Job Title:  Materials Manager

The Materials Manager is responsible for leading and coordinating all materials management functions, including Production Planning, Purchasing, Inventory Control, Warehouse Operations, MRO, and Shipping & Receiving. This role ensures the efficient flow of materials throughout the production process to support customer requirements, optimize inventory investment, and achieve operational excellence.

What you will do:

• Plan and oversee timely flow of materials through production cycle to minimize customer order past due and ensure on time delivery to customer.
• Manage policies, procedures, and material control systems.
• Offer technical expertise to cross functional project teams.
• Mentor, develop, and review personnel to meet functional objectives.
• Negotiate and administer supplier contracts.
• Develop procurement strategies for Raw Materials and Machined Components to drive costs down.
• Analyze and manage appropriate reports including supplier performance reports, MRP exception reports and open P.O. reports to ensure on-time material availability and proper inventory levels.
• Continual Improvement activities within Material and Production Control areas.
• Maintain and monitor MRP parameters.
• Interface with machine shop, Production, Quality Assurance and Engineering to achieve the smooth flow of materials and services.

 
We are looking for:

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in Materials Management, Supply Chain, or Operations within a manufacturing environment.
• Must have experience working in a manufacturing environment with preference on complex High mix/ Low volume components.
• Experience working and managing the purchasing, planning, shipping and warehouse departments.
• Able to generate reports, investigate and resolve problems using problem solving tools and methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.
• Ability to work under pressure conditions in an environment of changing priorities.
• Excellent understanding and working experience with MRP/ERP systems, Oracle is preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Excellent communication skills, (written, and verbal).
• Bilingual in Spanish and English.
• Hands-On, Leading the group attitude.