
Mgr- Materials
- Elgin, OK
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Drive safety culture focused on exposure reduction
- Supervise resources within warehouse & material planning for assigned Value Stream(s)
- Develop strategies and process improvements related to Material Storage, Receipt, Lineside delivery and Reporting.
- Ensure consistent availability of Quality Material On-Time to support production demands & escalate
- Support closure of work orders and accurate consumption
- Own and Maintain Lineside Inventory planning and inventory accuracy. Responsible for inventory accuracy within the sites working closely with the team to quickly resolve inventory variances.
- Report and drive improvement across standard KPI's for line replenishment, material transactions, and material planning.
- Provide forward-looking visibility to material challenges and risk to key internal stakeholders, through partnership with Supply Chain
- Provide single POC for Production for shift material escalations, ensuring exceptions are handled expeditiously.
- Support off shift hours & weekends as needed
- Optimizes storage in existing facilities, driving increased efficiency through process enhancements
- Collaborate with cross functional teams, including Program, Engineering, Quality and Supply Chain to ensure seamless execution of production plans.
- Implements Change Management techniques to redesign and refine warehousing operations, processes, and systems
- Bachelor's degree and 6 years of experience
- Understanding of key concepts in material planning / replenishment
- Ability to improve material flow strategies
- Experience with ERP / MRP inventory management & supply/demand planning
- Ability to identify and drive actionable outcomes through influence.
- Sense of urgency
- Ability to lead and manage in a cross-functional environment with complex issues and rapidly changing priorities and assignments
- Ability to be resilient in facing challenging situations and creatively solves problems while continuously motivating teams and meeting production demands
- Proven experience identifying and driving process improvements through experience and analytical/data driven methods
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Prior leadership experience in Warehousing / Logistics / Manufacturing / Supply Chain
- Oracle ERP Experience in Defense (DoD)/Government Contracting environments
- Bargaining Unit Management Experience
- Experience supporting low volume, high complexity Manufacturing
- Training in a formal continuous improvement methodology (Lean, Six Sigma, TPS, etc.)
- APICS Certification