Materials Leader

AriensCo•Fayetteville, TN

3d•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, and champions continuous improvement in material replenishment, inventory management, forecasting, and supplier communication. The position manages resources and team performance to achieve key value-stream metrics, including inventory turns, safety, customer delivery, 6S, and quality. The Materials Leader supports manufacturing and product-development activities, improves material-related processes, and leads the team through coaching, training, and problem-solving. The role is performed onsite in a manufacturing environment with frequent presence on the production floor. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Requirements

High school diploma required.
Minimum of 5 years of related operations experience, including previous lean and materials experience.
Strong analytical background.
Robust Excel skills and experience.
Demonstrated leadership, coaching, and people-development skills.
Authorization to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

Associate degree from an accredited college or university.

Responsibilities

Live by and promote AriensCo Core Values and 15 Principles.
Set goals, monitor progress, and ensure team accountability.
Manage resources to meet value-stream metrics, including 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, including planned-versus-actual review.
Drive continuous improvement in the assigned area and lead, coach, and mentor the team in a continuous-improvement mindset.
Support new-product development, engineering (PCS) projects, and existing product and process improvements.
Identify root causes of material-related issues, solve problems, and implement corrective actions.
Promote customer satisfaction and shop-floor management.
Develop and sustain the Plan for Every Part (PFEP) process.
Manage 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-member development using TWI training, Gemba walks, problem-solving, lean tools, a training matrix, accountability boards, leader standard work, and pull systems.
Manage supplier delivery signals for assigned areas, including Kanban, forecasts, visuals, and purchase orders.
Control 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-shoe 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 at Brillion Campus only.
Nearsite and urgent-care clinic options at Brillion Campus only.