Materials Manager - Olive Branch, MS

Description

• Direct facilities annual physical inventory and account for variances.
• Work closely with offsite forecasting planning to ensure the integrity of the forecasts loaded in MRP.
• Oversee local sourcing/procurement group with respect to supporting the business plan, responsible for driving material cost take out, and vender performance.
• Develop annual inventory plan that ties to the production and sales plan.
• Present inventory/service updates and strategic plans to management.
• Develop standard practice procedures and departmental procedures which are in line with corporate procedures.
• Monitor the stocking programs and forecasts to ensure updates are made according to Hubbell guidelines.
• Identify and develop methods designed to minimize component shortages across multiple operations.
• Support business needs in monthly PSI (Production, Sales and Inventory) forecast for next month and remainder of the year.
• Monitor and improve the strategic measurements of Inventory, customer on-time service, demonstrated lead time, and supplier performance.
• Manage material logistics associated with supplying material to customers as well as other HPS locations.
• Oversee forecasting of PPV (purchase price variance).
• Manage and support all local warehouse activity in the facility. Including receiving, warehousing and shipping material between plants and to customers as needed.
• Leverage corporate sourcing organization on buys, shorten lead times, and reduce costs on major commodities.
• Work with operations management on capacity constraints, lean activities, and material issues.
• Oversee multiple facility needs in our supply chain management, procurement/scheduling and warehouse activities, including all material flow in and outside of the plant operations.
• Manage and oversee physical inventories activities, including system upload and downloads at multiple facilities.

Requirements

• Experience in making business decisions on inventory, scheduling, buying, sourcing practices, and organizational structure.
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred
• Extensive experience in MRP/ERP systems
• JDE E1 and SAP system experience preferred
• Ability to travel on business-related trips up to 25%; ability to communicate; ability to work on a personal computer or other related equipment as required; ability to be out in plant operations on a regular basis.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance