Material Planning and Logistics Manager.

Job Description

Role Summary

The Material Planning & Logistics Manager position supervises and coordinates team members in the departments responsible for planning and procurement of materials in production, receiving, storing, and preparing product for shipment.

Main Tasks

• Lead the location specific logistics, materials, and production planning initiatives.
• Assure 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- carrier related concerns.
• Lead and support of material handling improvements
• Use Lean manufacturing methodologies in the value chain to drive continuous improvement.
• Work with Sales, Inventory, Operations, Planning lead to drive inventory reduction projects.
• Ensure level loading of the production planning processes for inventory optimization
• Support development and maintenance of PFEP, replenishment, and flow of material strategies into standardized processes.
• Measure and own Logistic Key Performance Indicators such as inventory turns, material variance, on-time delivery (fill rate).
• Study and standardize procedures to improve efficiency of workers.
• Interview and hire new employees.
• Partner with Manufacturing to ensure coordination of other functions such as production planning, raw and finished goods inventory management,
• Leads the communication collaboratively within the site support functions and sales team.
• Conduct annual performance reviews and provide continual feedback on both positive and constructive performance.
• Ensure 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
• Ensure that all activities regarding the transport logistics and/or production logistics and/or logistics planning are performed in time and budget.
• Ensure that the project stages are adequately managed and deadlines are met, ensure that the customer and supplier conditions and requirements are considered

Your Profile

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree Required.

Experience:

• 5 years of experience in a logistics capacity or similar with 3 years supervisory experience
• Manufacturing/industry Distribution experience required.
• Lean Manufacturing experience desired.
• Experience or knowledge of raw materials planning/production scheduling process.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems, SAP, SAGE, etc

Skills:

• Strong communication skills at all levels of the organization.
• 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

Are you full of ideas? Are you keen to take on responsibility and really achieve something? Then our doors are open to you. This company lives out its values, gives people the freedom to use their own initiative, and offers many development exciting opportunities and many exciting projects – all of which awaits you here.