Automotive, Manufacturing, Industrial Filtration, Engineering

Materials, Planning & Logistics Manager

Wichita Falls, TXOnsiteFull TimeManager / HeadPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

manufacturing
distribution management
logistics management
communication skills
customer service management
coordination skills
ERP systems
SAP
customer orientation
supplier orientation

Nice to have

Lean Manufacturing
continuous improvement
value stream
material handling improvements
PFEP
replenishment

Role summary

The Materials, Planning & Logistics Manager leads and oversees all aspects of logistics, materials management, purchasing, and production planning for a location. This role is responsible for ensuring safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness in these areas, including managing carrier relationships, implementing Lean manufacturing principles, and driving inventory reduction projects. The manager will also be responsible for hiring, training, and developing staff, conducting performance reviews, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. Key performance indicators for logistics and inventory will be measured and owned by this role. Collaboration with Sales, Manufacturing, and other site functions is crucial for success.

Main Tasks

Leads the location logistics, materials, purchasing and production planning initiatives
Assures adherence of safety specifications and processes in the logistics areas that use powered industrial trucks and manual material handing equipment
Oversight of Logistics/TMS support- handles carrier related concerns
Leads and supports of material handling improvements
Uses Lean manufacturing methodologies in the value stream to drive continuous improvement
Works with Sales, Inventory, Operations, Planning led to drive inventory reduction projects
Ensures level loading of the production planning processes for inventory optimization
Supports development and maintenance of PFEP, replenishment, and flow of material strategies into standardized processes
Measures and owns Logistic Key Performance Indicators such as inventory turns, material variance, on-time fill rate
Studies and standardizes procedures to improve efficiency of workers
Interviews, hires, trains and develops new employees
Partners with Manufacturing to ensure coordination of other functions such as production planning, raw and finished goods inventory management and effective change overs
Leads the communication collaboratively within the site support functions and sales team
Conducts annual performance reviews and provides continual feedback on both positive and constructive performance
Ensures teams have processes in place to control non-conformance materials to initiate corrective actions, ensure that the commodities are inspected for conformity with other specifications and checked for defects
Ensures all activities regarding the transport logistics and/or production logistics and/or logistics planning are performed in time and budget
Ensures the project stages are adequately managed and deadlines are met, ensure that the customer and supplier conditions and requirements are considered
Manages supervisors and underlying employees of the material planning, receiving, inventory management, and shipping departments of the local site to the performance measures and engage in the hiring process of these departments
Oversees warehouse set for expectation and remains inventory
Additional duties as assigned

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree Required
5 years manufacturing and distribution management and logistics management experience required
Strong communication skills at all levels of the organization
Customer service management skills, and supplier orientation organization and coordination skills
Lean Manufacturing experience desired
Working knowledge of ERP systems, SAP or other preferred
Customer and supplier orientation, organization and coordination skills
Self-initiative and ability to work under pressure
Interpersonal skills and problem-solving skills necessary to work in a cooperative, positive team approach
Ability to lead, train and mentor employees on a personal & professional level
Experience or knowledge of raw materials planning/production scheduling process
OSHA 10 Knowledge
Occasional travel for corporate alignment and training may be required

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