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Our client is looking for a Materials Designer to join their team! This is a 40 hr/week role, hybrid (4 days onsite) in Los Angeles, CA.
Top Must-Haves:
- Highly organized Adobe suite fluency, knowledge of adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop
- Advanced Knowledge of footwear materials design in performance and lifestyle
- Advanced Knowledge of apparel materials design in performance and lifestyle
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Office
- Able to upkeep material database across multiple interfaces. Ex: Aurora, Miro, Excel
- Basic knowledge of brief creation for new material developments
Nice to haves:
- Advanced knowledge of footwear and apparel materials for both performance and lifestyles product
- Footwear and apparel experience
- Collaborative personality and attitude Strong communication skills
Responsibilities:
The nature of the work is focused on contributing to the development of innovative and visually appealing materials for various projects.
- Blend artistic skills with technical knowledge to design materials that enhance the overall aesthetic and functionality of products, structures, or visual presentations.
- Collaborate with project teams to understand design requirements and functional specifications.
- Research and select materials based on their properties, durability, and aesthetic qualities.
- Utilize design software and tools to create and refine material concepts.
- Develop prototypes and samples to test and validate the visual and tactile aspects of the materials.
- Work closely with color scientists and texture specialists to ensure accurate color matching and texture replication.
- Consider environmental factors and lighting conditions that may impact material appearance.
- Collaborate with product designers, architects, or engineers to integrate materials seamlessly into the overall design.
- Consider factors such as form, function, and manufacturing processes.
- Stay informed about sustainable and eco-friendly materials.
- Integrate environmentally responsible options into design considerations and recommend alternatives that align with sustainability goals.
- Conduct tests to assess the performance, durability, and safety of materials. Implement quality control measures to maintain consistency in material properties.
- Maintain detailed records of material specifications, design processes, and testing results.
- Create comprehensive documentation for internal reference and regulatory compliance.
- Work closely with material suppliers and manufacturers.
- Evaluate material samples from vendors, negotiate pricing, and ensure that selected materials meet quality and design standards.
- Stay abreast of design trends and emerging materials in relevant industries.
- Provide insights on innovative materials and design approaches that can elevate projects.
In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment.
Benefits
Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignment work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws. A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.Email Your Resume In Word To
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For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.This is a new role.
This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 03/02/2026 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.
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Position Summary
The Materials Manager is responsible for planning, purchasing, inventory control, and material flow to support production in a heavy metal fabrication, generator enclosures and related components space. This role ensures the timely availability of raw materials, fabricated components and purchased parts while maintaining optimal inventory levels, controlling costs, formulating production schedules and supporting on-time delivery to customers.
The Materials Manager works closely with production, engineering, quality and suppliers to ensure materials meet specifications and are available to support fabrication, welding, machining, finishing and assembly operations.
Key Responsibilities:
Material Planning & Production Support
- Develop and manage material requirements to support production schedules for generator enclosures and heavy fabricated assemblies.
- Coordinate with production planning and scheduling to ensure material availability aligns with manufacturing demand.
- Monitor material shortages and implement corrective actions to prevent production delays.
- Manage systems to maintain accurate demand forecasts and inventory levels.
Procurement & Supplier Management
- Oversee purchasing of raw materials including steel sheet, plate, structural components, hardware, electrical components and outsourced fabrication services.
- Develop and maintain relationships with suppliers to ensure competitive pricing, reliable delivery and consistent quality.
- Negotiate pricing, contracts, and delivery schedules with key suppliers.
Scheduling & Material Flow
- Oversee warehouse operations including receiving, material handling, storage and internal distribution to production.
- Ensure efficient movement of materials through fabrication, welding, finishing and assembly processes.
- Implement best practices for material staging and kitting to support manufacturing efficiency.
- Ensure compliance with safety and material handling standards.
Cross-Functional Coordination
- Collaborate with engineering and quality teams on material specifications and supplier qualification.
- Support new product introductions and engineering changes affecting material requirements.
- Work with finance to manage inventory valuation and cost control initiatives.
Continuous Improvement
- Identify and implement improvements in material flow, supplier performance, and inventory management.
- Support lean manufacturing initiatives and waste reduction efforts.
- Track and report key performance metrics such as inventory turns, supplier on-time delivery, and material availability.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business or related experience.
- 5+ years of experience in materials management, purchasing, or supply chain leadership in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience in metal fabrication, heavy manufacturing, or industrial equipment manufacturing strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of MRP/ERP systems, inventory control, and production planning.
- Experience sourcing raw metals, fabricated components, and industrial parts.
- Proven ability to manage supplier relationships and negotiate contracts.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and leadership abilities.
- Experience supporting fabrication processes such as laser cutting, forming, welding, machining, paint and assembly.
Step into a role where precision meets purpose-become a Materials Technician supporting essential pharma and respiratory operations
Proclinical is seeking a Materials Technician to support operations in the respiratory and pharmaceutical industry.
Primary Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will focus on material handling, shipping and receiving, inventory control, and adherence to quality and safety standards. You will play a key part in ensuring smooth workflows and compliance with cGMP procedures.
Skills & Requirements:
- High school diploma or equivalent education.
- Experience in material handling, inventory control, and shipping/receiving processes.
- Familiarity with SAP systems and cGMP procedures.
- Ability to operate forklifts and other material handling equipment.
- Knowledge of DOT requirements for material transport.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality and safety standards.
The Materials Technican's responsibilities will be:
- Operate material handling equipment such as forklifts, pallet jacks, or hand trucks to move and organize materials.
- Utilize computerized or automated systems to complete tasks efficiently.
- Lead on-the-job training for new team members.
- Participate in departmental inspections as a trained L1 Auditor.
- Perform receipt and quarantine of incoming cGMP raw materials in SAP, adhering to quality and safety requirements.
- Conduct raw material control sampling and consumable inspections following material specifications and input data into sample tracking systems.
- Assist with shipping bulk drug products per cGMP procedures to ensure quality, integrity, and timely delivery.
- Follow DOT requirements for material transport.
- Maintain accurate inventory levels in SAP and conduct periodic inventory checks.
- Dispense controlled raw materials in clean room environments for cGMP use.
- Perform bulk drug freeze-down procedures using controlled rate freezing equipment.
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Sr. Production Control & Material Operations Manager
**Relocation assistance available
About the Role
We are seeking a Sr. Production Control & Material Operations Manager to lead the coordination, movement, and control of materials throughout a high volume manufacturing facility in the Warsaw, IN area. The successful candidate in this role will oversee production scheduling support, inventory management, inbound material flow, internal logistics, and service parts operations.
The ideal candidate is a hands on leader who thrives in fast moving environments, maintains strong process discipline, and ensures that materials consistently support production requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage day to day material operations, including inventory accuracy, kitting, lineside delivery, warehouse coordination, and service parts fulfillment.
- Lead and develop material operations staff, 3PL partners, and service parts team members while promoting accountability and continuous improvement.
- Ensure all material handling and logistics processes follow safety, quality, and compliance standards.
- Partner with production planning and engineering groups to ensure layouts, equipment, and processes support efficient material flow and throughput.
- Provide timely feedback to planning teams regarding material availability, supplier performance, and schedule impacts.
- Work closely with logistics, receiving, and suppliers to resolve shortages, delays, and discrepancies before they affect production.
- Facilitate daily tier meetings and drive prompt issue resolution to support production stability and takt adherence.
- Maintain BOM accuracy, support incoming inspection activities, and oversee incorporation of engineering changes affecting material flow.
- Collaborate with IT and planning teams to uphold ERP/MRP data integrity and ensure reliable communication between warehouse and shop floor systems.
- Monitor and optimize KPIs such as inventory accuracy, dock to stock time, line shortages, cycle counts, and material handling efficiency.
- Lead material flow improvements, strengthen inventory control practices, and support plant wide continuous improvement initiatives.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, or a related field.
- 8+ years of experience in manufacturing, automotive operations, production control, or materials management.
- Strong working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems (SAP, Oracle, FUUZ, or similar) and MES integration.
- Demonstrated leadership experience in fast paced production environments.
- Excellent communication, analytical, and problem solving abilities.
- Experience with lean manufacturing, JIT, Kanban, and process improvement.
- Familiarity with ISO 9001 or comparable quality management systems.
Apply today for immediate consideration. Qualified candidates will be contacted upon resume review.
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About Us
We are a small, family-owned lumberyard dedicated to providing quality building materials, exceptional customer service, and a welcoming community atmosphere. We take pride in treating our customers and employees like family, offering personalized service and knowledgeable support for all construction and home improvement needs.
Position Summary
Our Material Handlers are responsible for assisting customers in loading their materials, maintaining yard organization, handling materials safely, and supporting daily operations. This role involves both physical labor and customer service, ensuring that materials are accurately pulled, loaded, and inventoried while keeping the yard clean and efficient. As a Material Handler, you will be responsible for ensuring that our customers receive a positive experience by properly loading their orders and staging and transporting materials for deliveries.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities of the Material Handler / Yard Clerk
The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:
- Load materials into customers vehicles or onto company delivery vehicles
- Accurately build loads and prepare materials for deliveries in a timely manner
- Carefully unload incoming freight
- Safely operate forklift in accordance with OSHA and KBC standards
- Work with team to schedule deliveries of materials to customers
- Maintain clean and organized environment in lumberyard and storage buildings
- Provide exceptional customer service, addressing any concerns or issues that may arise
- Build relationships with customers, vendors and team members
- Collaborate with other departments to ensure that all operations are running smoothly
- Perform other assigned tasks as requested by leadership team when needed
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Minimum of 1 year of experience in related field
- Knowledge of building materials, applications, related equipment, and construction industry is preferred, but not required
- Valid driver's license required (Class C license preferred, but not required)
- Ability to effectively and professionally communicate with customers, vendors and team members
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to manage inventory and maintain accurate records
- Knowledge of safety regulations and procedures
- Ability to safely operate forklifts and other yard equipment
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
Requirements:
- Provide exceptional customer service to all customers.
- Willingness to learn and develop product knowledge.
- Proficient with handling cash transactions.
- Accurately answering customer questions.
- Order product for customers if needed, and complete special-order paperwork for product.
- Order/purchase stock items or special-order material.
- Maintain the proper amount of inventory (if responsible for ordering stock product).
- Maintain a competitive price level for ordering responsibilities.
- Occasionally walk the storeroom to help customers, clean, stock shelves, etc.
- Must be able to figure material list and pricing on estimates per customer's request.
- Maintaining cleanliness of work area.
- Perform store maintenance and cleaning. (Sweep, dust, mop, take out trash, etc.)
- Professionally handle complaints from customers, escalate when needed.
- Efficiently and professionally process computer sales and charges.
- Assisting customers who require materials from the yard, when called upon.
- Be familiar with the location of store and yard inventory.
- Lifting limitations: Minimum 100 Lbs.
- Must be able to stoop and bend knees and arms without difficulty.
- Adhere to all safety and health standards as established by OSHA and Kirchner Building Centers.
- Other duties as assigned by Department Head, Manager, and/or Ownership.
Why Join Us?
- Competitive hourly pay based on experience
- Family-oriented work environment
- Paid time off and holidays
- Employee discount on materials
- Opportunities for growth and advancement
Hours
- Monday to Friday; Rotating Saturday mornings; Closed Sunday
- Full Time (40 hours per week, with the potential for overtime as business needs require)
- Working Hours: 7:00am - 5:00pm (hours may vary by location/season; Saturday hours differ)
Experience
- Customer Service: 3 years (Preferred)
- Building materials: 2 years (Preferred)
Language
- English (Preferred)
License/Certification
- Driver's License (Preferred)
Compensation details: 16-18 Hourly Wage
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LHH Recruitment Solutions has partnered with a growing organization, and they are seeking a motivated Materials and Supply Chain Manager – Sourcing & Inventory Focus (Manufacturing) to join their team. This role is ideal for a hands-on leader who has owned supplier sourcing, purchasing, and inventory control for raw materials and components in small to mid-sized manufacturing companies. This is a highly visible role with direct impact on material availability, production flow, inventory performance, and cost control.
Key Responsibilities:
Sourcing & Procurement Leadership:
- Own end-to-end sourcing and procurement for raw materials, components, and outsourced manufacturing processes.
- Source materials common to manufacturing environments such as sheet metal, stainless steel, forged brass, copper tubing, plated components (chrome/nickel), plastic parts, epoxy coatings, and machined components.
- Identify, evaluate, negotiate, and onboard suppliers with a focus on cost, quality, lead time, and reliability.
- Lead competitive sourcing initiatives, supplier consolidations, and cost-reduction efforts.
- Build and maintain strong supplier relationships while holding vendors accountable through performance metrics and reviews.
- Mitigate supply risk and ensure continuity of materials supporting production demands.
Inventory & Materials Management:
- Own inventory planning, control, and accuracy across raw materials, WIP, and finished goods.
- Balance inventory levels to reduce excess and obsolete stock while preventing shortages.
- Oversee receiving, warehousing, material handling, and distribution processes.
- Drive improvements in inventory turns, service levels, and working capital performance.
- Leverage ERP/MRP systems to improve demand planning, purchasing decisions, and inventory visibility.
Manufacturing Support & Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Partner closely with Operations, Production, Engineering, and Quality to support manufacturing schedules and material requirements.
- Translate production demand into actionable sourcing and inventory plans.
- Support new product introductions, engineering changes, and process improvements from a materials perspective.
Team Leadership:
- Lead and develop a team of buyers, planners, and inventory/materials professionals.
- Set clear expectations and foster accountability, operational discipline, and continuous improvement.
- Maintain a strong safety culture within all material handling and warehouse areas.
Qualifications and Skills:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Logistics, Business, or a related field.
- Proven leadership experience in a manufacturing environment focused on sourcing, materials, and supply chain.
- Strong hands-on sourcing and purchasing experience within a manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated expertise in inventory management and materials planning for manufacturing operations.
- Experience working in small to mid-sized, privately held manufacturing companies.
- Background sourcing raw materials and components (metals, plastics, coatings, machined parts, etc.).
- Comfortable operating both strategically and tactically.
- Strong experience with ERP/MRP systems and advanced Excel skills.
- Excellent analytical, negotiation, and problem-solving abilities.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally.
Compensation Range: $90,000 - $125,000
Benefits Offered: 2 weeks of vacation, paid sick leave where applicable by state law, Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance Vision Insurance, 401K, and Life Insurance.
If you are a passionate Materials and Supply Chain Manager looking for a new and rewarding career, please apply today! You don’t want to miss out on this opportunity!
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Carlisle Brake and Friction
Material Development Manager-Dry Friction
Solon, OH
Description
Manage, develop, and help successfully launch new semi-metallic, non-asbestos organic friction materials for Carlisle’s extensive customer base. Manages a group of formulators of dry and metallic friction products while still being a formulator.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Directly and indirectly develop friction materials in transmission and brakes for off highway (mining, construction, agriculture), aircraft, power sports, recreation, heavy truck, and industrial applications. This will include supervising and some pilot/fabricating of test materials manufactured in plant environments.
· Participate in and sometimes lead project/program management of a typical APQP/stage gate/phased launch process for creating new materials (NPD, NPI).
· Responsible for managing multiple testing plans/DVP&R’s across a broad range of applications, formulas, processes, customers, and plants.
· Regularly report out on program status, team progress, performance and actions.
· Develop personnel performance and development plans in conjunction with company goals.
· Assist in study of markets, customer applications/usage, new technology and regulatory landscape to create technical roadmaps.
· Generates research and development projects with focus on commercialization and product launch.
· Participates in industry associations globally for materials, testing, brakes, and various end-market industry associations.
· Experience in ceramics, polymers, composites, and other materials and material science systems.
· Position requires a strong theoretical knowledge of coppers, steels, non-ferrous powder metallurgy and friction characteristics associated with brakes, clutches and drive trains.
· Experience with composite mixing, molding/bonding, curing/baking, and finishing of dry friction products is desired.
· Some experience with metallic or powdered metallurgy environments is helpful.
· Experience with sintering/brazing and heat treatment of steels is helpful.
· Have the ability to use concepts and tools of Six Sigma as a means to develop materials to meet customer requirements. These can include Design of Experiments (DOE), DFMEA, and the ability to understand a QFD (Quality Functional Deployment) to establish customer critical requirements.
· Interfaces with sales personnel in and on customer visits when necessary. The object is to understand conditions under which the manufactured parts must operate in the longer term from an applications perspective.
· Comfortable presenting technical data sheets, test results, and failure analysis to both internal and external customers.
· Collaborate on equipment setup, operation and maintenance procedures for laboratory and dynamometers.
· Recommends new and improved test procedures to improve test quality and reduce test time.
· Interfaces with product and manufacturing engineering to introduce and further develop new materials.
· Assist production when difficulties occur in manufacturing parts in the engineer’s product area.
· Interfaces with test engineers to develop new test methods and procedures as well as communicating how test data is analyzed and presented.
· Interpreting dynamometer and analytical test lab results.
· Assist quality control and supplier quality to work on production and developmental issues relating to part quality, standards, testing methods, and analysis of defects.
· Support sourcing via helping to identify new suppliers, assisting with supplier audits as necessary, generating standards/specifications for qualifying incoming products.
· Experience in evaluating new raw material sources due to shortage, va/ve, and performance enhancements is highly recommended.
· Assist with the creation and maintenance of ISO/QS documentation and control systems.
Requirements
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
· Minimum of a Bachelors Degree, in Chemistry, Materials Science, Metallurgy, Physics, Composite Materials & Structures, Chemical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering. Masters or Advanced Technical Degree in these fields preferred but not required.
Experience and/or Training:
· Ideally 10-15 years of experience (more preferred) in compounding/formulating, product development, testing, and launch of materials.
· Ideally 3-5 years of experience (more preferred) in managing formulators/compounders.
· Position requires a strong theoretical knowledge of physical properties and materials science relating to the use of such materials in friction material composites.
· Analytical evaluation typically includes DSC, TGA, FTIR, GC Mass spectroscopy, elemental and phase identification, particle size, optical and electron microscopy, particle sizing and compound identification.
· Experience with the use of these materials in friction applications such as brakes, clutches and drivetrains is a plus.
· Practical experience with the use of Six Sigma techniques is desirable but not essential as formal on-site training is available and encouraged.
· A history of successful commercialization of friction materials is preferred.
What We Offer
- Comprehensive Health Benefits: Enjoy medical, dental, and vision coverage for positions of 30+ hours/week.
- Health Savings Account: Benefit from annual employer contributions to your HSA.
- Company-Provided Insurance: We offer life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment coverage, and short-term disability insurance.
- Voluntary Insurance Options: Choose additional coverage for yourself, your spouse, and your children, including critical illness, accident, hospital indemnity, and long-term disability insurance.
- 401(k) Plan: Take advantage of our 401(k) with matching contributions, fully vested from day one.
- Educational Support: Access tuition reimbursement and scholarship opportunities to further your education.
- Lifestyle Reimbursement: Receive a $150 Amazon gift card upon completion of your annual physical.
- Wellness Program: Participate in health coaching, monthly webinars, quarterly challenges, and earn gift card incentives for participation and earning points.
- Safe Work Environment: Work in a clean and safe environment.
- Generous Paid Time Off: Enjoy 14 paid holidays, including a holiday shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s, plus paid vacation available from day one.
- Paid Parental Leave: Take advantage of paid parental leave to support your family.
Materials Data Specialist
Radiant is seeking a Materials Data Specialist to support the development of our internal materials database. This role focuses on researching, validating, and organizing material property data used by engineering teams across reactor design, thermal systems, and structural analysis.
The ideal candidate has a technical background in materials science, materials engineering, or a related engineering discipline and enjoys working at the intersection of engineering research, data quality, and structured documentation.
You will evaluate the quality of material property sources, organize data into defined schemas, and contribute to documentation that helps engineers confidently use materials data in design and analysis.
Responsibilities
Research Materials Data
- Search scientific literature, databases, and reports to identify relevant material property data.
- Evaluate the quality, reliability, and applicability of material property sources.
- Flag inconsistencies or uncertainty in data sources.
Structure Engineering Data
- Enter material property data into internal databases following defined schemas and standards.
- Maintain consistent formatting and traceability of data sources.
- Ensure data integrity and reproducibility for engineering use.
Document Materials Information
- Write concise descriptions of materials and their properties in supporting reports.
- Summarize relevant test conditions, limitations, and assumptions for engineering teams.
- Maintain clear documentation of data sources and methodologies.
MSI Express is a single-source contract manufacturing and packaging company, delivering innovative engineering solutions from our strategically located network of manufacturing facilities.
ROLE PURPOSE/ POSITION SUMMARY
The Account Manager is responsible for managing and maintaining strong relationships with customers, ensuring timely and accurate processing of orders, and overseeing the efficient flow of materials to meet customer demand. This role involves collaboration with internal teams, such as production, logistics, and quality control, to ensure efficient plant operations and exceptional customer satisfaction.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES/PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Customer Relationship Management
- Build and nurture strong, long-lasting relationships with customers
- Understand customer needs, preferences, and expectations to provide personalized service
- Ensure customer reports and information are accurate and communicated to customer in a timely fashion
- Interface into customer reporting systems (i.e., SAP, Oracle for scheduling, production, -most times by lot control), shipping, receiving, and managing procurement of customer owned raw materials for specific customer assigned
- Assist in new product launches, collaborate with commercialization team, and site team to meet with timelines and other targets
- Handle customer issues & complaints by referring the issue to the appropriate department & logging them onto the system. Follow up to resolution
Order Processing
- Receive and process customer orders accurately and efficiently
- Verify order details, including quantities, specifications, and delivery schedules
- Prepare job files and project specifications for internal processing and manufacturing for specific customer assigned
- Track order fulfillment & communicate shorts to our customers with information on when product will be available
Material Inventory Management
- Participate in material planning process
- Drive change in managing inventory levels and inventory turns and minimizing obsolescence, scrap, aged inventories, and inventory reserves
- Analyze production yield, material usage, and material loss data to understand customer/material impacts
- Coordinate with production and procurement teams to ensure optimal inventory levels
Supply Chain Coordination
- Collaborate with internal supply chain teams to ensure timely procurement of raw materials and ingredients
- Oversee the supply of raw and packaging materials (whether customer or organization owned) for the facility to include new production to meet production schedules
- Coordinate with logistics teams to facilitate on-time deliveries to customers
Problem-Solving
- Identify and address customer-related supply chain issues promptly and effectively
- Resolve order discrepancies, shipping delays, or quality concerns in collaboration with relevant teams
Communication
- Maintain clear and open communication with customers regarding order status, changes, and potential issues
- Collaborate cross functionally with internal teams to convey customer requirements and expectations
Negotiation and Contract Management
- Negotiate terms, pricing, and delivery schedules with customers
- Manage contracts and agreements to ensure compliance with terms and conditions
Data Analysis
- Utilize data and analytics to track order performance, customer buying patterns, and inventory levels
- Provide insights to management for strategic decision-making
Quality Focus
- Ensure that materials and products meet quality control standards before delivery to customers
- Collaborate with quality control teams to address and resolve any quality issues
Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities for process optimization and efficiency improvements within customer material account management
- Stay informed about industry trends and best practices
- Participate and assist in development of new, effective programs/policies for customer, supplier, transportation, and logistics management in conjunction with Supply Chain and plant leadership
- Perform other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS/ CAPABILITY PROFILE
Minimum Education
- High school diploma or GED
- Bachelor’s degree in related field
Minimum Experience
- Four plus (4+) years of experience in purchasing or material planning, purchasing, materials management
- Food manufacturing experience
- Demonstrated track record in improving inventory accuracy, driving inventory reduction strategies and reducing premium freight
- Strong Math and Typing Skills
- Basic level of business acumen, strong attention to detail and analytical skills
Minimum Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities
- Working knowledge of manufacturing, material flow and improvement strategies and the ability to integrate those into the operation
- Excellent organizational and people skills, project management skills, with an ability to openly convey information to team members in a timely, concise manner
- Understanding of applicable computer systems, such as Microsoft Office, Nulogy, Tableau, etc.
- Leadership
- Budget Management
- Vendor/Contractor Management
- Metric Development
- Ability to identify and propose potential solutions to production
- Demonstrated Understanding of Materials Management
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Weekend Shift | Beaver Dam
Friday - Sunday, 5:00 AM to 5:00 PM
We are Generac, a leading energy technology company committed to powering a smarter world.
Over the 60 plus years of Generac’s history, we’ve been dedicated to energy innovation. From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries.
The Materials Supervisor is responsible for all internal material flow from incoming receiving/inspection to line side presentation for production including end-of-line pick, pack and ship, de-trashing, all material movements, supermarket sizing and replenishment, and order picking for intra-plant deliveries. Success in this role is defined by driving significant continuous improvement in material handling, inventory accuracy, cycle counting and timely transactional reporting. This will be measured by ongoing improvements in delivery performance (internal and external), cycle count progress, cycle count accuracy, uninterrupted material movement for production lines and efficient use of labor resources.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
- 2 years of materials leadership
- 2 years of experience leading teams, developing people or organizing tasks
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous experience using SAP or equivalent ERP system (Oracle, JD Edwards, Microsoft Dynamics) and Microsoft Office.
- Formal leadership or team development training.
- Oversee inventory management and control, accuracy, and established inventory guidelines and procedures.
Essential Duties:
- Ensure timely material flow within the facility as well as timely delivery in receiving material from other locations as well as preparation for shipment of parts to other facilities.
- Develop and implement standard process and strategies that enable production efficiency improvements.
- Lead, Supervise, and direct materials staff development through education, training, coaching, mentoring and certification in the execution of improvement priorities and the achievement of key performance indicators.
- Manage and optimize daily warehousing operations including staging, cycle count, and storage of materials.
- Ensure efficient and accurate materials presentation to support production operations.
- Partner with Quality, Purchasing and Production to develop effective and efficient solutions to customer quality and delivery issues and to achieve objectives and KPIs.
- Ensure high level of communication between planning, purchasing and production to ensure a high degree of customer satisfaction
- Lead and improve Material/Inventory Management best practices including Warehouse Management (Cycle Count Accuracy, Transactions, Bar Coding, RFID) and Fill Rate.
- Maintain appropriate staffing levels for daily material management balancing resource capacity to workload.
- Act as SAP SuperUser within functional area as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
- Relationship Building and Earning Trust – Consistently follows through on team commitments, communicates, and demonstrates accountability. Builds trust and sets the example for the team by being inclusive and fair.
- Accountability – Remains outcome focused, holding the team accountable while removing barriers to success.
- Plays to win by defining team objectives/scope and clear milestones. Keeps leadership apprised of progress and brings options/solutions for issues when elevated.
- Ask, Listen, and Follow Up – Actively listens, questions to help others understand, shows care/concern, and closes loop. Drives action and alignment using coaching techniques, reinforces team's progress/development.
- Inspire, Motivate and Recognize – Teaches others new tasks and is self- aware of strengths/developmental opportunities. Celebrates individual successes.
- Conflict Management and Resolution – Influences employees to collaborate and achieve goals as a group.
- Asks questions, remains unbiased and encourages unconventional suggestions. Diffuses conflict as it arises rather than avoiding it and focuses on solving the problem.
- Identify, Engage and Retain – Creates an open and honest work environment, providing others an opportunity to develop and grow.
- Change Agent – Consistently optimistic about the ability to change in order to improve a product/service.
- Uses the voice of customer (VOC) to validate ideas. Works well autonomously and in a team, leads change by promoting the value of transformation.
Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 - 50 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision and ability to adjust focus. Occasional travel.
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