Remote-Eligible Materials Planning Manager

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA); Village of Croton-on-Hudson (NY); On-site; USD 104,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Telework eligible

Job summary

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Metro-North Railroad in Croton-on-Hudson seeks a Manager of Material Requirements and Planning to forecast inventory needs and support maintenance service levels.

You will work with storeroom and procurement teams to optimize material flow, budgets, and space constraints, while developing the internal talent pool and ensuring timely distribution of materials.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• Minimum 3 years in material planning, warehouse, inventory, or materials management.
• Minimum 2 years supervising or managing a workforce, project or process.

Responsibilities

• Determine and communicate material forecasts within budgetary limits; develop bills of materials where appropriate.
• Review inventory reorders and support procurement with the commodity management process.
• Manage inventory stock catalogs and escalate catalog issues to leadership.
• Coordinate material acquisition within budget and space constraints; ensure timely delivery.
• Support storeroom operations in material repair and return processes.
• Provide coaching, development, and performance reviews for staff; foster a productive environment.
• Monitor KPI metrics such as inventory turns, fast-moving items, and stockouts.

Skills

Material planning

Lead time review

Oral and written communication

Material management knowledge

Warehousing methods

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPt

Education

BA/BS in Business, Transportation, Public Policy, Industrial engineering, Logistics, SCM or related field

Tools

PeopleSoft

Job description

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Metro-North Railroad in Croton-on-Hudson seeks a Manager of Material Requirements and Planning to forecast inventory needs and support maintenance service levels.

You will work with storeroom and procurement teams to optimize material flow, budgets, and space constraints, while developing the internal talent pool and ensuring timely distribution of materials.