Material Manager V

Job Duties

• Oversight of material planning, inventory, and flow across multiple manufacturing locations
• Balancing inventory between sites to prevent shortages and excess
• Collaboration with plant teams and coordination across sites to standardize processes and optimize performance
• Active daily engagement in SAP Business ByDesign (BYD)
• Ensuring uninterrupted material supply to production lines at each facility
• Partnership with site production and planning leaders to align on daily and weekly schedules
• Spend time on-site regularly to validate execution and support teams
• Ownership of inventory accuracy across all sites, with direct involvement in cycle counts and physical verification
• Conduct annual physical inventories as needed
• Investigation and resolution of discrepancies using root cause analysis
• Management of safety stock levels and planning parameters within SAP BYD
• Control of excess and obsolete inventory through proactive monitoring
• Utilization of SAP Business ByDesign daily for MRP execution, demand planning, and inventory control
• Resolution of MRP exception messages, purchase requisitions, and stock transfers
• Collaboration with internal assets to ensure data integrity across sites (BOMs, lead times, planning parameters, inventory records)
• Training and coaching site users on best Material Management practices within SAP BYDE
• Ensuring consistent application of FIFO, lot traceability, and material handling standards
• Supporting optimization of warehouse layout and material flow
• Working closely with procurement to manage supplier performance across all sites
• Supporting supplier issue resolution related to quality, delivery, or capacity constraints
• Driving lean material flow initiatives (Kanban, pull systems, point-of-use inventory)
• Identification and implementation of process improvements across sites
• Establishment and enforcement of standard work and KPIs for materials management
• Leading cross-site collaboration and best-practice sharing
• Leading and mentoring site-level materials teams (planners, buyers, warehouse staff)
• Establishment of clear priorities, accountability, and performance expectations
• Supporting hiring, training, and development of team members

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• Professional certifications such as ASCM - CPIM, ISM - CPSM
• 7+ years of experience in materials management within manufacturing
• Strong hands-on operational experience in inventory, planning, and warehouse operations
• Strong understanding of MRP logic, BOMs, routings, and lead times
• Advanced Excel and data analysis capability
• Prior leadership experience managing distributed teams preferred
• SAP Business ByDesign (BYD) experience preferred (MRP, inventory, and planning functions)

Qualifications

• Attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills - verbal and written
• Good judgment with solid decision making
• Customer service oriented
• Teamwork
• Continuous improvement
• Hands-on leadership (comfortable working on the floor across sites)
• Systems discipline (strong SAP BYD user with focus on data integrity)
• Multi-site coordination (balancing competing priorities across locations)
• Urgency & problem-solving (quick response to shortages and disruptions)
• Process standardization (driving consistency across plants)
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Critical thinking

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Travel between manufacturing sites (up to 10%)
• Significant time spent on plant floors and in warehouses
• Fast-paced, multi-priority environment requiring daily issue resolution
• Occasional after-hours support for critical production issues
• Maintain a level state of alertness while performing this job

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance
• 401k
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off for vacation
• Paid holidays
• Paid community service days
• Professional/personal learning program
• Applicable state/federal paid family leave