Materials Manager
Lear Corporation
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Detroit • Missouri • United States
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About the role
- Drive/sustain Best-In-Class Inventory Control.
- Utilize Plan For Every Part (PFEP) to optimize on-hand inventory levels and targeted Days On Hand (DOH) while minimizing total Excess and Obsolete (E&O).
- Assure sustainable shop floor organization for all material with respect to receiving, put away, and line replenishment.
- Command all aspects of proper Cycle Counting per the Division procedure to identify, understand, explain, and rapidly address material’s variances.
- Control Engineering Change activity through proper multi-functional collaboration, database management, communication and physical implementation.
- Work with Finance Team to forecast accurate materials cost and month ending inventory values required to meet DOH goal.
- Execute wall to wall Physical Inventories semi-annually within acceptable absolute and net balance on hand variances.
- Assure efficient, timely, and accurate Material Release Management (Customer through the Lear supply chain).
- Analyze Customer release data to identify potential current and future constraints.
- Provide appropriate and timely Customer Portal responses, as required.
- Notify supply base of customer release changes impacting the Lear supplier release and obtain verification on the ability to meet current release requirements.
- Maintain 100% supplier EDI relationship (Lear outbound 830/862 and supplier inbound 856 ASN) for efficient data flow and visibility.
- Preserve complete compliance with all internal/external audit requirements, and report plant Materials key performance indicators (KPI’s) to Division as specified.
- Understand and adhere to Lear’s internal audit requirements which will also result in compliance with external Sarbanes-Oxley, TS16949 and ISO14001 demands.
- Own KPI results, drive continuous improvement and action plans, report KPI information weekly to Division through the on-line database.
- Achieve optimal inbound/outbound freight spend and manage Premium Freight to 100% recoverable (not plant fault).
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, logistics, or related field.
- Seven (7) to ten (10) years of Materials Management experience in the automotive industry, including Product Launch experience.
- Proven Communication, Organizational, and Leadership Skillsets
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Hard Skills & Tools
Inventory ControlPlan For Every Part (PFEP)Cycle CountingMaterial Release ManagementKPI ReportingDatabase ManagementCost ForecastingPhysical Inventory ExecutionSupplier EDI ManagementContinuous Improvement
Soft Skills
CommunicationOrganizational SkillsLeadership
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in supply chainBachelor's degree in logisticsBachelor's degree in related field