Director of Materials

PRICE INDUSTRIES INC • Fort Worth, TX

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Pottorff, a sister company to Price Industries, is seeking a Director of Materials in Fort Worth, Texas, to lead the companywide materials strategy across three manufacturing locations. The role oversees purchasing, supplier management, inventory control, receiving, materials planning, production scheduling standards, and ERP/MRP processes. It is responsible for building consistent, scalable systems and developing team capabilities to improve material availability, cost, inventory accuracy, and delivery performance.

The Director leads materials teams across all locations and partners with plant managers and cross-functional groups to establish clear responsibilities, performance expectations, training, accountability, policies, procedures, KPIs, and improvement plans. The position works with Operations, Engineering, Quality, IT, and Finance to improve systems integration, planning accuracy, controls, reporting, and execution.

Work takes place in office and manufacturing settings and includes computer use, walking and standing in plants, and travel among company sites and suppliers. Success is measured by material availability and schedule adherence; inventory accuracy and turns; supplier delivery and quality; reduced excess inventory; purchasing cost and working capital; receiving throughput; ERP/MRP data integrity; and team performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant education and experience.
• At least 8 years of progressive manufacturing materials or supply chain experience.
• At least 5 years of team leadership experience.
• Experience leading materials functions across multiple manufacturing sites and scaling processes to support growth.
• Demonstrated capability in supplier negotiations, inventory optimization, process development, and ERP/MRP improvement.
• Expertise in purchasing, planning, production scheduling, receiving, warehousing, and material flow.
• Strategic and hands-on leadership, financial judgment, negotiation, analytical problem-solving, project management, and clear communication skills.
• Ability to lead change and deliver measurable improvements across multiple locations.

Nice To Haves

• Epicor ERP experience.
• Background in metal fabrication, HVAC, sheet metal, high-mix, configure-to-order, or engineer-to-order manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop materials teams across all locations, setting responsibilities, performance expectations, training, and accountability in partnership with plant managers.
• Set companywide materials policies, procedures, KPIs, and improvement plans aligned with demand, plant capacity, customer commitments, and growth.
• Ensure raw materials and purchased components are available through effective MRP, replenishment, shortage reviews, expediting, and interplant transfers.
• Establish inventory controls, cycle counting, physical inventory, and discrepancy resolution; partner with Finance on inventory accuracy, valuation, and working capital.
• Reduce excess and obsolete inventory while improving storage, labeling, point-of-use delivery, and internal material flow.
• Lead purchasing and supplier strategy, negotiations, supplier scorecards, corrective actions, alternate sourcing, and supply continuity planning.
• Oversee receiving standards, timely ERP transactions, material verification, location assignment, discrepancy resolution, and safe, efficient storage.
• Own materials data and process discipline in Epicor ERP/MRP, including item records, lead times, purchasing parameters, inventory locations, BOM coordination, units of measure, and revision control.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Quality, IT, and Finance to improve systems integration, planning accuracy, controls, reporting, and cross-functional execution.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior