Materials Manager

Title:
Materials Manager

Location:
Bentleyville, PA

About Us
Ingersoll Rand is a Fortune 500 company with a passion for making lives better. We do this by living our values, and through a relentless focus on the success of our customers and partnering with our employees to think and act like owners. We believe in sustainability through the development and distribution of a broad range of global brands designed to meet the needs of our customers in both efficient and responsible ways. Ingersoll Rand is a diverse and inclusive environment. For more information visit: www.irco.com.

Job Overview:
This position will be responsible for leading procurement, inventory control, material handling, shipping and receiving in a manufacturing environment. This position will have a key voice in setting materials strategy and sponsoring materials improvement projects. This position is a key enabler of lean and continuous improvement in the plant and serves on the Operations Leadership Team.

Responsibilities:

• Safety: Fosters a safety culture and the implements safety policies and training in compliance with the company safety program and OSHA regulations to eliminate work related injuries.
  
  
• Inventory Control: Plans, orders, executes and manages storage of critical raw materials in accordance with supplier selections and guidelines provided by Sourcing Operations using SAP/MRP system to achieve the Master Schedule and Service requirements. Oversees Lean raw material replenishment and storage on the production floor, including initial set up, daily usage estimates, trigger points, and reorder quantities. Coordinates with other facilities to forecast any remanufactured product requirements.
  
  
• Strategy: Deploys strategic objectives into annual goals and individual KPIs across the organization by working with teams to set appropriate targets to build daily and monthly routines to manage the business.
  
  
• Product Lifecycle: Plans for material life cycle management and eliminates obsolete inventory items while working to reduce waste through the value chain. Develops and monitors compliance with requirements related to the introduction of new products.
  
  
• Management: Develops employees through recruitment, training, coaching and establishing goals and objectives.
  
  
• Problem solving culture: Develops a culture that is tied to Daily Management by leveraging tools, consulting skills and change management processes.
  
  
• Other responsibilities as assigned or required.
  
  

• Bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) in materials management, business, management or related degree.
  
  
• APICS Certification in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) preferred.
  
  
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in the integrated functions of materials management in a manufacturing environment that has embraced lean concepts, MRP manufacturing practices, and progressive supplier relationships.
  
  
• A minimum of 3 years in managerial experience focusing on standardizing planning & execution, reducing sourcing complexity, and talent development.
  
  
• Experience in operations, inventory management, MRP and lean manufacturing processes.
  
  
• Experience with visual and daily management systems.
  
  

Travel & Work Arrangements/Requirements
* Fully site based

What we Offer
Our benefits - location dependant (car, annual leave allowance, pension etc), but ALWAYS include Shares options

At Ingersoll Rand we foster inspired teams. As a powerful and progressive global industrial company, we are looking for talented candidates with a bias for action and an entrepreneurial spirit to join our team. Our employees are empowered to act as owners every day for our customers, our communities and themselves. We offer a broad range of opportunities to build a successful and rewarding career with an innovative company. Join us at the new and exciting Ingersoll Rand.

Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers, and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40+ respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity, and efficiency. For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.

Ingersoll Rand is committed to achieving workforce diversity reflective of our communities. We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.