Materials Manager

Are you ready to elevate your professional journey and make a real impact? Step into a key leadership role within a growing industrial organization where safety, operational excellence, and continuous improvement are top priorities. We’re looking for an experienced operations leader who enjoys developing teams, improving processes, and driving results within a fast-moving manufacturing environment. The Materials Processing Manager will oversee a full-scale operation including material flow, production, and shipping/receiving (fleet) management. The organization has a strong foundation set for operations and is ready for a successor to bring it to the next level in this new opening. What You Will Be Doing Lead a multi-functional operations team across material processing, warehouse, logistics, inventory, and material movement activities. Oversee day-to-day manufacturing and processing operations while ensuring safety, quality, productivity, and operational goals are consistently achieved. Provide leadership and oversight for internal transportation and fleet-related operations. Identify and implement opportunities to improve throughput, cost, inventory accuracy, equipment reliability, and overall operational performance. Develop supervisors and frontline teams while fostering a culture of accountability, urgency, collaboration, and continuous improvement. What We Need From You To be considered for this role, candidates must have the following experience and skills: 8+ years of progressive experience in operations, manufacturing, warehouse, logistics, material processing, or a related industrial environment. Proven experience leading supervisors and hourly teams within a fast-paced manufacturing or processing operation. Hands-on responsibility for fleet and/or transportation operations. Strong manufacturing background with an understanding of production equipment, machinery, and material flow. Strong technical aptitude, communication skills, and the ability to effectively lead a complex, high-volume operation. All-Star Skillset The ideal candidate will also have any or all of the following preferred experience and skills: Experience within recycling, plastics, materials processing, or a similar industrial environment. Exposure to extrusion or other equipment-intensive manufacturing processes. Strong warehouse and inventory management experience. Familiarity with ERP, warehouse, or inventory management systems. Experience leading continuous improvement initiatives within manufacturing or operations. The Perks Join a growing organization with continued investment in its operations and people. Work within an employee-focused environment where safety and operational excellence are highly valued. Opportunity to take ownership of an established operation while identifying new ways to improve performance. Collaborative culture with the ability to make decisions and have a meaningful impact on the business. Structured onboarding and knowledge transfer to help ensure a successful transition into the role. Competitive benefits package including health and wellness benefits, retirement savings opportunities, paid time off, and paid holidays. StaffBright - Who We Are StaffBright connects exceptional professionals with fulfilling opportunities in Finance, IT, Engineering, and Sales and Marketing. By partnering with industry-leading organizations, we help accelerate careers while delivering outstanding results for our clients. At StaffBright, we go beyond traditional staffing by fostering close collaboration with our clients, recruiters, and candidates to ensure talent needs are met efficiently. Our commitment to building long-term relationships and driving success sets us apart as a trusted partner in the staffing industry.

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