MATERIALS MANAGER

Materials Manager

Optex Systems located in Richardson, Texas, Optex Systems, Inc. is currently seeking a Materials Manager. Qualified applicants will have 5-10 years of directly related experience in a DoD environment.

Optex Systems started in 1987 with a team of optical and mechanical engineers who have since earned a reputation for delivering the most reliable and high-quality systems available while reducing the total cost of ownership.

Optex products are delivered through prime contractors, direct government buyers, and are installed on a variety of military vehicles both land and sea. These products have earned a reputation for world-class field performance. Additionally, we are expanding and making our products available to the commercial sector.

Job description

Who We Want:

• Effective communicators. People who can interpret information clearly and accurately to concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders, senior management, and their teams.

• Accuracy-oriented team leaders. Providing direct oversight of processes and results, managers who ensure accurate and timely completion of projections, forecasts or reporting.

• Talent developers. Growth-oriented managers who recruit and hire top performing talent and prioritize the development of their team members.

• Network builders. Managers who build connections with other teams and divisions and coordinate cross-functional collaboration.

• Compliance-focused orchestrators. Managers who carefully oversee people, processes, and deliverables to ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.

The Materials Manager is a leadership position that involves oversight of the operational,

purchasing, planning, warehousing, logistics, and facilities functions. This role requires leadership experience and an ability to build positive relationships with key stakeholders in the business, while leveraging these relationships to achieve organizational goals. An ability to work across functional departments and represent the interests of these groups is critical. Develop vision and goals across departments in the Materials group.

• Develop strong partnerships with both internal and external stakeholders.

• Develop future leaders within the Materials team.

• Communicate key materials updates and decisions to multiple levels in the organization including Leadership.

• Negotiate key supplier agreements and issue resolution with suppliers as needed.

• Ability to effectively deliver a message to a diverse audience.

• Facilitate cohesiveness amongst roles within Materials.

• Ensure development of top performers and foster high team engagement.

• Manage, develop, and implement strategies and goals for assigned departments objectives.

• Mitigate risk, improve processes/systems, and reduce overall cost of ownership.

• May include managing exempt and/or non-exempt employees.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree

• 10+ years of Industry experience (DoD) and manufacturing

• Demonstrated leadership experience required

• Supplier Management experience

• Demonstrated collaboration, negotiation & conflict resolution skills.

• Strong, working knowledge and application of supplier contract terms and processes.

• Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies & cost reduction

methodologies.

• Strong ability to build relationships across multiple functions and levels both internally and externally.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills including strong ability to present information to small and large audiences.

• Demonstrated detail orientation and results orientation.

• Strong problem-solving, analytical and organizational skills.

• Must be able to multi-task.

• Good judgment with the ability to make timely and sound decisions

• Familiarity with ITAR regulations, or the ability to quickly learn the requirements

• Familiarity with U.S. government export tools (e.g., ACE Secure Data Portal)

Duties:

• Manage the factory build plan / company revenue plan through a master production schedule process.

• Conduct weekly production meetings to review progress against plan.

• Report to upper management items of particular concern as related to financial performance and/or customer dissatisfaction (e.g., foreseen revenue misses, customer OTO concerns, etc.).

• Oversee the planning process, providing support to staff as required to assure on time delivery without excess inventory investment.

• Manage supplier performance process.

o Develop staff and/or processes to continuously improve and make more efficient the process of performance monitoring/communication.

• Manage the warehouse processes to assure optimal performance as related to inventory management and product shipments.

o Oversee the cycle count process to assure timely completion of weekly counts

• Investigate any variances that warrant concern

o Manage the ABC analysis process in Ml (proprietary database) on an annual basis.

• Support the warehouse staff as needed in matters of logistics decision making.

• Oversee the export compliance process through support of the Shipping Administrator.

Monitor export compliance reports sent out by the U.S. Census Bureau.

• Other duties, as deemed necessary.

Qualified Veteran Applicants are encouraged to apply to facilitate our compliance with federal and state equal opportunity reporting requirements.

All applicants must be either a U. S. Citizen or a Permanent resident, with ability to pass a drug screen and a background check.

Optex Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Opex Systems is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Optex Systems are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Optex Systems will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.”