Materials Manager jobs in Sterling Heights, MI

Legal Entity: Woodbridge Corporation

Requisition ID: 2462

Woodbridge is a privately-owned company offering innovative material technologies for applications in automotive, commercial, recreational, packaging, healthcare and building products. In addition to manufacturing operations, the company also offers a full array of services including: chemical research and development, product and process engineering, tooling, technical support and accredited laboratory testing. Woodbridge operates more than 46 facilities across 9 countries—employing over 7,500 teammates and serving more than 600 customers worldwide.

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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Woodbridge is committed to fostering a diverse workplace. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider applicants without regard to race, colour, ancestry, creed, place of origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other protected status. If you have any accommodation requirements, please let us know, and we will do our best to meet your needs in accordance with applicable local legislation.