Materials Manager

Duties And Responsibilities

• Oversight of S&OP and preparation/maintenance of the Master Production Schedule, performing risk and recovery analysis, and mitigating supply and capacity risks.
• Engagement in New Product introductions to ensure the Supply Chain can support requirements from engineering through mass production and lead material strategies.
• Directing and implementing logistics and inventory management and control best practices.
• Overseeing Operational Buying, ensuring supply, driving supplier delivery performance, and maintaining continuity of supply.
• Partnering with Corporate Sourcing to align supplier strategy execution.
• Analyzing trends, identifying root causes, developing action plans, and tracking various monthly Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Monitoring slow-moving inventory and obsolescence and driving improvements.
• Investigating ERP functionality to optimize the supply chain and operations and ensuring data integrity.
• Building best practice processes in support of the infrastructure, including lean enhancements of policies, practices, and procedures.
• Providing coaching, mentoring, and training to ensure continued employee growth through development.
• Championing supply chain tools and methodologies and being a recognized subject matter expert (SME) and Super User.

Education, Skills, And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required in a business-related field.
• A minimum of 5-8 years Supply Chain experience in a manufacturing environment, including a minimum of 2 years of leadership experience.
• In-depth knowledge of lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, project and risk management, and leadership experience within a supply chain.
• Advanced knowledge of ERP systems and MS Office (Word, Excel, Visio, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Experience implementing lean enterprise methods (Lean, Six Sigma) and APICS certification preferred.

Qualifications

This job description lists major areas of responsibility and additional job activities may be added at any time.

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Company Information

Milwaukee Tool is an equal opportunity employer.