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Materials Manager - Elkhart, United States - Conn-Selmer
Description
At Conn Selmer, we're passionate about music and dedicated to producing the highest-quality instruments for musicians of all skill levels.
Integrity, Excellence, Teamwork, Inclusivity, and Innovation. Please see our Conn Selmer website ) for more information about who we are.
The Materials Manager reports to the Director of Operations.
This position is responsible for all materials management functions related to procurement, control, planning/scheduling, flow, inventory management system, inventory control and distribution to meet customer and company continuous improvement objectives.
Responsible for providing manufacturing with the tools to assure product flow throughout the manufacturing value chain including scheduling and inventory management skills, processes, and systems.
Responsible for developing and executing layered scheduling from finished good level through finishing, assembly, kitting, and component level.Responsibilities:
Leads planning, scheduling and inventory control functions to support corporate objectives. Directs, plans, and coordinates all functions of annual physical inventory cooperatively with plant controller and plant staff.
Continuously develops and leads the materials team in the use and execution of scheduling and inventory management systems.
Leads cycle count program to identify effectiveness of inventory management systems and need for development of deficient systems.
Coordinates customer order trends in-line with the sales forecast and production plan, communicates deviations in Sales and Operation Planning and cooperatively develop strategies to realign.
Driver to achieve 85+% Schedule Conformance and 95+% Available to Lead Time Date performance metrics.Provides guidance, focus and direction to plant manager to align short and long term production resources and capacities with customer demand and for the control of inventory and production assets.
Directs plant procurement staff to ensure supply of R/M and component parts is aligned with plant production schedules. Communicates with intra-company and corporate procurement teams to improve sourcing resources and cost.Receives, pro-actively, direction from VP Procurement for "best practices" related to sourcing strategies and negotiation leverage to optimize PPV and quality performance from suppliers.
Communicates with customer service departments to achieve consistent customer satisfaction.Collaborates with plant manager, plant controller and Director, Planning & Scheduling to develop monthly financial pro-forma and key production assumptions.
Manages directly, plant schedulers, procurement personnel, inventory management structure, receiving functions and material handlers.Collaborates with Quality Manger to ensure suppliers are complying with established QC specifications and expectations set as a result of the corporate Vender Development programOther duties as assignedQualifications and Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in business, SCM, or engineering discipline.
Excellent communications, verbal and written.
A proven change agent with superior people and project management skills.
Minimum (5) years' experience in integrated functions of materials management (purchasing, scheduling, inventory control) in a multi-step manufacturing environment that has embraced Lean Manufacturing practices.
In depth knowledge of computerized integrated information systems - preferred experience with MAPICS. This background must be tied to the integration of MRP systems and lean manufacturing.APICS certification highly desiredDemonstrated successful purchasing experience (Supplier development, negotiation, quality improvement)Demonstrated SCM experience as a scheduler working in S&OP and Materials managementNormal office environment with periods of sedentary work, as well as significant daily standing and walking on shop floor.
Requires repetitive upper body movement - keyboard & monitor use.Periods of bending and lifting in line with developing Kanban tools and visual inventory pull systems.