Materials Manager
- Overall responsibility for supply, accuracy, and maintenance of raw and packaging inventories as related to manufacturing finished goods and customary office supplies.
- Work directly with leadership & peers to ensure supply chain readiness on key initiatives.
- Anticipate, identify, and resolve supply chain challenges to meet and exceed our customers’ expectations.
- Collaborate closely with product suppliers to build strong and long-lasting relationships.
- Monitor strategic ordering cycles based on forecasts that meet business needs, providing cost savings, adheres to lead times, and achieve inventory goals.
- Procures materials and supplies for planned/forecasted operations and conducts audits and cycle counts in accordance with company policies.
- Manage indirect & direct spend weekly, monthly, and annually to align with organizational targets.
- Schedule delivery of materials and supplies to support business plan, identifies opportunities to reduce inbound transportation costs and charges. Note: Outbound transportation costs and charges are at the direction of the Corporate Logistics Manager.
- Support internal or external audit requirements relative to the planning, procurement, or inventory control functions.
- Develop thorough working knowledge of MRP/ERP systems, while ensuring a high degree of ERP data accuracy.
- Ensure compliance of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s), safety and all other published policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Logistics, Operations Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or another similar-related field preferred. Years of experience can be expected in lieu of degree.
- 2+ years' experience in production planning, logistics, materials, bakery, or food manufacturing experience is strongly preferred.
- 1+ years of experience and working knowledge of MRP/ERP systems (Sage X3) preferred.
- Good working knowledge of the consumer goods industry, in particular baking ingredients.
- Exceptional analytical skills and critical thinking. Must think strategically yet operate collaboratively across functions and departments to gather data and develop fact-based analysis.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to interact effectively at all levels of the organization.
- Entrepreneurial mind-set, with a high tolerance for ambiguity and complexity. Ability to be efficient with limited resources.
- Strong overall business acumen and creative thinking along with problem-solving and analytical skills knowledge.
- Organizational agility and resourcefulness, self-starter.
- Good time management skills and experience working with high volume data.
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