Materials Manager

First Quality • Salt Lake City, UT

4d • Onsite

About The Position

First Quality Home Care Products, LLC is seeking a Materials Manager for their Salt Lake City, UT location. This role is responsible for overseeing all plant-level materials planning, production scheduling, inventory control, and finished goods deployment. The position ensures alignment between production, supply chain, and distribution to meet operational targets, minimize waste, and maintain optimal inventory levels. This role provides leadership to a team supporting planning and inventory functions and plays a key role in operational efficiency and cost control.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing materials management, production control, or supply chain leadership.
• Sig Sigma certification
• APICS certification plus
• Strong understanding of SAP systems and other shipping platforms.
• Experience with inventory control, variance analysis, and waste reduction.
• Leadership experience managing cross-functional teams.
• Production planning and scheduling
• Inventory optimization
• Cost control and waste management
• Data analysis and SAP proficiency
• Leadership and team development
• Cross-functional collaboration

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Operations, Business, or related field preferred. Equivalent combination of education and relevant manufacturing experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

Responsibilities

• Lead plant material requirements planning (MRP) processes.
• Develop and manage production schedules to meet customer demand and capacity constraints.
• Validate minimum order quantities (MOQs) and validate production run rates.
• Coordinate cross-functionally with operations, procurement, and distribution.
• Oversee inventory accuracy and control processes for raw materials and finished goods.
• Execute the product lifecycle management (PLM) plan to ensure on-time production for new item launches and reduce material obsolescence.
• Oversee the material disposal process and approval.
• Communicate daily planning kpi’s, analyze trends, and implement plans to improve efficiencies.
• Monitor and confirm production order variances.
• Manage material yield performance and waste reduction initiatives.
• Approve and oversee raw material disposal processes.
• Manage vendor defect returns and corrective actions.
• Lead and develop a team of salaried and hourly direct reports.
• Promote continuous improvement initiatives within materials and inventory functions.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities
• Paid time off (three-week minimum)
• Medical, dental and vision starting day one
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2500)
• Bundle of joy benefit (year's worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby)
• Tuition assistance
• Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums

What This Job Offers

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