availability.
• Provide daily production schedules to manufacturing for finished goods and build-to-stock subassemblies.
• Coordinate intercompany movements of materials and products.
• Drive material demand for Purchasing and monitor availability to support production.
• Manage purchasing to leverage commodity structure, identify alternatives, and procure high-volume items.
• Negotiate site pricing and develop cost-benefit analyses with commodity sourcing.
• Act as Senior Buyer to execute daily purchasing tasks for production needs at both factories.
• Determine order promising ship dates based on material availability, schedules and capacity.
• Lead efforts to reduce inventories while maintaining customer service levels.
• Maintain capacity plan and material forecast for readiness and fulfillment.
• Review New Product Introductions and promotions to ensure supply chain support.
• Interact with sales, marketing, Supply Chain, Operations and manufacturing to achieve objectives.
• Utilize Oracle ASCP effectively and keep master scheduling data timely.

Education

Bachelor degree with emphasis in Business or Technical field

APICS certification

Tools

Oracle ASCP

Microsoft Excel

Job description

The position will be responsible for purchasing, planning, inventory control and master production scheduling (MPS) activities for manufacturing operations in a build to order environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop valid, feasible production schedules for finished goods and component items based on equipment, labor and raw material availability.
• Provide daily production schedules to manufacturing for finished goods and build-to-stock subassemblies.
• Coordinate intercompany movements of materials/products
• Drive material demand for Purchasing, monitoring availability of purchased items to ensure support of production schedules.
• Manage the purchasing function to include leveraging the functionalized commodity structure, identifying alternate vendors and purchasing high volume items and materials.
• Working with the Operations Director, negotiate site unique pricing and develop cost benefit analysis’ and make buy assessments with the commodity sourcing structure.
• Working in a dual role as a Senior Buyer, execute daily purchasing tasks to ensure timely and accurate support of production needs at both factories.
• Determine customer order ship dates (order promising) based on material availability/lead times, current production schedules and capacities. Resolve conflicts to support target ship dates.
• Lead Operational Effort to reduce inventories while maintaining customer service levels
• Maintain an accurate capacity plan and material forecast to ensure production readiness and customer fulfillment.
• Review New Product Introductions, and Promotion calendar to ensure that Supply Chain can support all program requirements.
• Interact frequently with sales, marketing, Supply Chain, Operations and manufacturing personnel to accomplish objectives.
• Effectively utilize the Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning (ASCP) in performance of duties and responsibilities. Maintain accurate and timely information in the system as it pertains to the master scheduling function.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years professional experience in discrete manufacturing planning, scheduling and purchasing using formal MRP-Supply Chain Planning and ERP system (preferably Oracle) with 2 years of leadership experience required.
• Heavy exposure or direct experience in material planning, purchasing and inventory management required.
• APICS certification highly desirable.

Proficient skills with Microsoft Office Suite especially Excel.

Education

• Bachelor degree with emphasis in Business or Technical field required.

Job Info

• Job Identification 4742
• Job Category Sourcing & Commodity Mgmt
• Posting Date 08/06/2026, 03:25 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Job Shift Day
• Locations 3395 Addison Dr, Pensacola, FL, 32514, US