Supply Chain & Materials Manager – Manufacturing

Team & Materials Planning

• Lead, coach, and develop Buyer Planners while establishing clear performance expectations and KPIs.
• Balance workloads across commodities, projects, and production requirements.
• Ensure Buyer Planners effectively use ERP/MRP systems for purchasing, planning, item master maintenance, and exception management.
• Support professional development, cross-training, and certification opportunities such as APICS CPIM and CSCP.
• Maintain coverage plans to ensure continuity during absences and staffing changes.

Production & Project Support

• Partner with Project Managers to align material availability with project schedules and production release dates.
• Participate in project kickoffs for engineered-to-order (ETO) programs to review BOMs, identify long-lead materials, and assess supply risks.
• Provide material availability and lead-time information to support realistic customer commitments.
• Lead shortage escalations and coordinate corrective actions with suppliers and internal teams.
• Review the active project portfolio regularly and align material critical paths with project schedules.
• Support configure-to-order (CTO) and quick-ship programs through appropriate inventory and material planning.

Sales & Demand Planning

• Provide Sales with supply chain input on material availability, supplier capacity, and realistic lead times before commitments are made.
• Participate in Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) activities.
• Use sales pipeline and backlog information to anticipate material requirements and reduce supply risk.
• Support customer-specific stocking programs, blanket orders, and consignment inventory arrangements.

Strategic Supply Management

• Develop positioning plans for critical and long-lead materials.
• Manage inventory strategies for components such as specialty breakers, bus assemblies, power electronic modules, custom enclosures, and transformers.
• Identify single-source and sole-source risks and recommend mitigation strategies, including dual sourcing, safety stock, supplier-managed inventory, and LTAs.
• Support commodity strategies using supplier performance, consumption, and demand data.
• Execute approved supplier and commodity strategies at the facility level.
• Lead facility-level make/buy analysis and provide recommendations to supply chain and operations leadership.
• Monitor commodity pricing, supply constraints, geopolitical risks, tariffs, and other factors affecting material cost or availability.

Inventory Management

• Own facility inventory performance, including inventory turns, excess and obsolete (E&O) inventory, days of supply, and working capital.
• Drive toward a target of 10 inventory turns per year.
• Lead monthly E&O reviews and coordinate disposition actions such as supplier returns, project redeployment, and write-off recommendations.
• Establish inventory policies covering safety stock, reorder points, lot sizing, and cycle counts.
• Lead the annual physical inventory process.
• Balance inventory investment, material availability, and working capital using data-driven decisions.

Supplier Performance

• Manage supplier performance using on-time delivery (SOTD), quality/PPM, lead-time accuracy, and responsiveness metrics.
• Conduct quarterly business reviews with key suppliers and establish measurable improvement plans.
• Escalate supplier issues that could affect production continuity.
• Partner with Quality Engineering on SCARs, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and supplier qualification.
• Support new supplier qualification with Quality Engineering and Application Engineering.
• Negotiate or oversee pricing agreements, blanket purchase orders, and long-term agreements (LTAs).

ERP/MRP & Reporting

• Maintain accurate ERP/MRP data, including item masters, BOMs, supplier lead times, and planning parameters.
• Establish consistent ERP usage standards and eliminate off-system planning workarounds.
• Review MRP output and resolve issues involving parameter drift, demand signals, BOM accuracy, and planning logic.
• Partner with IT and ERP administrators on system improvements, reporting, and configuration changes.
• Prepare weekly supply chain dashboards and monthly KPI scorecards for leadership.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives involving ERP optimization, supplier lead-time reduction, dock-to-stock improvements, and inventory reduction.
• Apply Lean principles, including 5S, throughout receiving, warehouse, stockroom, and material-handling processes.

• Supply Chain Leadership & Team Development
• Strategic Material Positioning & Risk Management
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• MRP/ERP Mastery & Data Governance
• Inventory Optimization
• Supplier Relationship & Performance Management
• Project-Aligned Material Planning
• Demand Sensing & Capacity Awareness
• Escalation & Crisis Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Commercial & Cost Management
• Executive Communication & Reporting

• On-site position; not remote or hybrid.
• Daily presence on the manufacturing floor is required.
• Regular work in production, warehouse, and receiving areas with exposure to moderate noise, industrial equipment, and electrical assemblies.
• Up to 20% travel for supplier visits, strategic sourcing reviews, industry conferences, and occasional customer engagement.
• Must be available to address escalated supply chain issues outside standard business hours when production continuity is at risk.
• Must be physically able to walk manufacturing areas, access storage locations, and participate in physical inventory activities.

Apply today to be considered for this opportunity.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations Management, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree is a plus.
• 7–10+ years of progressive supply chain experience in manufacturing, including at least 3 years in a supervisory or team lead role overseeing buyers, planners, or Buyer Planners.
• Experience managing material planning and procurement in an electromechanical, electrical equipment, or industrial manufacturing environment.
• Power distribution industry experience strongly preferred.
• Advanced proficiency with ERP/MRP systems, including SAP, Oracle, Epicor, Infor, IFS, or comparable systems.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve MRP planning issues, not simply report them.
• Demonstrated success improving inventory turns while maintaining or improving material availability, with the ability to quantify previous results.
• Experience managing supplier performance programs, including QBRs, SCARs, and supplier development.
• Ability to operate effectively at both tactical and strategic levels.
• Strong cross-functional experience working with project management, sales, engineering, production, and finance.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate supply chain information into actionable recommendations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and data analysis tools for inventory, spend, and supplier performance reporting.