Sr. Materials Manager

Position Summary: The Senior Materials Manager serves as the strategic leader of the end-to-end materials organization and is accountable for all master scheduling, production planning, procurement, inventory management, material control, warehousing, and supply planning activities. This role owns the integration of customer demand, sales forecasts, manufacturing capacity, supplier performance, inventory strategy, and operational execution into a single cohesive plan that supports customer commitments, financial objectives, and long-term business growth. As the business Master Scheduler, the Senior Materials Manager is responsible for establishing and governing the Master Production Schedule (MPS), ensuring alignment between demand, capacity, materials, labor, equipment, and customer priorities. The role serves as a key operational leader within the SIOP process, translating demand forecasts into executable production and procurement plans while balancing service, inventory, working capital, and operational performance. The Senior Materials Manager provides leadership across multiple functional disciplines, develops organizational capability, drives ERP/MRP excellence, and partners closely with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Sales, and Continuous Improvement to support profitable growth, operational excellence, and business transformation initiatives. Key Responsibilities: Strategic Leadership & Business Performance Develop and execute the materials management strategy to support business growth, customer satisfaction, inventory optimization, and operational excellence. Lead the end-to-end materials organization, ensuring alignment of planning, procurement, inventory, warehousing, and production scheduling activities. Establish annual objectives, key performance indicators, and improvement roadmaps for the materials function. Drive improvements in customer delivery performance, inventory turns, schedule attainment, supplier performance, material availability, and working capital. Evaluate supply chain risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure business continuity. Provide data-driven recommendations regarding inventory strategy, supplier capacity, outsourcing, make-versus-buy decisions, and operational investments. Partner with executive leadership on strategic planning, growth initiatives, operational transformations, and capital planning activities. Master Scheduling & Schedule Governance Serve as the business Master Scheduler and maintain ownership of the integrated Master Production Schedule (MPS). Translate customer orders, forecasts, backlog, intercompany demand, inventory requirements, and business priorities into executable production plans. Establish and manage scheduling horizons, planning time fences, and governance processes. Ensure the production schedule reflects demonstrated manufacturing capacity, labor availability, equipment constraints, material availability, and operational priorities. Lead schedule review meetings and communicate risks, priorities, constraints, and recovery plans across the organization. Measure and improve schedule stability, adherence, and execution performance. Serve as the final escalation point for priority conflicts and scheduling decisions. Production Planning & Capacity Integration Lead the planning organization in converting approved schedules into executable production requirements. Ensure alignment between customer demand, material availability, production capacity, and manufacturing constraints. Partner with Operations and Industrial Engineering to maintain capacity models for critical manufacturing processes. Identify future capacity constraints and develop mitigation strategies. Drive planning processes that optimize throughput, inventory investment, and customer delivery performance. Support scenario planning for demand fluctuations, business growth, staffing requirements, and capital investments. Procurement & Supply Chain Leadership Provide leadership an…

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