Director of Materials Job at Dexter (Albion)

Job Description

Develops Albion’s supply chain strategic direction and goals, ensuring alignment with Plant and Corporate strategic objectives. Monitors the adequacy of action plans to meet objectives, monitors performance toward achieving key performance indicators, and ensures alignment. This role will cover a 6-building site in Albion, IN. Albion is the nucleus of Dexter Axle, and it is crucial to create and maintain a robust supply chain from inbound materials, put away of inventory, line side inventory management, flow of raw materials within buildings and to the downstream operations, finished goods inventory management, and the flow of components to internal sister plants and our customers. High quality and on time delivery to our customers and internal plants with an optimized level of inventory will be critical areas of focus.

Job Responsibility

Manages demand planning and forecasting for production scheduling to ensure an uninterrupted supply of customer products and to maximize efficient operations and production
Optimizes logistics flow from offshore parts to Albion campus to the distribution center to our internal plants and our customers
Audits operational procedures and programs to identify and implement improvements in product availability, storage optimization, receiving and shipping, and inventory accuracy, resulting in increased efficiencies and productivity
Manages inventory purchasing strategies to achieve turn targets
Develops, implements and/or influences best practices in the disciplines of forecasting, supply chain management, inventory management, production planning, logistics management and sourcing from multiple sources
Develops and leads continuous improvement opportunities across the internal / external logistics network
Champions the expanded use of technology and lean principles to improve planning, decision making, and execution
Supports the use of the ERP system for inventory management principles
Partners closely with the Supply Chain and Sourcing leadership team to execute various strategic initiatives
Manages and prepares company inventory relating to records, tracking of materials, changing business activity, quality of materials and stocking levels
Works closely with procurement to ensure reorder processes and timely delivery of materials are in place
Administers the development and implementation of an aggressive inventory reduction program limiting the plants exposure to excess inventory cost
Adjust inventory levels associated with any backlog production
Develops scheduling to establish sequence and lead times of manufacturing operations
Manages material planning activity to ensure timely delivery of material to support production operations
Design and implement VMI’s, Kanban, for optimal inventory and delivery performance
Coordinates with Quality Assurance to resolve supplier quality issues
Maintains proactive shortage identification and management - helps flag root causes & corrective actions
Expedites deliveries to meet and exceed scheduled critical requirements
Analyzes material and capacity availability to provide customer promise dates for sales orders
Maintains item master lead time information based upon process improvements, current constraints, total current demand by product, and priority information
Interfaces with required functional groups to resolve challenging delivery requirements
Communicates forecasts and replenishment plans to supplier
Reviews open requirements, monitors vendor performance and expediting where necessary
Communicates and coordinates effectively with employees, vendors and customers verbally and in writing
Sets strategic direction and goal attainment
Understand P&L and Balance Sheet impacts from operational decisions made to information and physical product flow
Performs other tasks or duties as assigned

Requirements

At least 12 years of related experience in a leadership role or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Bachelor's degree required, MBA preferred in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, Materials Management, or comparable degree

What we offer

Dexter offers a competitive wage
Full benefits package including Health, Dental, Vision, Life, STD, LTD, FSA, HSA
3% profit sharing in our Safe Harbor program
401(k) Plan with company contributions
Opportunities for internal career development and growth

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