Materials Manager

As an essential business, Anomatic produces innovative and sustainable packaging for today’s biggest brands.
By leveraging over five decades of manufacturing expertise and employing an extensive technologies portfolio, we design, manufacture, and finish incomparable stock and customized solutions for numerous markets.
Location: Newark, Ohio or New Albany, Ohio Department: Supply Chain Reports to: Vice President, Supply Chain _____________________________________________________ Summary/Objective The Materials Manager is responsible for direct oversight and leadership of the Planning department and reports to the VP of Supply Chain.
This role interfaces with several functional teams across the organization, establishes processes and makes decisions that impact operational efficiencies, internal costs, and customer on-time delivery performance (OTIF).
The Materials Manager leads all Capacity Planning and Sales & Operations Planning processes, identifies manufacturing constraints/bottlenecks and develops strategies to mitigate these constraints that enables Anomatic to deliver industry leading OTIF performance for our customers.
This position proactively monitors schedule attainment to identify potential challenges and creates solutions to ensure on-time delivery to customers while balancing internal operational cost targets.
Essential Functions - Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Oversee processes to plan, schedule, coordinate, and approve release of production orders to all manufacturing departments in compliance with established SOP’s and based on material availability and manufacturing constraints.
Lead internal Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes utilizing customer forecasts to establish an operations plan that meets customer lead time expectations, optimizes Inventory Turns and operational efficiencies, and mitigates internal bottlenecks.
Develop internal stocking strategies to support aggressive customer lead time commitments, while minimizing slow-moving/excess inventories.
Lead capacity planning analysis for all operational departments.
Effectively communicate potential bottlenecks to leadership and develop proposals to mitigate constraints.
Translate proposals into operational plans and provide clear direction to affected teams.
As requested, provide capacity summaries to Sales and customers during risk mitigation analysis.
Serve as a subject matter expert for manufacturing ERP software (Syteline) and other tools that support production & materials planning, capacity planning, and operational management.
Ensure Planners communicate proactively with internal teams to adjust production schedules in the event of labor and material shortages, schedule constraints, and any other schedule interruptions.
Ensure purchased materials from suppliers are ordered, shipped, and delivered in time to support production schedules and customer OTIF targets.
Address all supplier delivery performance failures proactively to minimize disruptions to production schedules, escalating critical supply issues to leadership as needed.
Establish material planning and scheduling parameters to meet Inventory Turns goal.
Identify inventory reduction opportunities and take actions to implement.
Track and analyze data to identify, develop, and deliver continuous improvement opportunities to support production, planning, and business processes.
Present conclusions and recommendations to leadership as requested.
Education and Experience Requires 5-10 years of detailed scheduling, material planning, and forecasting experience in a fast-paced, complex manufacturing environment.
Extensive knowledge of manufacturing ERP systems is required (Syteline experience a plus).
Strong organization skills with ability to interpret multiple data inputs simultaneously, synthesize the information quickly, make data-driven decisions, and clearly communicate to stakeholders.
Ability to manage competing objectives effectively and make decisions that deliver the best overall business results for Anomatic.
Positive and inclusive leadership style with demonstrated ability to leverage skills and experiences of team members.
Collaborative communication approach with an emphasis on promoting teamwork.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an emphasis on the ability to clearly communicate complex ideas to others so that everybody understands what is needed.
Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.
Demonstrated ability to utilize Microsoft Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc).
Bachelor’s degree in related field strongly preferred.
Salary Information: Salary range is $88,100 - $115,000, depending on experience.
This role is also eligible for our incentive bonus program.
Supervisory Responsibility This position has direct supervisory responsibilities: YES Work Environment Works primarily in a: Plant Setting This job operates in a professional office environment.
This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptop computers, photocopiers, and smart phones.
Hours of Work This is a full-time position.
Days and hours of work are generally Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.
m.
to 5:00 p.
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, however, evening and weekend work may be required as business needs demand.
Travel Limited travel, mostly between manufacturing sites in the Columbus/Newark/Blacklick areas.
WHO WE ARE.
Our VISION “To inspire the world of consumer packaging”.
Our MISSION “We bring passion to packaging”.
Our VALUES People & Safety First Integrity, Respect, Trust Continuous Improvement Mindset Accountability Collaboration Benefits you can expect from Anomatic: Competitive Pay and bonus Career Growth Health Coverage Starting Your First Day 401K with Company Match, to help save for the future Paid Time Off to Enjoy Family or Hobbies Gym Membership Reimbursements, to help you stay active Training, to help hone skills Many more! Anomatic takes pride in creating a safe and inclusive environment that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our employees and the communities in which they live.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
#1Anomatic PEOPLE FIRST EMPLOYEE - Welcomes everyone, fosters belonging, shows compassion and appreciation, tells the truth, and builds trust with others, is open, earns loyalty, doesn't conform, but instead is "true" self and invites others to do the same, recognizes and acknowledges others’ strengths, empathizes, and actively listens.
INTEGRITY, RESPECT, TRUST - Builds credibility and confidence through collaborative style.
Honest, ethical and follows through on promises made.
Is widely trusted and seen as direct and truthful; brings a sense of safety to others.
Presents the truth in an appropriate, helpful manner, keeps confidences.
Complies with company policies.
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MINDSET - Is a change agent.
Believes diversity in thought and innovation bring excellence, is curious, agile, and receptive, challenges own beliefs, is vulnerable, admits mistakes, sees things from others' perspectives and new ideas as opportunities; always looking to improve.
Is flexible and support of change that improves our competitive edge.
NEVER SAYS, "WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE IT THIS WAY".
ACCOUNTABILITY: RESULTS MATTER! - Is bottom line oriented, steadfastly pushes self for results, takes responsibility for actions, spends less time talking about "what" to do and more time doing it; is a self-starter that targets and achieves results, overcomes obstacles, and executes with a sense of urgency.
COLLABORATION - Is open, invites others’ thoughts & opinions, listens to understand (not just respond), allows for give and take, shares information and ideas, does not always need to be right, does not hold back important information, works with others toward common goals, listens carefully and considers various viewpoints.