Indirect Material Manager (IMM) - Bedford

GM•Bedford, IN

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Indirect Material Manager (IMM) is responsible for fulfilling indirect material requirements to support maintenance, facilities, and ME requirements, while managing inventory levels to agreed targets. Key activities include approval and creation of purchase requests, confirmation of PO’s, tracking of deliveries, setting and optimizing safety stock targets, maintenance of indirect material part set ups, handling of receiving discrepancies, and indirect material shortage and expedite management and communication. This role is categorized as onsite and requires the successful candidate to report to Bedford, IN on a full-time basis.

Requirements

7-10+ years of relevant experience
Familiarity with Indirect Material policies, BPD’s, OPEX, and driving results
Managing contractors and UAW employees
Project Management experience, overseeing and coordinating inventory reduction and crib organization, technology development & deployment projects
Personal accountability
Bias for action
Personal ownership
Ability to teach, coach and mentor others
Ability to deal with ambiguity and work effectualy with minimum oversite
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentages
Ability to draw and interpret bar graphs
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions
Knowledge of Database software, inventory software, manufacturing software, order processing systems
Advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), such as Excel v-look-up and pivot tables
Experience working with SAP and/or Maximo preferred
Power BI, Glean, Co-pilot, Slack, PowerApps experience preferred

Nice To Haves

Four-year degree from college or technical school preferred, or equivalent work experience

Responsibilities

Manages a 3rd Party team and UAW unionized laborers
Creates and approves purchase requests for crib and POU-stocked indirect materials
Works with plant personnel and Master Data Management to support coding and extension of new parts to the plant
Assists plant teams to ensure that supplier-provided spare parts and/or previously purchased engineering/launch parts are considered in initial requirements
Works with WRA(Warrant Repair Administrator), Share-the-Spare, and plant teams to avoid the purchase of new parts when excess and/or repairable parts may be available
Utilizes and integrates AI tools and innovation for data management efficiency and quality improvements
Ensures supplier receipts and delivery of PO requirements
Manages incoming supply vs. indirect material stock & requirements and adjusts as required
Manages indirect material expedites and communicate material supply risks with Production, Maintenance, Engineering, and Facilities
Reviews indirect material part set-ups including shipment lead-time, terms, safety stock/time, standard packaging
Supports ME and Maintenance teams during launch and end-of-life (EOL) to optimize indirect material inventory
Works with Suppliers to improve lead-time performance, reduce MOQ(Minimum Order Quantity) impacts, and improve supplier on-time delivery
Reviews pricing discrepancies versus system and actual invoices that Accounting Department provides
Works closely with and covers for other MRP Planners as required without assistance
Actively works with plant teams and Shared Purchasing Services (SPS) to find opportunities to improve efficiency (reduce inventory) and increase material and spend visibility
Conducts monthly continuous improvement activities for their parts portfolio including ROP/Max adjustments, over-max reduction and root cause analysis, POU turn and stocking corrections, obsolete and not planned (ND) management, and trend analysis
Optimizes inventory levels (Min/Max) based on usage data
Communicates with all levels of leadership and plant personal
Follows work procedures, work schedules, and expedites workflow
Monitors and maintains GMS standards
Supports BPD / Scorecard achievement
Internal Controls compliance for their function
Follows written and oral instructions and follows standard procedures to improve efficiency.
Maintains and updates plant TIS’s
Reviews & Improves WPO across department
Oversees Vendor Managed Inventory Programs (Fasteners, vending POUs, Shoe program)
Promote, educate, communicate, and follow up on safety initiatives
Maintain housekeeping in area
Responsible for the proper use and care of equipment
Manage SCM process for 3rd party resources when applicable
Perform Annual Safety Evaluation
Perform weekly (audit) of SOT's (Safety Observation Tours)
Complete safety orientation checklists for new employees
People engagement & relationship building with the customer and team are essential
Mentoring where required from floor to office
Maintains safety, attendance, and vacation records
Manages 3rd party resources
Supervise GM hourly employees and maintain timekeeping (UKG) when applicable
Address hourly training and discipline when applicable
Understand local UAW agreement
Coordinates activities of crib attendants & indirect receiving personnel
Practices good labor relations, complies and enforces local agreement
Trains, develops, and evaluates employees and coach 3rd party employees
Communication liaison between plant and customer
Conduct layer audits for crib and Point of Use area’s
Responsible for processing hourly work elements in support of any BPD and planning initiatives
Off shift support for critical plant issues (24x7)
Weekend support for critical plant issues (24x7)
Responsible to develop and implement a support plan to address critical plant issues while on leave
Analysis checklist completed for all stock-outs and problem solving for major stock-out
Keep work group budget on track
Support the department’s cost reduction initiatives and gap closure requirements
Complete FIFO audit for items with expiration dates
Maintain and achieve cost goal target
Support plant cost counsel accounts: 2000, 3000, 5000, 9000
Maintain cycle count accuracy
Completion of yearly CSA’s per the schedule
Maintain database and integrity
Dangerous goods transportation training
Misc. Plant Projects
Export Compliance