Material Planning & Logistics Manager

Job description

Role Summary The Material Planning & Logistics Manager position supervises and coordinates team members in the departments responsible for planning and procurement of materials in production, receiving, storing, and preparing product for shipment. Main Tasks: - Disciplinary and functional lead, including coordination of activities in the teams; - Lead the location specific logistics, materials, and production planning initiatives; - Use Lean manufacturing methodologies in the value chain to drive continuous improvement; - Work with sales, Inventory, Operations, Planning lead to drive inventory reduction projects; - Partner with Manufacturing to ensure coordination of other functions such as production planning, raw and finisched goods inventory management; - Coach team resolving complex problems concerning supply chain issuess; - Maintain and create metrics, reports, process documentation with the overall objective to proactively highlight potential problems and drive improvements from a financial and operational aspect; - Report out monthly on achievement of goals and objectives - create and implement corrective actions for negative performance; - All accountabilities of MP&L proc...