Raw Materials Specialist

About the role

Position Summary The Raw Material Specialist plays a critical role in ATI’s supply chain operations by managing offsite inventory, aligning purchasing activities with demand planning, and ensuring seamless coordination with vendors and third-party logistics (3PL) providers. This role is essential to maintaining material availability, optimizing inventory levels, and supporting production and customer fulfillment needs.

Responsibilities

• Inventory Management: Manage and monitor offsite inventory levels to ensure material availability while minimizing excess stock; conduct regular audits and reconciliations of offsite inventory against system records; track material movements and maintain accurate documentation in ERP systems.
• Demand Planning & Purchasing Alignment: Partner with the Demand Planning team to align material procurement with forecasted demand; issue purchase requisitions in accordance with demand plans, safety stock and lead times; monitor supplier performance to ensure on-time delivery and adherence to standards.
• Vendor & 3PL Coordination: Serve as the primary liaison between ATI and offsite vendors/3PL providers to coordinate shipments, storage, and handling of materials; resolve issues related to delivery delays, discrepancies, or damages.
• Process Improvement & Reporting: Develop and implement best practices for material flow, vendor communication, and logistics coordination; provide regular reporting on inventory levels, vendor performance, and material availability; support continuous improvement initiatives to increase supply chain efficiency, reduce costs and ensure vendor/customer contractual compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, operations, logistics, or a related field and at least 3 years of relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in materials coordination, production planning, inventory control, purchasing, logistics, or supply chain within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience using an ERP, MRP, inventory, or production-management system.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Outlook, and Word.
• Ability to interpret production schedules, material requirements, inventory records, purchase orders, and related documentation.
• Ability to identify material shortages, inventory discrepancies, and scheduling concerns and coordinate their resolution.
• Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and recordkeeping skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work across Operations, Planning, Procurement, Quality, Warehousing, and suppliers.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently within established processes and guidelines.

Benefits

• Competitive base pay with variable additional compensation opportunities.
• Top 401K plan, including company match.
• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, short and long-term disability, Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Programs.
• 15 days of paid vacation time, along with 12 paid holidays.
• Performance bonus.
• Optional employee paid programs such as Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, and Pet Insurance.

Pay

Salary Range: $80,000 - $127,900 annually.