APICS Central Minnesota Job Board: Materials Team Leader (Director)

Date: 5/7/2010
Company: See Recruiter
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City State Zip: Iowa

Title: Materials Team Leader (Director)
Openings:
Location: Iowa
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Salary: $120 + Bonus

Qualifications: Minimum:
1. Bachelors Degree
2. Ten+ years of progressive materials management, sourcing experience and materials system execution experience in a large, complex business environment. Understand financial statements and systems.
3. Ability to think strategically and lead change.

Desired But Not Essential:
1. MBA, Technical Degree, APICS/CIRM/ Purchasing Certifications
2. Strong Lean tool kit and implementation experience in a strong Lean Enterprise environment.
3. Excellent Communication Skills and ability to sell ideas to accomplish necessary changes in processes, procedures and culture

Duties: The focus of the position is providing strategic and tactical leadership in the development and implementation of production and materials plans for three plants. The function is to provide strategic direction and executable tactical plans to insure business metrics on Promised Delivery, Working Capital Turnover, Materials Availability & Costs are met in order to maximize business productivity, profitability, product quality, costs and customer service objectives, while supporting an overall mandate to develop a Lean operating enterprise and culture.

Materials develops and implements tactical production and inventory schedules to provide the products needed to support Company Residential sales and profitability plans by:
A. Developing production plans for three different plants making seasonal products.
B. Overseeing the procurement or build of internal components to support the production plans.
C. Building/developing Supplier network to support the business needs.
D. Driving the strategic development/enhancement of Lean materials control tools, systems and procedures.
E. Managing the receipt, storage and pick of component inventories to support the plans.
F. Oversees the procurement activities to support new product launches and engineering changes.
G. Administers the internal movement of materials within the facilities.
H. Oversees the development of Phase-in/Phase-out Plans for product transitions.
I. Develops and manages overall Inventory budgets for all plants. Manages slow moving and obsolete materials consumption/disposition programs.
J. Manages functional cost budgets, PPV, etc. to meet established business targets.

Contact: G.M. Snyder & Associates
Address:
Phone: 636/256-3870
Fax: 636/256-3506
E-mail: gibsnyder@gmsnyder.com

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