Materials Management Director

Our client is a leading HVAC industry manufacturing company, and they are looking to hire a Materials Management Director for be located preferably at their at their Plano, TX site.

SUMMARY

The Materials Manager Director has direct responsibility for driving cost savings through oversight and management including planning, controlling and coordinating all aspects of the supply chain to include demand planning, purchasing of materials, production scheduling, inventory management, warehousing, transportation, and logistics. Develops and implements supply chain strategies and processes for efficient material operations. Establishes priorities, and supervises personnel activities to ensure achievement of customer and business commitments.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

Manages, controls, and directs the activities of all personnel engaged in global sites materials support (i.e. Purchasing, Scheduling, Warehouse, Inventory Control, Logistics, Shipping and Receiving) that contribute positively to customer satisfaction. This includes but is not limited to developing, implementing and managing policies and procedures necessary to ensure adequate controls are in place for the effective execution of purchasing and scheduling within the sites.

Develops, implements and manages policies necessary to ensure world-class inventory control and shipping functions. Partners with Finance and Accounting to ensure cycle counts are maintained and reported in accordance with corporate policies and guidelines.

Ensures that the Company standard practices and procedures are followed in connection with all supply chain department functions.

Ensures the materials teams are educated to the applicable elements of their respective customer’s contract and are compliant with respect to those elements. This includes ensuring the respective material teams are adequately adhering to all elements related to Company liability management to include reporting and resolution.

Ensures compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements and customer flow-downs.

Accountable for adherence to supply chain and cost reduction targets, overseeing demand planning activities; monitoring progress, increasing supply dependability and flexibility, reviewing schedule and resolving cross departmental problems.

Monitors and reports on revenue and inventory plans, identify issues and recommend solutions and/or take action as appropriate for assigned business units.

Oversees the purchasing and/or contracting for materials, supplies, equipment, and services for the operation of the site. Confers with requesting parties when specific sources are requested. Investigate and solve problems resulting from material shortages regardless of cause.

Establishes and maintains purchasing practices and policies to ensure honest, fair, and ethical relationships with vendors. Keeps informed on legal matters that affect purchasing policies.

Develops, establish, and provides for the maintenance of all data and parameters that relate to the materials function.

Maintains understanding of financial metrics, especially the impact of parts contribution, materials overhead, inventory levels and their impact to Company financial performance.

Collaborates with site and regional management to ensure financial objectives and other metrics are adequately managed and demonstrate continuous improvement.

Maintains optimum inventory levels to ensure on-time deliveries to meet customer requirements while minimizing carrying costs and premium transportation charges and maximizing inventory turnover.

Monitors and reports on current and projected inventory levels at both the component and assembly level and generate action plans to ensure that site inventory goals are achieved.

Tracks and reports on residual inventory and drive disposition through the customer focus team.

Monitors capacity planning requirements and recommend solutions and/or take action, as appropriate.

Oversees and ensure proper production control planning and scheduling to meet sales forecasts and to balance the level of material, manpower and machine requirements in line with committed delivery schedules to customers.

Recommends improvements and implement recommendations for improvements to the extended supply chain process in order to gain efficiencies in both Company’s processes and the customer’s processes

Establishes key programs or projects that target specific improvement opportunities to reduce costs and lead times, resolve quality issues, or increase supply dependability and flexibility. Ensure achievement of planned results.

Responsible to develop high performance teams including interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning and assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Accountable to execute on staff development, with a focus on evaluating potential, driving successions planning and ensuring that their employees receive the development and coaching required to realize their full potential.

Provides customer support to sales group by representing materials in sales presentations and periodic customer meetings and interactions, including but not limited to potential customer visits, quarterly business reviews, etc.

QUALIFICATIONS

A minimum of 10 years of experience in manufacturing companies is required

A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required; a Graduate degree is preferred

Five (5) years of related experience is required; Three (3) years in a leadership role is preferred.

Experience supporting multiple sites globally.

An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the key job accountabilities may be considered.

Understanding of the extended process of material procurement, capacity planning, inventory analysis and advanced planning techniques (demand flow scheduling, vendor managed inventory, etc.)

Understanding of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools (SAP, Oracle, Baan, or equivalent)

Understand Master Scheduling and Capacity Resource Planning on a global scale

Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal formats

Strong presentation skills within internal and customer environments

Adept in negotiation with suppliers and customers

Effective analytical, planning and organizational skills

Demonstrate ability to maintain strict confidences

Strong financial understanding, risk analysis ability, relationship-building and project management

Effective interpersonal skills with employees and customers

Ability to support a 24/7 global business operation as required

Discretion and independent judgment when representing the company in supply chain decisions

Demonstrate strong leadership and people management skills

Ability to effectively mentor coworkers

Ability to independently drive solutions to complex planning issues with limited supervision

Lead, or at least participate in, a continuous improvement activity complete with documentation, including a follow up review with the team in a presentation format

A passion for customer commitment by influencing members of the operational team to effectively implement customer strategy.