Materials & Inventory Supervisor

Primary Responsibilities

• Maintains appropriate quantities of raw materials, semi-finished goods, WIP, and finished goods at all times to ensure on-time delivery to customers.
• Minimizes and/or eliminates part outages, inventory discrepancies, and cost variances.
• Directs all activities & processes for ordering, movement, storage, and processing of inventory.
• Makes decisions based on forecasts, quotas, and production capacity to identify changes and implement appropriate actions.
• Develops and implements leading & lagging KPI’s for measurement, evaluation, and action planning of material & inventory factors such as product cost, availability, proper quality, and delivery.
• Analyzes inventories to determine improvements for inventory turns, waste reduction, vendor relationships, and optimized internal & external responsiveness.
• Designs, implements, sustains, and improves activities & processes related to purchasing, material requirements planning, inventory control, warehousing, receiving, and all relevant areas of the Department.
• Responsible and accountable for successful execution of WMF cycle count program and annual physical inventory.
• Takes proactive action to improve and expand inventory accuracy reporting and programs.
• Directs and oversees all interplant shuttles and shipments to Distribution Centers.
• Performs individual Buyer duties as required.
• Promotes and ensures the use and sustainment of Performance Excellence and 5S principles.
• Collaborates with IT to analyze & create enhanced functionality in inventory & materials applications.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma and minimum of 10 years of relevant experience required.
• Materials and Inventory Management, Supply/Demand Management, Supply Chain process and procedures, and Oracle/Gains systems experience preferred.
• A bachelor’s degree and/or relevant certifications preferred.