Materials Manager
Job Description
Studenttimes Staffing Solutions is a professional recruitment agency that specializes in providing permanent, temporary, and contractual staffing solutions, for both full-time jobs and part-time job. Offices in Mississauga | Brantford | Cambridge – Ontario, Canada.
The Materials Manager will oversee the planning, procurement, storage, control, and distribution of materials and products according to company needs and customer requirements.
Roles and Responsibilities:-
- Responsible for maintaining safe working conditions and practices to ensure the safety of all employees’.
- Responsible for managing (e.g. expedites / premium freight, bank builds, overtime, production scheduling, tier 2 schedules, rack fleet) the activities of the Materials and Shipping/Receiving staff in the Cambridge Plant to ensure the requirements of our customers are met.
- Ensure customer requirements are received weekly and daily and all communication on shipments made are generated on a timely basis.
- Responsible for sub-contractor management through schedules and ensuring inventories are maintained by monthly reconciliation processes.
- Responsible for overseeing the production schedule, raw material purchasing schedule and labour schedule to ensure customer requirements are met.
- Analyze expendable container inventory levels and usage to accommodate alternate shipment activities.
- Analyze material purchasing and expediting activities to ensure proper procedures are followed during special events such as engineering changes and product launches.
- Verify raw supplier schedules for accuracy and to ensure that E.O.Q.’s are maintained and reviewed throughout the year as the book of business changes.
- Ensure all inventory targets set are achieved.
- Ensure Materials budget is on target and achieved for freight, manpower, supplies.
- Developing employees by ensuring they receive training in the areas of quality, equipment, safety and any other areas that will help them to excel in their assignments, and by providing annual performance reviews. Ensure all employees are cross-trained to provide effective back up and support for other department members.
- Setting key performance indicators and targets for the department in conjunction with the development of continuous improvement
- Keep abreast of all technological changes in M.R.P. systems, inventory management and make recommendations as to implementation.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Experience:-
- Comprehensive knowledge of manufacturing and related processes, including customer shipping requirements, production scheduling and raw materials
- APICS courses or certification preferred.
- Grade 12 and five years or more of experience in a computerized materials management / production environment
- Excellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills
- Good computer skills and knowledge of the relevant software
While we thank all applicants for their interest, only those who are considered for an interview.
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