Materials Manager

Description: Position Summary The Materials Manager is a key member of the Hanover site leadership team, responsible for developing and leading the factory’s end-to-end materials strategy. This role owns materials planning, purchasing, inventory control, warehousing, receiving, internal material flow, shipping, and logistics coordination. A critical priority will be leading the site’s transition to a disciplined MRP-driven operating model. The Materials Manager will take full ownership of this transformation, including evaluating system requirements, improving master data and planning processes, establishing operating standards, coordinating training, and ensuring the organization consistently uses the system to make timely and accurate decisions. This leader will build the materials organization and infrastructure required to support Forgent’s continued growth over the next two to three years. The successful candidate will combine strong operational execution with strategic leadership, lean thinking, systems knowledge, and the ability to develop people. This role is intended for a high-potential leader capable of growing into broader operations. Key Responsibilities Materials Strategy and Leadership Develop and execute the site’s materials strategy to support safety, quality, delivery, cost, and growth objectives. Lead all plant materials and logistics functions, including purchasing, materials planning, MRP, inventory control, warehousing, receiving, shipping, and internal material movement. Build a scalable materials organization with clear responsibilities, standard work, performance expectations, and succession plans. Develop, coach, and hold the materials team accountable for operational results and continuous improvement. Serve as an active member of the site leadership team and contribute to overall factory strategy, capacity planning, and business decisions. Establish strong working relationships across Operations, Fabrication, Assembly, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Project Management, and other Forgent facilities. MRP and Planning-System Transformation Own the implementation and adoption of an effective MRP-driven materials planning process for the Hanover site. Assess current systems, processes, data quality, and organizational capabilities; identify the software, resources, and training required. Lead cross-functional implementation activities, including system configuration, master-data readiness, testing, training, launch, and sustainment. Establish accurate bills of material, routings, lead times, safety stocks, order policies, inventory parameters, and planning standards. Ensure planners, buyers, supervisors, and other users are properly trained and consistently follow the defined planning processes. Develop planning disciplines that provide clear visibility to shortages, priorities, capacity constraints, supplier risks, and customer requirements. Create governance and accountability to maintain system accuracy after implementation. Material Availability and Customer Delivery Ensure materials and fabricated parts are available at the correct location, quantity, quality, and time to support the production schedule. Establish a proactive shortage-management and escalation process that protects assembly flow and customer delivery commitments. Partner with Production Planning and Operations to translate customer demand into actionable purchasing, fabrication, material, and logistics requirements. Coordinate priorities and material transfers with other Forgent facilities when additional capacity supply support is required. Identify risks early and lead cross-functional recovery plans before they affect production or customers. Support S&OP and production-planning processes by providing accurate information regarding inventory, material availability, supplier capacity, and constraints. Purchasing and Supplier Performance Provide leadership and direction to the site purchasing organization. E…

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