Site Materials Manager

Ralliant•Solon, OH

21h

About The Position

The Materials Manager is responsible for leading the purchasing and production planning site teams. The role focuses on improving, optimizing, and synchronizing order flows from sales, shop floor and procurement. This position is an enabler to operational performance improvements to achieve best in class operations performance targets. The assigned commodity buyers and production planners will report directly to this role. Along with the duties below also add to perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

10+ years progressively responsible experience in a regulated manufacturing environment (ex. Automotive, Medical Device, Defense or Aerospace industries).
Experience working with Enterprise Resource System systems (Infor Visual preferred).
Demonstrated leadership of operational improvements and sustainment via lean manufacturing systems (TPS or equivalent).
A strong leader, communicator, and morale builder.
Strong experience in strategic management, planning and execution.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Skills in assessing and optimizing operations and organizational structures.
Demonstrated learning agility.
Practical and applied knowledge of materials planning, production control, and operations management practices.
Experience with financial aspects of operations management.
Willingness and ability to travel to Hollister, CA up to 75% during the first 90 days for training and onboarding.
Bachelors’ degree or equivalent preferably in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, or related field.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a matrixed environment is preferred.
Experience in the aerospace/defense industry preferred.
Masters’ degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead team of assigned commodity buyers and production planners to develop and execute to standard work.
Leverage Ralliant Business System to continuously improve standard work to optimize order flow performance.
Hold team accountable with dashboards/Daily Management to timely action messages, resolve order flow problems, and support business and operation objectives.
Address cost and schedule risks with counter measures and corrective actions as necessary.
Ensure customer requirements properly flow through system workflows.
Refine working tools and leverage system performance to ensure efficient use of team members time by limiting administrative tasks so sufficient time to problem solve.
Lead by example
Champion talent management initiatives including ongoing leadership/employee development and succession planning.
Set and own employee engagement strategy across the site operations team.
Foster a culture committed to innovation and operational excellence.
Communicate company and cross-functional information effectively to the site.
Provides direction to direct core reports and direct functional reports to accomplish objectives.
Promote a culture of collaboration and accountability between departments.
Responsible for department expense versus budget management of the site and the drive for cost structure optimization.
Ownership of operational elements of working capital management, including but not limited to inventory management, purchasing and disciplined expense management.
Drive margin growth through purchase price and long-term purchase commitments to support customer commitments and cost targets.
Contribute to annual operating plans, budgets, forecasts, and capital expenditures.