MP&L Manager

MANN+HUMMEL•Wichita Falls, TX

About The Position

The MP&L Manager leads location logistics, materials, purchasing, and production planning initiatives. This role assures adherence to safety specifications and processes in logistics areas, oversees Logistics/TMS support, and leads material handling improvements using Lean manufacturing methodologies. The manager works with various teams to drive inventory reduction, ensures level loading for production planning, and supports the development of PFEP, replenishment, and material flow strategies. Key responsibilities include measuring and owning Logistic Key Performance Indicators, standardizing procedures for efficiency, and managing teams responsible for material planning, receiving, inventory management, and shipping. The role also involves partnering with Manufacturing, conducting performance reviews, ensuring control of non-conforming materials, and managing transport and production logistics within time and budget constraints. Additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree Required
5 years manufacturing and distribution management and logistics management experience required
Strong communication skills at all levels of the organization
Customer service management skills, and supplier orientation organization and coordination skills
Working knowledge of ERP systems, SAP or other preferred
Customer and supplier orientation, organization and coordination skills
Self-initiative and ability to work under pressure
Interpersonal skills and problem-solving skills necessary to work in a cooperative, positive team approach
Ability to lead, train and mentor employees on a personal & professional level
Experience or knowledge of raw materials planning/production scheduling process
OSHA 10 Knowledge

Nice To Haves

Lean Manufacturing experience desired

Responsibilities

Leads the location logistics, materials, purchasing and production planning initiatives
Assures adherence of safety specifications and processes in the logistics areas that use powered industrial trucks and manual material handing equipment
Oversight of Logistics/TMS support- handles carrier related concerns
Leads and supports of material handling improvements
Uses Lean manufacturing methodologies in the value stream to drive continuous improvement
Works with Sales, Inventory, Operations, Planning led to drive inventory reduction projects
Ensures level loading of the production planning processes for inventory optimization
Supports development and maintenance of PFEP, replenishment, and flow of material strategies into standardized processes
Measures and owns Logistic Key Performance Indicators such as inventory turns, material variance, on-time fill rate
Studies and standardizes procedures to improve efficiency of workers
Interviews, hires, trains and develops new employees
Partners with Manufacturing to ensure coordination of other functions such as production planning, raw and finished goods inventory management and effective change overs
Leads the communication collaboratively within the site support functions and sales team
Conducts annual performance reviews and provides continual feedback on both positive and constructive performance
Ensures teams have processes in place to control non-conformance materials to initiate corrective actions, ensure that the commodities are inspected for conformity with other specifications and checked for defects
Ensures all activities regarding the transport logistics and/or production logistics and/or logistics planning are performed in time and budget
Ensures the project stages are adequately managed and deadlines are met, ensure that the customer and supplier conditions and requirements are considered
Manages supervisors and underlying employees of the material planning, receiving, inventory management, and shipping departments of the local site to the performance measures and engage in the hiring process of these departments
Oversees warehouse set for expectation and remains inventory
Additional duties as assigned