Materials Manager

Overhead Door Corporation; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Overhead Door Corporation in Florida is seeking a Senior Planner/Purchasing Lead to manage MRP planning, scheduling, and purchasing for a build-to-order manufacturing environment.Responsibilities include creating feasible production schedules, coordinating intercompany movements, and driving material demand to support production plans.

You will negotiate pricing, manage high-volume purchases, and lead inventory reduction efforts while maintaining service levels.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years professional experience in discrete manufacturing planning, scheduling and purchasing with ERP experience.
• 2 years of leadership experience required.
• APICS certification highly desirable.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel.

Responsibilities

• Develop valid, feasible production schedules for finished goods and components.
• Provide daily production schedules to manufacturing for finished goods and subassemblies.
• Coordinate intercompany movements of materials/products.
• Drive material demand for Purchasing and monitor availability to support schedules.
• Manage purchasing, identify alternate vendors and purchase high-volume items.
• Negotiate site pricing and conduct cost-benefit analyses with commodity structure.
• As Senior Buyer, execute daily purchasing tasks to support production needs at both factories.
• Determine order ship dates based on material availability and capacities; resolve conflicts.
• 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 coverage.
• Interact with sales, marketing, SCM, Operations and manufacturing to achieve objectives.
• Utilize Oracle ASCP; maintain accurate system data for master scheduling.

Skills

MRP Planning

Scheduling

Purchasing

Inventory Management

Leadership

Excel

ERP Systems

Education

Bachelor degree in Business or Technical field

Tools

Oracle ERP

Oracle ASCP

MS Excel

Job description

The Position

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

• 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.

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.