Materials Manager II

Ameridrives International LLC; Erie (Erie County); Presencial; USD 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical, Dental, Vision coverage

401k with matching employer

Paid Time Off

HSA/FSA options

Life and AD&D Insurance

Tuition Assistance

Descripción de la vacante

Regal Rexnord seeks a Materials Manager II in Erie, PA to lead the materials team and own the SIOP process. You will drive inventory strategies, supplier management, and ERP optimization while partnering with Operations, Engineering, and Finance to meet performance goals.

You will oversee planning, purchasing, scheduling, and logistics, ensuring on-time delivery and strong working capital management in a manufacturing setting.

Formación

• 8+ years in materials management in manufacturing.
• 3+ years of leadership of planning/purchasing/materials teams.
• Experience with engineered-to-order, make-to-order, or mixed manufacturing environments preferred.
• Experience leading supplier management, inventory optimization, forecasting, and SIOP processes.
• Strong understanding of ERP/MRP, inventory management, and scheduling functionality.
• Proven ability to build, lead, and develop high-performing teams.
• Strong financial acumen with working capital management and cost control.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills; strong decision making.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration across levels.
• Willingness to travel up to 10%.

Responsabilidades

• Lead a team of Planning, Purchasing, Scheduling, Inventory, Receiving, Shipping, and Logistics professionals.
• Own the materials portion of the SIOP process including supply planning and forecasting.
• Establish inventory strategies, safety stock, and planning parameters for all components.
• Drive on-time delivery and efficient inventory utilization.
• Develop supplier relationships and lead escalation and corrective actions.
• Improve ERP data integrity and planning parameters to drive automation.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean/Six Sigma methodologies.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Finance to meet performance targets.
• Manage budgeting, working capital, and cash flow impacts.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Materials management

SIOP processes

ERP/MRP

Forecasting

Inventory optimization

Supply chain analytics

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Travel

Educación

Bachelor's degree in related field

Herramientas

SAP

ERP systems

MRP

Descripción del empleo

Work Model: This is a fully onsite role, with work performed at your designated Regal Rexnord office.

Position Overview

The Industrial Powertrain Solutions segment of Regal Rexnord is seeking a Materials Manager II at our Erie, PA location. This role is the primary point of coordination and interface within the supply chain and operations organizations at the Erie plant. This senior leadership role is responsible for providing comprehensive supply chain strategy, process leadership, and tactical execution to optimize inventory, material flow, supplier performance, and customer delivery. The role leads all aspects of materials management including planning, purchasing, inventory control, scheduling, logistics, supplier management, and forecasting. The Materials Manager will partner closely with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Customer Care, and Corporate Supply Chain teams to drive performance in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and cash flow while building scalable processes and developing a high-performing materials organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads a team of Planning, Purchasing, Scheduling, Inventory, Receiving, Shipping, and Logistics professionals to define and execute the site's materials strategy.
• Responsible for all aspects of inventory performance, including availability, inventory value, inventory accuracy, excess and obsolete inventory, turns, and days on hand.
• Establishes and manages inventory strategies, replenishment methodologies, safety stock levels, and planning parameters for all purchased and manufactured components.
• Owns the materials portion of the SIOP process including supply planning, capacity planning, materials availability, inventory forecasting, and scenario analysis.
• Supports the Operations and Plant Manager in assessing supply chain risks and implementing countermeasures to achieve operational and financial objectives.
• Drives alignment between customer demand, production schedules, and supplier capabilities to ensure on-time delivery and efficient inventory utilization.
• Leads forecasting and order fulfillment activities to ensure customer requirements are met while optimizing working capital.
• Develops and maintains strong supplier relationships while leading escalation efforts and corrective action plans for supplier delivery, quality, and capacity issues.
• Leads sourcing and supplier development activities in partnership with Corporate Sourcing and Category Management teams.
• Improves ERP effectiveness by ensuring master data integrity and proper planning parameters to drive automation and planning accuracy.
• Establishes and improves processes to enhance customer commit dates, available-to-promise accuracy, and overall supply chain visibility.
• Leads physical inventory counts, cycle count programs, and initiatives to improve overall inventory accuracy.
• Implements, manages, and continuously improves all processes related to procurement, planning, scheduling, inventory management, receiving, warehousing, shipping, logistics, forecasting, and demand management.
• Leads structured problem solving using Regal Rexnord Business System (RBS) principles and drives root cause corrective action throughout the organization.
• Establishes, deploys, and monitors standard work, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with company and regulatory requirements.
• Partners with Finance to improve working capital performance, inventory productivity, and cash flow.
• Develops and leads a high-performing materials organization through hiring, coaching, mentoring, succession planning, performance management, and employee development.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in materials management, supply chain, purchasing, inventory planning, scheduling, or logistics within a manufacturing environment.
• Minimum of 3 years of leadership experience managing planning, purchasing, or materials teams.
• Experience supporting engineered-to-order (ETO), make-to-order (MTO), assembly-to-order (ATO), or mixed manufacturing environments preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading supplier management, inventory optimization, forecasting, and SIOP processes.
• Strong understanding of ERP systems, including Materials Requirements Planning (MRP), purchasing, inventory management, and scheduling functionality.
• Proven ability to build, lead, and develop high-performing teams.
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing working capital, inventory investment, forecasting, and business case development.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make sound decisions using incomplete information.
• Strong project management, prioritization, and organizational skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated success driving continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing without direct authority.
• Ability to travel up to 10% as business needs require.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations Management, Engineering, or a related field required.
• SAP experience is strongly preferred.
• APICS/ASCM CPIM, CSCP, ISM, CPM, or related professional certification preferred.
• Lean and/or Six Sigma certification preferred.
• Restrictions imposed by federal export control laws may limit this job opportunity to candidates who are a ‘U.S. Person’, which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted asylum in the United States, and refugees in the United States, or who otherwise can qualify for a license that permits them to hold the position.
• Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States without requiring company sponsorship to obtain or keep U.S. work authorization.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
• Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
• Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Paid Leaves
• Tuition Assistance

About Regal Rexnord

Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools. The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture. Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affluent Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract), disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan for protected veterans/individuals with disabilities or policy statement, please email [e-mail]. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail [e-mail].

Equal Employment Opportunity Posters Notification to Agencies

Please note that Regal Rexnord Corporation and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“Regal Rexnord”) do not accept unsolicited resumes or calls from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement or similar contract and approval from HR to submit resumes for a specific requisition, Regal Rexnord will not consider or approve payment to any third-parties for hires made. At Regal Rexnord, our business purpose is to create a better tomorrow with sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion.

Our Values

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