Materials Manager

Veralto; Wood Dale (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Career development

Job summary

Veralto is seeking a Materials Manager in Wood Dale, Illinois. This role leads buyers/planners to ensure optimal material replenishment, maintains inventory levels to support customer demand, and drives improvements in inventory turns and supplier performance.

You will manage end-to-end material flow, collaborate with production and quality teams, and mentor future leaders while leveraging VES tools to reduce costs and mitigate supply risks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or Business Administration.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in Materials Management.
• Minimum 4 years in a Materials Management leadership role.
• Knowledge of VES Tools (Kaizen, 5S, SQDP, PSP, others).
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of buyers/planners for material planning and replenishment.
• Maintain optimal inventory levels to meet demand and avoid stockouts.
• Drive improvements in inventory turns and working capital performance.
• Monitor supplier on-time delivery and material availability to prevent disruptions.
• Oversee end-to-end material flow including raw materials, in-transit goods, finished goods, and VMI.
• Collaborate with production, quality, and manufacturing engineering to mitigate interruptions.
• Manage open purchase orders and minimize past-due items.
• Establish material planning parameters (safety stock, reorder points, lead times, kanban).
• Analyze demand forecasts and align supply plans to meet service targets.
• Identify and mitigate supply chain risks (shortages, delays, supplier issues).
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on cost and inventory reduction.

Skills

Materials planning

Leadership

Vendor management

Kaizen

VES tools

ERP systems

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

Engineering / Business Admin

Tools

VES Tools

MS Office

Job description

Materials Manager

Imagine yourself…

• Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you.
• Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project.
• Owning your ambition and fueling your career growth.

It’s all possible with a role at Videojet (https://www.videojet.com/us/homepage.html) , a Veralto (https://www.veralto.com/purpose-values/) company. You have likely purchased or used a product touched by Videojet Technologies this week—after all, Videojet is a world leader in the product identification market, providing in-line printing, coding and marking products, consumables, and software solutions. Videojet’s technologies play a critical role in ensuring the safety and authenticity of products sold across the globe in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and industrial marketplaces.

As part of the Videojet team and the broader Veralto network, you’ll work with products that make an everyday impact on the world around you—and along the way, you’ll have opportunities to make your mark on our business and your career with ongoing opportunities to deepen your skillset and pursue your ambitions.

Learn about our leading portfolio of innovative products here (https://cdn.videojet.com/U309KOI6/as/vvpm76xpvfqj3kgchf7khbnz/vf-history-of-videojet-innovation-us)

We offer:

• Professional onboarding and training options
• Powerful team looking forward to working with you
• Career coaching and development opportunities
• Health benefits
• 401(k)

The Materials Manager leads buyers/planners to ensure effective material replenishment for the factory. This role ensures the right inventory levels to support customer demand, keep production lines running, and meet working capital targets. The Materials Manager is responsible for improving inventory turns, improving supplier on-time delivery, managing raw materials, finished goods inventory, goods in transit, and vendor-managed inventory.

Wood Dale, Illinois, and will be onsite.

In this role, a typical day will look like:

• Lead and develop a team of buyer/planners to ensure effective material planning and replenishment
• Ensure optimal inventory levels to support customer demand while minimizing excess and ensuring the production cells do not have stock outs
• Drive continuous improvement in inventory turns and overall working capital performance
• Monitor and improve supplier on time delivery and material availability to prevent production disruptions
• Oversee end to end material flow, including ordering raw materials, goods in transit, finished goods, and vendor managed inventory (VMI)
• Collaborate with production, quality, and manufacturing engineering to mitigate any interruptions from suppliers
• Manage all open purchase orders with suppliers and minimize past due POs.
• Establish and maintain material planning parameters (safety stock, reorder points, lead times, kanban, min/max)
• Analyze demand forecast and align supply plans to meet current customer requirements and service level targets
• Identify and mitigate supply chain risk, including shortages, delays, and supplier performance issues
• Implement and drive best practices in inventory management, material planning, and ERP system utilization
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives (kaizens) focused on cost reduction, inventory reduction, and adding suppliers to VMI
• Using VES tools, identify root cause to On Time Delivery misses and inventory misses and lead the team to create countermeasures
• Develop and mentor subordinates to build a strong pipeline of future leaders, ensuring effective succession planning and bench strength

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s Degree and /or Master’s Degree in Engineering or Business Administration
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in Materials Management.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in a Materials Management leadership role
• Knowledge of VES Tools (Kaizen, 5S, SQDP, PSP, others)
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Computer Literate, MS applications

Videojet is proud to part of the Product Quality & Innovation segment of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), a $5B global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. When you join Veralto’s vibrant global network of 17,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment where purpose meets possibility: where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you’ll have valuable opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career. Together, we’re Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources™—and building rewarding careers along the way.

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The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.

The compensation range for this role is $150,000 - $160,000 USD per year. This job is also eligible for Bonus Pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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