Materials Manager at SUNBELT SOLOMON SERVICES LLC in Solomon, Kansas

Job Description:

The Materials Manager will oversee plant level activities within Receiving, Shipping, Inventory, Yard, and Parts (including local purchasing, in accordance with company needs and customer requirements). This is a local position but may require up to 10% travel to effectively carry out the responsibilities of the role to other Sunbelt Solomon production locations and potentially to suppliers. This individual will routinely report to the local Plant Manager and executives on inventory levels, purchasing activities (shortages and part lead-times), RFID performance, receiving and ongoing efforts to improve performance. Additionally, the materials manager will be required to participate in site-wide Kaizen events as part of the team driving overall performance.

Supervise parts room, receiving, shipping, and local purchasing.
Supervise ALL material handling in yard and factory to ensure material availability for internal manufacturing production being aligned with production schedules.
Driving cost reductions in purchasing and implementing planning and material forecasting in purchasing to eliminate material shortages and stockout.
Execution to receiving and storage standards.
Responsible for building, analyzing, and distributing material forecasts for accurate capacity planning inclusive of execution to min/max requirements for inventory and part purchases.
Identify and execute continuous improvement projects ranging from the Yard Layout and 5S per lean principles to overall operational efficiency in all areas of responsibility.
Mobile equipment maintenance and replenishment.
Match units to orders.
Local lead for physical inventory count processes.