Materials Manager I

Parker Hannifin Corporation; Irwin (Westmoreland County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Parker Hannifin is seeking a Materials Manager in Irwin, Pennsylvania to lead supply chain activities including materials planning, scheduling, inventory and cash flow management. The role requires drive to optimize supplier performance, data integrity for MRP, and implementing lean practices across the division.

You will collaborate with purchasing, production planning and IT to improve material flow, cost efficiency, and on-time delivery while managing a department budget and developing the

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of purchasing/materials management experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Managerial experience in materials management systems including supply chain, cash flow and asset management.
• Bachelors in business, engineering, or materials management with certification preferred.
• Analytical and technical skills to analyze business practices and automation opportunities.
• Excellent communication skills for internal and external contacts.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (spreadsheets, word processing, databases, presentations).
• Standard work and ad hoc responsibilities per priorities and standards.
• Workflow driven by internal and external customer requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement and materials management, supplier evaluation and compliance.
• Coordinate production planning and manufacturing resource planning activities.
• Oversee MRP data accuracy, integrity, and ownership.
• Monitor shipping/receiving and resolve discrepancies.
• Utilize planning systems such as PFEP and S&OP.
• Manage location materials metrics and performance standards.
• Define and implement automated material flow planning and tracking.
• Ensure inventory policies align with corporate objectives.
• Collaborate with divisional materials personnel on purchasing.
• Support audits and budget management.
• Drive cost reduction programs and supplier quality improvements.
• Develop materials team through training and policy enforcement.
• Benchmark and implement lean principles and kanban across division.

Skills

Purchasing experience

Materials management

Managerial experience

APICS CPM certification

Analytical skills

Automation opportunities

Communication skills

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree

Materials management certification

Quality certification preferred

Tools

MRPII software

Job description

Position Summary

Are you ready to shape a brighter future?

In Motion Systems Group and Electronic Controls and Motion Division, we play a pivotal role in applications that change our world. We are in almost everything that moves. With our wide range of technologies, we help our customers solve their most complex engineering challenges by living our purpose: enabling engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow. We believe that our team members are our key assets and that a diverse workforce is a driving force to bring our purpose to life. We foster a culture where every team member feels safe, included, and empowered. We all belong, we all matter, and we all make a difference.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Materials Manager in Irwin, Pennsylvania. In this position you will lead Supply Chain Management activities for the plant location(s) including materials planning, scheduling, inventory control, cash flow management, information flow and coordination and asset management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage all procurement and materials management activities including order placement, supplier reduction/evaluation/certification, supplier follow-up, price negotiation and compliance with government procurement regulations.
• Matrix responsibilities for Production Planning's manufacturing resource-planning activities. These activities need to help achieve division sales, annual business objectives and maintain on-time customer delivery targets.
• Matrix responsibilities for personnel involved with the MRP database to achieve and maintain a high degree of data accuracy, integrity, and ownership.
• Monitors shipping/receiving performance and investigating discrepancies to resolve/eliminate process deficiencies
• Utilize corporate developed tracking systems such as phconnect, PFEP (plan for every part), and S&OP (sales and operations)
• Accountable for location(s) materials metrics and standards of performance.
• Help define and implement automated systems to plan and track material flow from customers through procurement to delivery to support a supply chain management strategy.
• Ensure all the location(s) material management policies are consistent with the inventory control objectives of the Corporation.
• Work closely with divisional materials personnel to maintain continuity with purchasing and supplier management processes
• Facilitate corporate purchasing and materials initiatives including common part numbers, supplier managed inventory, consolidated purchasing agreements, supplier reduction and supplier quality certifications.
• Advise on supplier-managed inventory or supplier-based contracts with customers.
• Support internal or external audit requirements relative to the planning, procurement or inventory control functions.
• Prepare and manage department budget within established guidelines.
• Effectively create and sustain procurement to delivery material and system cost reduction programs.
• Provide professional development for all materials team members. Explain and support company policies and procedures.
• Benchmark world class supplier management systems and implement best practices as appropriate.
• Actively support and implement lean principles at the division.
• Facilitate kanban, materials requirement planning technique, throughout division.

Scope/Supervision

Work with suppliers, business unit managers, purchasing, production planners, IT and other appropriate resources to strategically plan and coordinate the flow of materials and information from customers through procurement to delivery. Matrix management responsibilities with business units and support groups for production planning, shipping, receiving and inventory functions. Provide direct leadership and/or management of Purchasing and Supplier Quality functions for plant location(s). The job description is not intended to be an inclusive list of duties and responsibilities. It is intended to describe the general nature of the position.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years applicable purchasing/materials management experience in a world-class, high volume manufacturing environment.
• Extensive managerial experience in state-of-the-art materials management systems including supply chain management, cash flow and asset management, JIT, MRPII, cellular manufacturing and with APICS/CPM certification preferred.
• Bachelors in business, engineering, or materials management required with certification in materials management and quality preferred.
• Possess analytical and technical skills required to understand business practices and recommend proper automation opportunities.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills for effective interface with all internal and external contacts.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft PC software (e.g., spreadsheets, word processing, databases and presentations).
• Standard work and ad hoc responsibilities as defined by organizational priorities and standards.
• Workflow determined by internal and external customer requirements

Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we've enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose - Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow - comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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Drug Tests

Drug-Free Workplace

In accordance with Parker's policies and applicable state laws, Parker provides for a drug-free workplace. Therefore, all applicants seeking employment with Parker will be subject to drug testing as a condition of employment.