Materials Manager

Position: Material Manager

Location: Franklin, NH (On-Site)

Length: 6+ Month Contract

*Must work on-site in Franklin, NH*

Job Description:

Responsible for oversight of all aspects of inventory control, ensuring the company has a steady flow of materials to meet production needs. This involves coordinating with internal teams, oversight of all inventory control staff, managing vendor relationships, coordinating supply chain activities, and maintaining optimal inventory levels. The Materials Manager role requires strong organization and priority management skills, attention to detail, and the ability to negotiate effectively with suppliers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversight of shipping, receiving, planning and inventory control staff.
• Develops, implements, and maintains policies, procedures, and material control systems to reduce costs, streamline procedures, and implement solutions.
• Plans and implements activities related to the timely, cost-effective procurement, inventory control, planning and quality control of production materials.
• Ensure quality and timely delivery in order to maintain balanced inventory levels on all purchased material and supplies to prevent out of stock conditions and cash flow problems relating to inventory, and support production schedules and customer requirements.
• Guarantee a continuous inventory supply, establish and maintain proper levels of inventory turns, and to control the level of backorders. Eliminate past due backlog and backorders for all products determined to be available in stock upon demand.
• Work closely with Marketing and Sales to properly forecast new product timelines and sales; forecast inventory levels on a rolling 90 day go forward so as to anticipate inventory levels and cash flow needs.
• Develop and provide leadership to the Planning personnel in effectively utilizing a Master Production Schedule, and Material Requirements Planning System
• Prepares and issues purchase orders and change notices; reviews purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.
• Assigns procurement requests to the appropriate personnel.
• Arranges for disposal of surplus materials.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering
• 5+ years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Lean and/or Six Sigma Green or Black Belt certified.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals, as well as effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to apply mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Knowledge of ERP systems; Database software; Internet software; and Microsoft 365.

POST-OFFER BACKGROUND CHECK IS REQUIRED. Digital Prospectors is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Digital Prospectors affirms the right of all individuals to equal opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination or harassment.

Come see why DPC has achieved:

• 4.9/5 Star Glassdoor rating and the only staffing company (< 1000 employees) to be voted in the national Top 10 ‘Employee’s Choice - Best Places to Work’ by Glassdoor.
• Voted ‘Best Staffing Firm to Temp/Contract For’ seven times by Staffing Industry Analysts as well as a ‘Best Company to Work For’ by Forbes, Fortune and Inc. magazine.

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