Senior Manager, Materials Management

AeroVironment•Pottstown, PA
•$128,000 - $195,250

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Materials Management is responsible for developing, managing, and maintaining the Receiving, Shipping, and Material Control functions for all facilities under the VideoRay Segment. The role performs administrative and physical tasks related to shipping, receiving, storing, tracking, distributing, and fulfilling orders for materials, supplies, and equipment. It also maintains records and generates reports for accounting, property, and other functional areas. The primary responsibility is to control and track materials from receipt through storage, issue, and shipment. The position creates and maintains master schedules for products and orders, including target ship dates that support customer requirements and business-unit financial objectives. It also plans production by creating and maintaining manufacturing orders, and controls inventory by pulling parts for manufacturing orders, receiving, stocking, and issuing parts, and following cycle-count and audit-compliance procedures. Additional duties include MRP forecasting and KPI development and management.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, accounting, or equivalent.
  • At least 10 years of related functional experience, such as stockroom, inventory, or shipping experience, or an equivalent combination of experience and education.
  • Computer skills and proficiency using office software and a computerized inventory-control system.
  • Strong problem-solving, analytical, interpersonal, and verbal and written communication skills, with attention to detail.
  • Good understanding of Department of Transportation (DoT) and international shipping regulations.
  • Familiarity with commercial electronics shipping practices and handling methods.
  • Experience with purchase-order and inventory-control data in a computerized MRP system.
  • Experience supporting FAA and DoT audits, as well as administrative support experience.
  • Experience using UPS, DHL, or FedEx online shipping systems.
  • Experience with inventory management, including ABC analysis, cycle counting, and remote warehouse locations.
  • Valid driver's license and clean driving record, required to operate company vehicles.
  • U.S. citizenship.
  • Must have or be able to obtain a DoD security clearance.

Nice To Haves

  • Proficiency with ERP databases such as Oracle and Microsoft suites.
  • Ability to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment where small R&D teams share a broad variety of duties.
  • Prior hazardous-material shipping experience, such as lithium-ion or equivalent.
  • Knowledge of safe material-handling practices and safe handling of electrostatic-sensitive (ESD) components.
  • Effective communication with internal and external customers.
  • Teamwork and collaboration, with a focus on team success.
  • Initiative and drive to accomplish goals and meet company objectives.
  • Ability to champion change, promote quick adaptation, and help others manage the effects of change.
  • Ability to work with others to accomplish tasks in support of project plans.
  • Competency in tracking down and resolving discrepancies.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, manage, and maintain Receiving, Shipping, and Material Control functions for all VideoRay Segment facilities.
  • Perform administrative and physical tasks involved in shipping, receiving, storing, tracking, distributing, and fulfilling orders for materials, supplies, and equipment.
  • Maintain records and generate reports for accounting, property, and other functional areas.
  • Control and track materials from receipt through storage to issue and shipment.
  • Create and maintain the overall schedule of products and orders to be produced and shipped, including target ship dates that support customer requirements and business-unit financial objectives.
  • Create and maintain manufacturing orders to produce components, subassemblies, and final assemblies in support of the master schedule.
  • Pull parts for manufacturing orders and receive, stock, and issue parts in an orderly manner to ensure inventory accuracy.
  • Follow standard cycle-count procedures in accordance with industry practices and audit-compliance requirements.
  • Perform MRP forecasting.
  • Develop and manage KPIs.

Benefits

  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401(k) with company matching
  • 9/80 work schedule
  • Paid holiday shutdown
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