Materials Manager

Flex•Coopersville, MI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary. Job Summary To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Materials Planning Manager located in Walker MI. Reporting to the Materials Director, the Materials Manager role directs and coordinates activities of personnel engaged in some or all the following areas: material planning, distribution, inventory control, material research, purchasing and supply chain management by performing the following duties personally or through subordinates.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
8 years of material and manufacturing experience
8 years Experience in Automotive Industry on a global scale
Experience in a 24/7 Manufacturing Facility with the ability to work some weekends and/or evenings
Expert knowledge in PCBA and SMT Automotive industry
Experience in systems BAAN
Expert functional, technical and people and/or process management skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills.
Expertise in very complex functional/ technical area or broad breadth of knowledge in multiple areas; understands the strategic impact of the function across global sites

Responsibilities

Coordinate the planning activities across the site.
Manages, controls, and directs the activities and staff involved in the distribution of inventory to the production line.
Manages, controls, and directs staff to achieve Materials profit and loss goals including minimization of excess and obsolete inventory.
Ensures the timely delivery of materials at the most economical cost, consistent with quality standards, affecting quality by assuring that suspicious material is identified, and that material is handled, stored, and delivered properly.
Ensures a high degree of customer satisfaction through negotiations of customer expectations and managing and directing staff activities required to meet this expectation.
Coordinates with customers, purchasing, project managers, operations managers, and warehouse managers.
In charge of accurate inventory cycle counts, and controls.
Provides for the proper shipping and documentation of finished goods.
Develops, implements, and maintains policies, procedures and material control systems.
Reviews, plans, and approves purchase orders and change notices.
Reviews purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.
In charge of disposition of excess and obsolete materials.
Travel as required.