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Summary

The Supply Chain Manager in Brewster will oversee the Production Planning, Customer Support, and Shipping/ Receiving/ Warehouse teams and will perform supply and inventory planning activities that complement the business strategy, while contributing to transforming the culture into one focused on proactive behaviors that improve performance and productivity. The passion to influence and build relationships is crucial.

In this role the focus will be on optimizing the Supply Chain environment in Brewster and provide transparency into its performance. This individual will work closely with peers from the other plants for best practice sharing and implementation and will focus internally on stabilizing a functional and reliable supply chain.

The individual in this role will report to the Director of Supply Chain & Global Customer Service. Reporting to the individual in this role will be the (3) Production Planners, the Customer Service Supervisor, and the Inventory/Logistics Supervisor.

• Collaborate closely with the Operations team and build a partnership, while providing support and transparency regarding supply/demand constraints, shipping/ receiving capabilities, and ensure appropriate flexibility of the Supply Chain capabilities in line with the plant's requirements. Act as the main point of contact for the plant's strategy topics related to Supply Chain.
• Manage and coordinate the local Supply Chain team. Ensure development path for the team members and coordinate and support the projects and initiatives within their departments. Interface with and/or escalate to Supply Chain Director and the Plant Manager on employee issues and concerns as needed.
• Drive continuous improvement and best practice projects in all areas- Customer Service, Receiving, Shipping, Warehouse, Planning - and engage the team members to be active contributors to the positive changes.
• Collaborate with the team members in planning and the warehouse in managing the inventory levels. Ensure days on hand and overall inventory goals are met; actively mitigate risk of excess of stockout.
• Own On-Time-Delivery performance, non-PM Inventory Turns, and other best practice key performance indicators as requested by plant and division management. Also perform an operational forecast based on Sales and Finance input. Prepare the environment for the deployment of a Sales and Operations Planning process.
• Act as the subject matter expert related to SAP process and execution of all supply chain functions end to end, perform analysis and corrections of master and transactional data for efficiency increase. Drive gradual improvements and guide the team to become more knowledgeable ERP system users.
• Support the precious metal inventory and other business processes related to precious metal alongside Operations and Finance team as needed.
• Other tasks as assigned/ needed.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree required, preferably with an emphasis in Business, Supply Chain or Operations, or related field.

Experience

• An ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in manufacturing industry, with experience in one or more of the following preferred: supply chain management, inventory control, logistics, production planning, project management.
• Knowledge and hand on experience with ERP systems specifically related to materials requirements planning, distribution planning, production planning, or inventory control. Experience with SAP is a must.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and the ability to analyze and turn data into information and action.

People Manager- 5 Direct Reports: Production Planners, Inventory/Logistics Supervisor, and Customer Support Supervisor

Work Environment

Physical Demands- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or touch objects, tools or controls. The employee frequently is required to stand, sit, talk, and hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk; reach above shoulders; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and color vision.

Environment- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Environmental characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The above statements reflect the general details necessary to describe the principle functions of the occupation and should not be construed as a detailed description of all work requirements that may be inherent in the occupation.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across all levels and functional teams, in a matrix organization, and to influence and drive accountability across peers.
• Effective problem solving/ critical thinking skills to drive solutions related to complex supply chain models.
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders in all levels of the organization.
• Change agent, fast-paced and energetic individual; detail-oriented who possesses the ability to follow through on issues.
• Proven record of success in a dynamic, customer-focused environment.

Pay Range:

$101,500.00 - $162,100.00

Actual base salary offered varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location.

The selection of the person to be hired for this position is contingent on the candidate having export compliance eligibility for access to U.S. controlled technology which comes under the licensing jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of State, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

The candidate selected will have to qualify as either a U.S. citizen, a U.S. National, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., a Person Admitted into the U.S. as an Asylee or Refugee., a National of a country that is not prohibited from having access to U.S. controlled technology (via a letter of assurance), or a Person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on Materion's determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with Materion's business requirements.

Materion Corporation and its subsidiaries (the "Company") is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is the Company's policy to not unlawfully discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company's policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity and maintain employment statistics on applicants.

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