Materials Team Manager

Plexus•Neenah, WI

1d•$97,900 - $146,900

About The Position

The Materials Team Manager serves as the customer liaison for a Customer Focus Team, representing the strategic and tactical materials organizations. The role interprets and communicates customer material requirements and collaborates with procurement and demand planning to support those requirements. It seeks to maximize customer fulfillment while adhering to Plexus policies and goals. The position develops inventory strategy and works with scheduling, demand analysis, and procurement functions to meet customer satisfaction, inventory, and site revenue objectives. It contributes to forecasting, margin objectives, supply-chain optimization, and financial performance, including purchase price variance, materials labor cost, inventory levels, obsolescence, and freight. When no Supply Chain Productivity Manager is assigned to the account, the role provides customer input into repricing decisions addressing exposure risk, cost reduction, and localization needs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree with 6 or more years of related experience preferred; an equivalent combination of education and/or experience will be considered.
Strong analytical skills.
Detail-oriented.
Self-starter able to operate without constant direction.
Ability to work in a dynamic environment across various functional business groups.
Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
Strong Google Workspace or MS Office skills, including advanced knowledge of Excel.

Responsibilities

Develop inventory strategies to achieve targeted net inventory levels and days of inventory.
Collaborate with the Master Scheduler, Demand Analyst, and/or Procurement Team to support customer satisfaction, inventory-days objectives, and the site revenue plan.
Submit excess and obsolete material claims on time in accordance with corporate processes and customer contracts, and pursue reductions.
Review and approve purchase orders at the appropriate signature level, addressing purchase price variance and potential excess and obsolete claims.
Understand customer financial metrics and be accountable for impacts to Parts Contribution, purchase price variance, Materials Labor Cost, inventory levels, obsolescence, and freight on corporate financial performance.
Participate in monthly and quarterly site revenue and inventory forecasting and margin objectives.
Initiate, evaluate, and monitor corporate supply-chain solutions to optimize procurement and deployment techniques.
Maintain inventory levels that support customer on-time delivery goals and corporate objectives.
When no Supply Chain Productivity Manager is assigned to the account, provide customer input into repricing to address exposure risk, cost reduction, or localization needs.
Be accountable for purchase price variance and discipline-by-design performance for assigned accounts.