Material Planning and Logistics Manager

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