Industrial Engineer / Materials Manager
Mastrovito AssociatesNow interviewing for an Industrial Engineer / Materials Manager for a manufacturing company in Aldine, TX.
Salary to $100k with profit sharing. Must have a BS in Industrial Engineering, 5+ years of experience and be bilingual. The IE / Materials Manager will design, build, and then run the core materials and scheduling systems that support a roughly $25 million powder coating operation.
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ials Manager Key responsibilities
• System design and ownership:
• Design, document, and implement end‐to‐end materials management systems that can scale with growth (process maps, work instructions, KPIs).
• Transition systems from design to steady-state operation, continuously monitoring performance and driving improvements.
• Purchasing and supplier management:
• Build a standard purchasing process including requisition flow, quote comparison, PO creation, and receipt controls with clearly defined levels of authority and approval limits.
• Develop and manage supplier relationships for powder, media, packaging, and consumables to ensure on‐time delivery, competitive pricing, and consistent quality.
• Implement standards for safety stock, lead times, and order frequencies aligned with demand and production requirements.
• Plant scheduling methodology:
• Create a scheduling framework tailored to powder coating operations (batching by color, substrate, cure profile, and customer priority) to maximize oven throughput and minimize changeovers.
• Coordinate daily and weekly production schedules with Operations, Sales, and Customer Service to meet customer due dates and maintain company's reputation for fast turnaround times.
• Monitor schedule adherence and capacity utilization, adjusting plans based on constraints, rush orders, and equipment availability.
• Inventory management (powder and related materials):
• Develop and maintain inventory control systems for powders, primers, masking materials, and packaging, including location management, lot traceability, and cycle counting.
• Set min/max levels and replenishment rules to prevent stock-outs while reducing excess and obsolete inventory.
• Partner with Quality and Operations to minimize waste from expired, off‐shade, or slow‐moving powders and to enforce FEFO/FIFO practices.
• ERP implementation and data integrity:
• Serve as the primary materials lead for ERP implementation, mapping current and future‐state processes into the system (items, BOMs, routings, purchasing, inventory, and scheduling modules).
• Define master data standards and ensure accurate setup of items, units of measure, lead times, and safety stocks.
• Help train end users on ERP transactions related to purchasing, receiving, inventory movements, and production reporting; own ongoing data cleanliness within materials functions.
• Real‐time oven analytics and production visibility:
• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, and IT to implement real‐time analytics for ovens (load status, cycle times, temperature profiles, bottlenecks, and downtime).
• Use real‐time data to refine scheduling rules, improve throughput, and reduce rework caused by under‐ or over‐curing.
• Build dashboards and standard reports that connect oven performance to materials consumption, schedule adherence, and on‐time delivery.
• Cross‐functional leadership and continuous improvement:
• Work closely with Production, Quality, Sales, Finance, and Logistics to align materials strategy with customer requirements across industrial, commercial, architectural, and residential markets.
• Identify and execute cost‐reduction and process‐improvement initiatives (e.g., color changeover strategy, lot size optimization, freight consolidation, vendor agreements).
• Establish and track key metrics such as inventory turns, on‐time delivery, purchase price variance, schedule adherence, and material yield.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering.
• Five years of materials, supply chain, or production planning experience in a manufacturing