Materials Manager

LEAR CORPORATION; Pine Grove (Schuylkill County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Materials Manager to oversee inventory control and support production scheduling. This role involves analyzing trends, managing vendor relationships, and ensuring timely delivery of materials. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in materials planning and logistics, with a focus on optimizing inventory levels. Join a forward-thinking company that values diversity and offers a dynamic work environment where your contributions will have a meaningful impact on production efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in materials planning and logistics.
• Strong leadership skills to direct inventory and shipping operations.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate communication between marketing, engineering, and procurement teams.
• Manage planning efforts to meet customer delivery requirements.

Skills

Materials Planning

Leadership

Logistics

Inventory Management

Communication

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Master's degree in a related field

Tools

SAP Warehouse Management

Job description

MATERIALS MANAGER
PINE GROVE, PA

As a member of the Materials Team, the Materials Manager will be responsible for inventory control functions and provides support to production scheduling on all material flow issues to meet production schedules, managing vendor relationships, assessing supply needs, and coordinating delivery schedules. Analyzes sales and shipped from stock trends, makes recommendations for inventory levels and implements changes as decided by senior management. Responsible for all aspects of the purchasing function including ensuring accurate and timely delivery of purchase orders to suppliers and oversees the PO acknowledgement process to ensure on time delivery.

The Role:

• Lead and coordinate communication and understanding between marketing, engineering, and procurement team on plant capacity and capability as relates to customer demand.
• Directly engage in SIOP process to ensure materials team is proactively managing planning efforts to meet customer on time delivery requirements, while maintaining optimal inventory positions of days on hand.
• Interface with procurement team on lead-time reduction for purchased parts, make vs. buy decisions, need for subcontracting, or raw material replenishment needs. Analyze consumption trends, plan complex and/or long-lead items, and drive material/Kanban set up for anticipated customer requirements.
• Performs additional duties as requested, needed, or assigned.
• Effectively execute tasks, organize, set priorities, schedule assigned work; oversee multiple and rapidly changing priorities.
• Communicate clearly and effectively with co-workers, Supervisors and Management.

Your Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in materials planning, leadership, logistics, directing inventory and shipping.
• Experience in warehouse operations.
• Experience/Knowledge of manufacturing processes and logics.
• Experience/Knowledge of computerized inventory control and associated data bases with particular emphasis on optimum storage space utilization.
• Experience in SAP Warehouse Management.

Bonus If You Have:

• Master’s degree in a related field.
• Previous experience working in Fabric Manufacturing.

Lear Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse workplace.

Applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.