On-Site Materials Manager — Food Manufacturing

mila-careers; Sumner (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Life & AD&D insurance

Job summary

MiLa, a Chinese food brand rooted in Chinese‑American culture, is seeking a hands‑on Materials Manager in Sumner, WA to lead inventory accuracy, ERP/MRP discipline, shipping and receiving, warehouse execution, and material readiness for our fast‑growing manufacturing operation. This role is floor‑based and focused on fixing gaps and aligning physical and ERP records.

You will own daily material readiness for the production schedule, drive cycle counts and ABC classifications, manage

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in inventory management, materials management, warehouse operations, supply chain, manufacturing, or distribution.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience in warehouse, inventory, materials, shipping/receiving, or plant operations.
• Strong hands‑on ERP/MRP experience, including receiving, transfers, adjustments, production consumption, BOMs, work orders, finished goods transactions, and cycle counts.
• Proven experience improving inventory accuracy through cycle counts, root‑cause analysis, standard work, and transaction controls.
• Experience managing shipping, receiving, warehouse, material flow, and production staging.
• Strong knowledge of FIFO/FEFO, lot control, shelf‑life management, traceability, material segregation, cold‑chain handling, and inventory reconciliation.
• Experience supporting production schedules through material readiness and staging processes.
• Experience in food, CPG, manufacturing, distribution, or temperature‑controlled operations.
• Strong analytical, communication, problem‑solving, and cross‑functional leadership skills.
• Ability to work in refrigerated/frozen manufacturing environments with regular floor presence.

Responsibilities

• Support onsite material availability by partnering with Procurement, Production, Warehouse and FSQA to ensure ingredients, packaging, supplies, and other required materials are available for scheduled production.
• Support purchase order follow‑up, delivery timing, receiving coordination, and vendor communication as needed to ensure inbound materials arrive accurately and on time.
• Maintain strong visibility into onsite material flow, including what is on hand, what is inbound, what is constrained, and what needs escalation.
• Escalate material risks, supplier delays, quality issues, or cost‑impacting decisions to the appropriate owner for resolution.
• Own inventory accuracy for ingredients, packaging, labels, WIP, finished goods, holds, damaged materials, and obsolete inventory.
• Lead the cycle count program, including ABC classification, count schedules, variance investigation, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Own ERP/MRP discipline for receiving, put‑away, transfers, staging, production consumption, scrap, returns, holds, releases, adjustments, and finished goods movement.
• Ensure physical inventory, ERP inventory, lot codes, expiration dates, locations, and QA status are accurate and current.
• Lead shipping and receiving execution, including inbound accuracy, outbound accuracy, BOLs, COAs, temperature checks, lot documentation, and carrier coordination.
• Ensure inbound materials are received correctly, labeled properly, placed in the right location, and assigned the correct QA status.
• Ensure outbound shipments are accurate, complete, documented, temperature‑controlled, and shipped on time.
• Own daily and weekly material readiness for the production schedule.
• Confirm ingredients, packaging, labels, WIP, and finished goods are available, released, staged, and ready before production begins.
• Maintain FIFO/FEFO, lot control, shelf‑life management, traceability, material segregation, and cold‑chain discipline.
• Partner with FSQA on holds, releases, segregations, dispositions, mock recalls, and traceability exercises.
• Partner with Planning, Procurement, Production, FSQA, Warehouse, and Finance to resolve shortages, supplier delays, inventory risks, and schedule constraints.
• Reduce production delays caused by missing, incorrect, unreleased, expired, or misplaced materials.
• Track and reduce SLOB, expired inventory, damaged inventory, write‑offs, unexplained adjustments, and inventory variances.
• Lead warehouse, receiving, staging, shipping, and material handling teams.
• Build standard work for inventory transactions, cycle counts, staging, material movement, shipping, receiving, and ERP usage.
• Establish KPIs for inventory accuracy, cycle count completion, variance dollars, SLOB, expired inventory, adjustment frequency, shipping accuracy, receiving accuracy, and material readiness.
• Improve warehouse layout, 5S, point‑of‑use staging, material flow, cold‑chain control, and inventory visibility.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, or related field

Tools

ERP/MRP systems (SAP, NetSuite, Oracle, MS Dynamics)

Barcode scanning

WMS tools

Job description

MiLa, a Chinese food brand rooted in Chinese‑American culture, is seeking a hands‑on Materials Manager in Sumner, WA to lead inventory accuracy, ERP/MRP discipline, shipping and receiving, warehouse execution, and material readiness for our fast‑growing manufacturing operation. This role is floor‑based and focused on fixing gaps and aligning physical and ERP records.

You will own daily material readiness for the production schedule, drive cycle counts and ABC classifications, manage