Plant Materials Manager

MSA, The Safety Company; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

MSA, The Safety Company seeks a Plant Materials Manager in Cranberry Township, PA to drive production planning, inventory control, and ERP-driven improvements. Lead a team to ensure on-time delivery, manage warehousing standards, and foster continuous improvement using the MSA Operating System.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, mastery of master data integrity, and collaboration with Demand Planning and distribution centers to optimize supply chain performance.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to model disciplined execution with detailed standard work.
• Demonstrates data-driven and analytical decision making to justify investments.

Responsibilities

• Convert and maintain supply plan into production plans to meet MELT.
• Lead inventory management including Blocked, Consignment and QM-Stock inventories.
• Own root-cause problem solving and continuous improvement using ERP systems.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business or related field

ISM: CIPS/CPSM and ASCM: CPIM/CSCP

Tools

Power BI

Job description

MSA, The Safety Company

Plant Materials Manager

US-PA-Cranberry Township

Requisition ID: 2026-10117

Type: Full-Time

# of Openings: 1

Category: Global Supply Chain

Overview

Are you someone who is passionate, motivated, and driven to make a difference? If so, MSA Safety is the perfect fit for your career.

At MSA, SAFETY is who we are AND it is what we do. We are a purpose-driven company committed to deploying innovation and technology to deliver on our Mission to help protect people and assets all around the world. We continue to be relentless in our pursuit of solving our customers greatest problems so they can go home safe each and every day.

Are you in? Read on for more details about this particular role.

Responsibilities

Now hiring at our Cranberry Township, PA Corporate Center for a Plant Materials Manager. In this role you will be counted on for the following activities:

• Convert and maintain the supply plan into production plans, where demand flowing downstream and completion dates flowing upstream are accurate and reliable. Perform work center capacity and finite planning to achieve on time delivery to promise and to the market expected lead time (MELT).

• Set executable production plans. Manage inventory movement functions (delivery to production, receiving, shipping, etc.) in timely manner, as defined by the customer. Perform accurate and timely inventory transactions. Maintain master data as standard work and drive accountability through materials management organization.

• Lead a departmental function owning the control and movement of inventory, review inventory adjustments, and implement root cause and corrective action systems. Drive ownership and awareness through the plant. Conduct timely and accurate movement of inventory inside the plant. Manage accurate Blocked, Consignment, and QM-Stock inventories. Lead Inactive and Obsolete process, which includes identification through physical disposal.

• Lead a team to receive incoming goods with 24 hours of the receipt or develop a designated queue and process for handling exceptions. Ship outgoing goods the same day they enter the department or develop a designated queue and process for handling exceptions. Maintain quantifiable accountability measurements for each department. Develop and maintain budget and manage the labor to meet customer demands.

• Create and maintain standards for warehousing where pallets and packaging are neatly and safely organized and located accurately in accordance with the Warehouse Management System (WMS) location. Maintain 95% inventory accuracy or higher. Actively own and maintain responsibility and root cause and corrective action tracking on all inventory discrepancies.

• Lead each employee through monthly 1:1 sessions, discussing training, personal/professional development planning, career planning, open feedback, open communication, and personal accountability, with the intent to grow each employee to reach their full potential. Use coaching principles to drive change in negative behaviors, and also provide opportunities to bolster employee’s strengths. Foster a growth mindset in the team.

• Continue to find better ways to utilize our ERP system where a customer sales order is placed, and delivery is made to that original promise date, within the MELT target. Leverage automation in making transactions and warehousing to control costs and improve accuracy.

• Foster a continuous improvement culture in the team where the improvement ideas are derived and executed. Collaborate with the plant leadership team and drive continuous improvement activities. Utilize MSA Operating System to facilitate daily meetings, monitor department performance, track key actions, and drive problem solving exercises.

• Develop and maintain positive work relationships with associate’s at all organizational levels, both internal and external to the plant, including collaboration with key teams such as Demand Planning and our MSA distribution centers.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to:
  • model disciplined execution following detailed standard work, maintaining a high level of attention to detail, driving efficiency, productivity and personal accountability.
  • demonstrate an advanced innovative and technological mindset to ensure master data integrity and accuracy, seek out latest industry trends, road-map future technology and champion early adoption.
  • make data driven and analytical decisions by identifying trends and opportunities, making problems visible and utilizing financial acumen to justify investments and influence decisions.
  • demonstrate success in challenging the status quo to drive continuous improvement promoting the use of root cause problem solving, valuing new ideas, inspiring others, and demonstrating effective use of change management principles.
  • build partnerships, influence others, and communication effective both in verbal and written form, seek diverse perspectives, and strong emotional intelligence to enable cross functional collaboration.
  • model a growth mindset and demonstrate MSA core values, coach others, and pursue industry learning.

Special knowledge, skills and abilities preferred:

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Familiarity with bar coding, RF-scanners, lot control, serialization.
• Proficient with Power BI.

Education required:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business or related field.
• Professional Certification such as ISM: CIPS/CPSM and or ASCM: CPIM/CSCP.

Experience required:

• 7 years materials management, production planning, warehousing, inventory control experience or related discipline.
• Leadership experience of professional and/or production level associates.

Preferred:

• 5 years ERP experience.

Experience Preferred:

• Working experience in SAP:
  • Warehouse Management (WMS)
  • Production Planning
  • Inventory Control
  • ATO/KMAT
  • MRP
• Prior experience with ERP system implementation.

MSA is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and to providing a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. As such, it is MSA’s policy not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of the person’s age, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, race, religion, gender, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, veteran’s status, genetic information, political affiliation, disabling condition, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. MSA also makes reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities who are otherwise qualified to perform a job unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship.

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