Materials Manager - Florence, United States - Regal Rexnord Corp

Description

Summary Job Description

The Materials Manager is the primary point of coordination and interface within the Couplings supply chain and overall operations organizations located at the Florence, KY site. This role is responsible for providing comprehensive supply chain leadership with a primary focus on planning, material cost management, strategic sourcing, supplier management, and plant forecasting duties.

Responsibilities

• Manages and is responsible for the value stream's inventory management & optimization.
• Sets and manages the inventory strategy, plan for every part & monitors performance. Acts as Inventory Management subject matter expert for site tied to the Couplings Division value stream.
• Key contributor to the SIOP process for materials availability, inventory forecast, scenario planning. Supports Plant Manager in assessing risk, setting forecast, and implementing countermeasures to close any gaps to key metrics.
• Helps to reduce and prevent Excess and Obsolete inventory.
• Uses Oracle knowledge to ensure the right parameters are set while improving automation of planning process.
• Leads the effort to achieve and maintain alignment in the value chain between the suppliers, and the end customer in all form, fit, function, price, and delivery requirements.
• Leads efforts to improve primary working capital performance, product, raw material, and freight costs, all while maintaining or increasing quality and delivery.
• Works with the plant manager in the development of strategic plans and supporting objectives and proactively manages supporting events to assure attainment of agreed upon performance.
• Implements, manages, and improves all processes related to the materials department including but not limited to procurement, material handling, scheduling, inventory management, receiving, shipping, production scheduling, forecasting, demand management.
• Develops, coordinates, and executes strategic sourcing initiatives under agreed-upon time frames to improve the supply chain including supplier performance and supplier development.
• Serves as primary responsible to establish monthly revenue, inventory and capacity requirement forecasts and owner for distribution warehouses performance including managing SKU's, proper SKU levels, OTD to Customer and Availability to Ship metrics.
• Leads physical inventory counts and cycle count efforts.
• Participates in the establishment and deployment of standard processes, policies & procedures, taking the necessary steps to ensure compliance.
• Leads a team of Planners & Buyers by performing full range of managerial responsibilities which may include but not be limited to interviewing, hiring, coaching, developing employees, planning, assigning, directing work, and performance management.
• Will be the first point of contact of escalations for customer care questions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Experience and Skill Required

• Bachelor's degree required in a business/industrial related field.
• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in direct material inventory planning and strategy development including team leadership and supervisory experience.
• Proven ability to build, lead, and develop teams.
• Strong financial acumen, especially in P&L and cash-flow modeling, scenario building, and comparative analysis
• Expert analytical skills with the ability to use a structured approach to understand, analyze, and solve complex problems.
• Demonstrated ability to make decisions with imperfect information. Rationalize calculated risks and adapt quickly as new information is available.
• Strong written communication and excellent oral presentation skills, and the ability to present convincingly at senior levels.
• Highly committed team player, flexible, and able to work to tight deadlines.
• Previous experience working with SAP and/or Oracle Planning modules strongly preferred.
• APICS, CPIM, CPM, ISM or ASQ Supply Chain Certification strongly preferred.
• Six Sigma or LEAN certification strongly preferred.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time and as needed.

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Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
• Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
• Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Paid Leaves
• Tuition Assistance

About Regal Rexnord

Regal Rexnord is a $6.5B publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company's electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company's automation offering, comprised of controllers, drives, precision motors, and actuators, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision tools used in surgical applications.

The Company's end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.

Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, ancestry, national origin, marital status, citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract), disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. If you'd like to view a copy of the company's affirmative action plan or policy statement, please email If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail

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