What are the responsibilities and job description for the Materials Manager position at ITW?
Job Description
Position Summary:
Directs and coordinates all phases of supply chain activities and maintains direct responsibility for the purchasing, production planning and shipping/receiving departments. Develop partnerships with reliable suppliers resulting in the procurement of cost competitive, high-quality materials with timely delivery and minimal inventory.
Responsibilities:
Formulates and develops long range goals and objectives for the materials function of the Plant. Directs and coordinates activities to attain these goals and objectives.Reviews analyses of activities, costs, operations, and forecast data to determine progress toward stated goals and objectives. (Continuous Improvement)
Owns implementation and maintenance of the plant “MRD” program, which seeks to plan production and procure materials based on a “pull” system and maintenance of target material & finished good inventory levels.
Minimizes on-hand inventory and develops and deploys strategies to minimize “slow” and “obsolete” inventory.
Manage inventory cycle count program to ensure inventory accuracy.
Own day-to-day materials procurement for the Des Plaines plant & planning of production of “made to order” products through team.
Partner with Strategic Sourcing to establish supplier KanBan / stocking programs in support of MRD.Own the improvement and stabilization of the supplier on time delivery metric.
Plans, organizes, supervises and directs the work of Materials Department personnel (Buyer) and oversees activities related to the logistics functions of the Plant.
Maintains familiarity with import/export and customs compliance procedures and documentation.
Engages in material planning by analyzing market and delivery conditions to determine present and future material availability. Develops and provides plans for managing inventory levels and inventory reduction.
Writes and revises procedures for activities that apply to or interact with the materials area.
Position Summary:
Directs and coordinates all phases of supply chain activities and maintains direct responsibility for the purchasing, production planning and shipping/receiving departments. Develop partnerships with reliable suppliers resulting in the procurement of cost competitive, high-quality materials with timely delivery and minimal inventory.
Responsibilities:
Formulates and develops long range goals and objectives for the materials function of the Plant. Directs and coordinates activities to attain these goals and objectives.Reviews analyses of activities, costs, operations, and forecast data to determine progress toward stated goals and objectives. (Continuous Improvement)
Owns implementation and maintenance of the plant “MRD” program, which seeks to plan production and procure materials based on a “pull” system and maintenance of target material & finished good inventory levels.
Minimizes on-hand inventory and develops and deploys strategies to minimize “slow” and “obsolete” inventory.
Manage inventory cycle count program to ensure inventory accuracy.
Own day-to-day materials procurement for the Des Plaines plant & planning of production of “made to order” products through team.
Partner with Strategic Sourcing to establish supplier KanBan / stocking programs in support of MRD.Own the improvement and stabilization of the supplier on time delivery metric.
Plans, organizes, supervises and directs the work of Materials Department personnel (Buyer) and oversees activities related to the logistics functions of the Plant.
Maintains familiarity with import/export and customs compliance procedures and documentation.
Engages in material planning by analyzing market and delivery conditions to determine present and future material availability. Develops and provides plans for managing inventory levels and inventory reduction.
Writes and revises procedures for activities that apply to or interact with the materials area.