BOM Specialist

NOVAE LLC•Middlebury, IN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Novae is one of North America’s leading trailer manufacturers, proudly producing 13 distinct brands of trailers and accessories. We believe our strength comes from a diverse, talented team committed to excellence, integrity, and meaningful collaboration. At Novae, you’ll join a mission-driven organization where your ideas matter, your skills are recognized, and your career growth is supported. Here, we don’t just build trailers—we build careers, community connections, and opportunities to make a real impact. Job Summary: Responsible for the accuracy of product codes and Bills of Materials (BOM) in the Enterprise Resource Planning system, Visual, and the custom database, Novae Configurator for the support of order management, manufacturing processes, material scheduling, and material costing.

Requirements

Associates Degree or the equivalent demonstrated knowledge, skills and abilities
Experience in Manufacturing, required, to quickly understand processes, costs, and flow of material.
Strong computer skills with proficiency in Excel and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and BOM processes.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in order to communicate with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
Ability to manage time and stay organized in a fast-paced manufacturing environment while maintaining a high level of attention to detail
Ability to understand complex and interdependent processes to predict potential outcomes and problem solve solutions.

Responsibilities

Create, modify, and maintain accurate and consistent multi-level BOMs through rigorous monitoring and auditing practices to ensure alignment with manufacturing, engineering, and ordering processes. Make necessary updates in a timely manner.
Collaborate with people in a variety of levels with the Operations, Sales, Engineering and Purchasing teams to ensure the BOM has the correct structure, components, and quantities; and that timing and changes are accurate. Facilitate conversations to resolve concerns and differences of opinions and come to a solution.
Execute change control processes required for BOM accuracy, including utilization of the BOM maintenance and report functions in Novae’s business operating system and Visual Manufacturing ERP. Communicate changes to departments affected.
Determine the effect of changes across multiple brands and multiple products. Make recommendations based on analysis to Engineering Change Request (ECR) group or leadership.
Understand and teach others on cross functional teams the cost impact of changing BOMs and part Items, as well as the impact on production use, inventory values, variances and Cost of Goods Sold (COGS).
Assist in other areas and perform other duties, as needed.