Materials Manager

TITLE: Materials Manager

LOCATION: Hybrid in Lombard, IL

COMP RANGE: $102,898 - $154,347

Griffith Foods is hiring a Materials Manager to provide key leadership in the coordination and management of payroll activities in the United States and Canada.

This is your opportunity to establishand lead raw material inventory, working capital strategies to support customer requirements and corporate objectives.

As a Materials Manager, your responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring materials arrive on time, balancing inventory (NWC) with manufacturing schedules.

• Ownership and maintenance of MRP Planning and Inventory parameters in ERP for Purchased items. (i.e. Coverage groups, Safety Stocks, etc.)

• Ownership and maintenance of raw material inventory strategy and execution.

• Ensure daily execution on: RM availability to support production schedules, proactive communication of issues that may affect production plan and/or sales orders.

• Lead the At-Risk Inventory process to drive down Loss on Inventory costs by identifying materials at-risk due to expiration, lost business, slow-movement, or excessive days on hand.

• Owning, measuring and driving improvement over OEE lost due to material delays.

The Materials Manager position is well-suited for you if you:

• Have extensive data literacy experience- data analysis, ad hoc reporting, AI experience is a plus.

• Have experience building models in inventory strategy

• Have experience in configuring and making changes to configurations in ERP systems.

• Are strategic and tactical- not just responsive

• Have planning and materials management experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Are able to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers.

Qualified candidates will have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or Business.

• 3+ years of progressive experience in supply chain management in a manufacturing environment

• 3+ years inventory management and planning experience

• 3+ years experience in Systems: order processing, ERP platforms, planning, forecasting, and Microsoft tools necessary

• Willingness and ability to work onsite in LOMBARD, IL OR OSWEGO, IL OR AVON, OH 1-2 days per week

What will set you apart:

• APICS certification desirable

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365

Griffith Foods embraces WorkFlex, allowing employees to work remotely, and select options like compressed work weeks, flex time, etc. that creates an effective workplace where work patterns meet the needs of both employers & employees. Most IT professionals come into the office once a week or less. Periodic onsite meetings may occur at our Lombard or Alsip (IL) locations.