Materials Manager

The Materials Manager is responsible for leading and coordinating all materials management functions, including Production Planning, Purchasing, Inventory Control, Warehouse Operations, MRO, and Shipping & Receiving. This role ensures the efficient flow of materials throughout the production process to support customer requirements, optimize inventory investment, and achieve operational excellence.
What you will do:
Plan and oversee timely flow of materials through production cycle to minimize customer order past due and ensure on time delivery to customer.
Manage policies, procedures, and material control systems.
Offer technical expertise to cross functional project teams.
Mentor, develop, and review personnel to meet functional objectives.
Negotiate and administer supplier contracts.
Develop procurement strategies for Raw Materials and Machined Components to drive costs down.
Analyze and manage appropriate reports including supplier performance reports, MRP exception reports and open P.O. reports to ensure on-time material availability and proper inventory levels.
Continual Improvement activities within Material and Production Control areas.
Maintain and monitor MRP parameters.
Interface with machine shop, Production, Quality Assurance and Engineering to achieve the smooth flow of materials and services.
We are looking for:
Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations Management, or a related field.
Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in Materials Management, Supply Chain, or Operations within a manufacturing environment.
Must have experience working in a manufacturing environment with preference on complex High mix/ Low volume components.
Experience working and managing the purchasing, planning, shipping and warehouse departments.
Able to generate reports, investigate and resolve problems using problem solving tools and methodologies.
Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.
Ability to work under pressure conditions in an environment of changing priorities.
Excellent understanding and working experience with MRP/ERP systems, Oracle is preferred.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Excellent communication skills, (written, and verbal).
Bilingual in Spanish and English.
Hands-On, Leading the group attitude.