Materials Manager

Our client are a leading manufacturer of precision parts for the aerospace industry. They are looking to add a Materials Manager to their team on a permanent basis. This would be a great fit for a meticulous individual who enjoys challenge and variety in their day to day.


Materials Manager
Permanent position
Global manufacturer of precision components
10% matched pension, 25 days holiday & life assurance

Materials Manager

• Manage raw material purchases and e&o in line with Inventory targets
• Manage customer demand schedule loading on the backlog
• Identify changes and movements in customer demand
  • Evaluate the raw material impact
  • availability of raw material
  • review flow down effect on Inter co suppliers
  • review SOP and financial impact in conjunction with the Planning Manager

• Monitor sales backlog to ensure reflects customer requirements and acknowledged delivery dates
• Confirm raw material plan requirements to support SOP and Customer commits
• Review supply commitments in conjunction with purchasing, verify and identify Issues to meet customer committed deliveries
• Support purchasing to resolve supply issues
• Prepare work order launch plan, in conjunction with Planning Mgr, to support customer deliveries and production plans
• Prepare long range raw material forecasts for Inter Co suppliers
• Prepare Customer raw material reporting
• Implement robust process to ensure charge back on any applicable PPV and or surcharge to customers
• Ensure compliance with appliable reporting eg
• SOX
• Conflict Minerals
• CBAM
• SEPA
• Support development of IT Purchasing procedures
• Meets and communicates with customers as required
• Carry out any other duty as requested by the Senior Management Team.
  
  

Knowledge & Experience

• Excellent understanding how customer demand is linked to purchase demand
• Strong financial acumen
• Well organised and possess strong numerical skills with the ability to analyse data effectively and put forward solutions to problems
• Energetic with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Can work with minimal supervision, using own initiative.
• Must have outstanding knowledge with advanced skills of Microsoft Excel, alongside good IT skills.
• Strong attention to detail and excellent interpersonal skills.
• A high level of responsiveness with the ability to work under pressure and tight time constraints
• Must have minimum of 5 years applicable experience within a manufacturing industry.

Previous experience with areas such as

• Production and Material planning
• Purchasing
• Master scheduling
• Demand planning
• Project management
• Customer Account management

Benefits & Working hours

• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Pension matched up to 10%
• 3x annual salary life assurance
• Profit related bonus scheme

Working Hours:

• Monday to Thursday 8am to 4:15pm
• Friday - 8am to 3pm

Please note this role will be site based.