Job Title:  Materials Manager

• Drive managed inventory reduction & Working Capital improvements.
• Support excellence in Excess and Obsolete initiatives and projects.
• Ensure strategy is in place and implemented to facilitate optimal delivery of supplier material.
• Implement & Drive planning and purchasing Initiatives implementing appropriate strategies in line with business needs & objectives.
• Complete continual process health checks and audits to ensure conformance and day-to-day adherence.
• Identify and monitor Risk and Vulnerability affecting the key processes with the focus of continually improving.
• Own the MPS, managing forecasts, loading variants, and main line instrument order dating in line with market demand.
• Drive continuous improvement within the Supply Chain and internal processes to support best practice.
• Where supply issues are identified work with the supply chain, manufacturing engineers, product managers and engineers to find a solution.
• Analyse past dues to drive continuous improvement in all areas.
• Using data, review minimum inventory holding for key components.
• Implement new processes and encourage innovation within the business.
• Ensure that processes and procedures are adhered to in line with Business Unit requirements.
• Analyse data to drive decision marking and process improvement.
• Support internal initiatives on Product Development and New Product Implementation.
• Manage, mentor, guide, and challenge each team to drive excellence in each area.

ESSENTIAL AND DESIRABLE SKILLS 

• Experience in People and Process Management.
• Experience in MPS, forecasting and Working capital management.
• Appreciation of P&L and how the bottom line is impacted.
• Experience with excess and obsolete processes.
• Excellent people management and soft skills.
• High attention to detail and disciplined approach.
• Understand Global Cost Drives together with their cause and effect.
• Experience with a continually evolving and growing operation.
• Data analytics and/or Planning background – Understand data trends, materials, MPS, and manufacturing processes.
• Have strong negotiation, communication, interpersonal & influencing skills.
• Positive and enthusiastic attitude.
• Be analytical, numerically astute with strong proven problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent problem-solving techniques with the mentality that there is always a way to make the process better.
• Organised – able to document, handle, prioritise and deal with a high volume of projects and tasks.
• Recognise trends to ensure plan adherence.
• Possess the ability to work with multiple teams to drive best practice

Desirable Skills:

• IT – MS Navision ERP System.
• Project Management Skills.
• Experience in Global Sourcing and Supply Chains.

• Advanced Planning techniques.
• Background and understanding of end-to-end Operations.

 Required Personal Attributes:

• Proactive “Can Do” attitude.
• Strong negotiation and teamwork skills.
• Ability to communicate at all levels in a clear professional and concise manner.
• A willingness to question, understand & challenge both Product and Process for improvement and gain.
• Creative and Analytical
• Excellent people management skills
• Flawless attention to detail
• Ability and desire to mentor and guide team members
• Data driven

QUALIFICATIONS OR RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE 

• 5 years in a similar role