Materials Manager jobs in Farmington, MI

Job Title:  MATERIALS MANAGER

Global Tier 1 automotive supplier/manufacturer seeks a MATERIALS MANAGER!!

Role Purpose:

This position manages production scheduling, inventory control, shipping/receiving, warehouses, and purchasing to maintain customer service and minimize product and shipping costs.

Responsibilities:

Schedule production line based on customer requirements

Ship product to customers

Responsible for housekeeping and working within the company HS&E guidelines

Evaluate plant capacity and correct shortfalls

Maintain inventory reports/records

Manage plant inventories to target levels

Maintain management reports, inventory, TQM objectives

Responsible for continual improvement within department including BIC indicators

This position is responsible for safety elements (subject to change): Regulatory Compliance

and Workplace Traffic Management 

Problem solving and trouble shooting

Procedure writing and implementation

Understand BIC Key performance indicators and develop and implement corrective actions to

meet or exceed company targets.

Drive lean principles to reduce waste and implement 5S and Kaizens in department

Ensure good communications across shifts, departments

Participate in problem solving, VSM, Kaizen projects

Implement SOT’s, standard work

Audit for standard work, quality, understanding HSE

Train, disqualify, qualify, and audit performance on teammates

Other duties may be assigned; this position may be required to work daily and/or weekend overtime.

This position has one direct supervisor reporting to it and 10 non-supervisory personnel reporting.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty

satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Bachelor’s degree from four-year College or University or two to five years related experience

and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.

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