Materials Supervisor

Sterling Industries; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sterling Industries in Kalamazoo, MI is seeking a Supply Chain professional to manage daily operations and drive improvements across suppliers, planning, and production. You will leverage ERP/MRP systems to optimize purchasing, inventory, and costs while coordinating with operations and finance.

This role emphasizes accuracy, communication, and cross-functional collaboration, with travel to USA and Canada as needed, and a focus on continuous improvement and customer service in a manufacturing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain management, or relevant area is preferred.
• 5–10 years of experience in an operational, materials, or purchasing department within manufacturing.
• Experience with ERP/MRP software for purchasing and production planning.
• Experience supporting business development projects with cross-functional teams.
• High volume workload requires conscientious attitude with accuracy and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Manage the supply chain proactively to increase supplier core capabilities and reduce costs based on objectives and metrics.
• Utilize ERP/MRP software to automate purchasing and planning activities while reducing setup costs and inventory levels.
• Coordinate with operations to meet or exceed sustainment production planning goals.
• Maintain quality management system; supplier audits, internal audits, supplier & customer scorecards.
• Update inventory in the system and perform annual physical inventory; manage inventory system.
• Review PPV and standard costs quarterly in coordination with Finance to meet cost objectives.
• Issue POs for all non-production items and follow up with suppliers and freight companies to ensure on-time shipments.
• Manage transportation costs to meet annual objectives.
• Track material requirements for new projects and support projects with customers and supply chain.
• Lead in development and implementation of continuous improvement efforts within areas of responsibility.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Self-direction

Customer focus

Continuous improvement

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

MS Office

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain management, or relevant area

Tools

ERP/MRP software

Job description

DEPARTMENT: Supply Chain

POSITION OBJECTIVE: Responsible for the daily management of the supply chain and its impact on the processes, products, equipment, people, customers, and business development.

REPORTS TO: Senior Manager, Global Materials

MAJOR DUTIES:

• Managing the supply chain proactively through increasing supplier core capabilities while decreasing cost of goods based upon strategic objectives and supplier metrics
• Utilizing EPR/MRP software to automate purchasing and planning activities while reducing set up costs and inventory levels
• Coordinating with the operations department to ensure that sustainment production planning goals are met or exceeded
• Quality management system maintenance; supplier audits, internal audits, supplier scorecards, internal scorecards, customer scorecards, quality
• Complete necessary inventory adjustments as required and make sure inventory in system is up to date
• Responsible for annual physical inventory process, management of the inventory system, meeting or exceeding total inventory dollars and turns
• Responsible for quarterly review of PPV and standard costs of materials to ensure that current cost of goods objectives are met or exceeded while coordination with the finance department
• Issue PO for all non-production items for all Dept, including misc. items, tools and consumable items for shop floor.
• Follow up all open PO with suppliers’/Freight companies to ensure shipments will arrive on time.
• Send out and follow up on RFQ as required.
• Responsible for transportation costs to meet or exceed annual objectives
• Update and track the progress of materials requirement for new projects.
• Supporting newly awarded projects through direct communication with customers and the supply chain
• Lead in development and implementation of continuous improvement efforts within the areas of responsibility
• Customer support of product, pricing, and process change
• Ensuring that the processes responsible for meet the quality management systems expectations and objectives
• Request all necessary documents from suppliers such as ROHS/REACH, certs and others as needed.
• Ensure customs require documents are up to date such as COO, CUSMA

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain management, or relevant area, preferred
• 5-10 years’ experience in an operational, materials, or purchasing department within a manufacturing environment
• Previous experience with ERP/MRP software in regards to purchasing and production planning
• Experience in supporting business development projects with cross functional teams
• High volume workload requires conscientious attitude with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to develop and implement high level objectives
• Direct experience in communication with customers and suppliers
• Proficient in with Microsoft office (outlook, excel, word, power point)
• Good communication skills (oral, written, technical)
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to be self-directed
• Customer focus and continuous improvement approach.
• The position may require some light travel (USA and Canada).

OTHER DUTIES:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.