Materials Leader

AriensCo • Fayetteville, TN

2d • Onsite

About The Position

AriensCo is seeking a Materials Leader to join its manufacturing team in Fayetteville, Tennessee. This leadership role drives daily and monthly operations and materials goals, with a focus on continuous improvement in material replenishment, inventory management, forecasting, and supplier communication. The role manages resources to meet value stream goals for inventory turns, safety, customer delivery, 6S, and quality, while leading, coaching, and developing team members.

The Materials Leader supports production and customer satisfaction by managing material processes, supplier signals, inventory and production planning, and corrective actions for material-related issues. The position also supports new product development and engineering projects, improves existing products and processes, and sustains lean practices and shop floor management. This is an on-site role in a manufacturing environment with frequent presence on the production floor.

Requirements

• High school diploma required.
• At least 5 years of related operations experience.
• Strong analytical background.
• Robust Excel skills and experience.
• Demonstrated leadership, coaching, and people-development skills.
• Authorization to work in the U.S. without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

• Associate degree from an accredited college or university.
• Previous lean and materials experience.

Responsibilities

• Promote AriensCo’s Core Values and 15 Principles.
• Set team goals, monitor progress, and ensure accountability.
• Manage resources to meet value stream metrics for inventory turns, safety, customer delivery, 6S, and quality.
• Execute disposition of purchased material rejects and provide supplier feedback to Sourcing and Quality teams.
• Execute the SIOP process by comparing planned and actual results.
• Lead continuous improvement in the assigned area.
• Lead, coach, and mentor the team in a continuous improvement mindset.
• Support new product development and engineering (PCS) projects and improvements to existing products and processes.
• Identify root causes of material-related issues, solve problems, and implement corrective actions.
• Support customer satisfaction and shop floor management.
• Develop and sustain the Plan for Every Part (PFEP) process, including material space requirements, Kanban creation, material action triggers, and location maintenance.
• Create and manage tools that ensure compliance with systems.
• Train, coach, and direct team members’ development, including TWI training, Gemba walks, problem solving, use of lean tools, training matrices, accountability boards, leader standard work, and pull systems.
• Manage supplier delivery signals to assigned areas, including Kanban, forecasts, visuals, and purchase orders.
• Control the creation of finished-goods serial numbers and maintain product history.
• Determine production schedules and capacities to fulfill customer orders.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance effective the first day of employment.
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plan.
• 401(k) match and profit-sharing plans.
• Life insurance.
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA).
• Short-term disability.
• Parental leave.
• Onsite Marketplace Care Partners at all locations.
• Paid holidays.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Tuition reimbursement and apprenticeship programs.
• Safety shoes and safety prescription glasses reimbursement.
• Employee Product Purchase Program.
• 50% daycare discount at Brillion Early Learning Center.
• 10% tuition discount at KinderCare Learning Centers nationwide, excluding Brillion Early Learning Center.
• Onsite health clinic with Bellin Health (Brillion Campus only).
• Nearsite and urgent care clinic options (Brillion Campus only).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED