Materials Manager - LeRoy, NY
About The Position
The Materials Manager ensures the consistent availability of materials and resources needed to support production schedules, customer delivery commitments, and facility inventory objectives. The role leads an integrated Materials organization encompassing production planning, scheduling, and purchasing, aligning customer demand, material availability, manufacturing capacity, and operational performance. Using SAP and disciplined materials management processes, the Materials Manager leads planning, purchasing, inventory management, and scheduling activities. The role drives supply chain performance, inventory optimization, and material availability to support operational excellence, customer satisfaction, and the facility’s long-term business goals.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 7 years of experience in materials management, supply chain, production planning, purchasing, or manufacturing operations.
- At least 3 years of leadership experience managing planning, purchasing, scheduling, or materials organizations.
- Demonstrated experience leading organizational transformation, departmental restructuring, or process improvement initiatives.
- Experience using SAP in manufacturing environments, including Materials Management (MM), Production Planning (PP), and Material Requirements Planning (MRP).
- Experience leading or supporting ERP implementation, deployment, or stabilization efforts.
- Strong understanding of production planning, inventory control, supplier management, and capacity planning principles.
- Ability to analyze complex business situations and translate ERP data into actionable business decisions.
- Strong leadership, communication, and change management skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a make-to-order (MTO) manufacturing environment.
- APICS/ASCM certification, such as CPIM or CSCP.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of Production Planning/Scheduling and Purchasing personnel.
- Use SAP MM and PP functionality to manage material availability and support production requirements.
- Oversee daily MRP reviews and drive timely resolution of planning and supply chain exceptions.
- Coordinate production schedules with manufacturing operations to align material availability and capacity and support on-time customer delivery.
- Manage inventory levels, inventory accuracy, and inventory turns.
- Establish and maintain planning parameters, including lead times, reorder points, safety stock levels, and master data integrity.
- Partner with suppliers to improve delivery performance, reduce lead times, and mitigate supply chain risks.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on inventory optimization, planning accuracy, and process efficiency.
- Champion SAP process adoption and drive organizational changes that support long-term business objectives.
- Analyze capacity constraints, material shortages, and changes in customer demand to develop proactive action plans.
- Monitor KPIs, including schedule attainment, inventory performance, supplier delivery, material shortages, and customer service metrics.
- Act as lead negotiator for supplier pricing.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package.
- Potential applicable bonus.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
