MATERIALS MANAGER
Purpose:
TE Connectivity is an industry leader with an entrepreneurial spirit, fueled by innovation and collaboration. Our emphasis on forward thinking has attracted the brightest industry minds, allowing them to thrive and create breakthrough solutions that deliver a competitive advantage to our customers.
TE Connectivity is a global, $12.1 billion company that designs and manufactures over 500,000 products that connect and protect the flow of power and data inside the products that touch every aspect of our lives. Our nearly 90,000 employees partner with customers in virtually every industry—from consumer electronics, energy and healthcare, to automotive, aerospace and communication networks—enabling smarter, faster, better technologies to connect products to possibilities.
Responsibilities:
Manager, Materials / Sales Operations Planning Process
TE Connectivity's Application Tooling Division is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and sale of application tooling solutions for interconnect customers worldwide. http://www.tooling.tycoelectronics.com We are currently in search of an experienced Materials Manager for our Harrisburg, PA location.
Requirement:
Primary responsibilities include:
- Provide leadership / direction globally to Materials Control Supervisors and locally to (in plant) Value Stream Team Leaders and staff
- Create / implement / sustain effective Sales Operations Planning process within the Application Tooling division
- Confer with product managers to forecast demand and create supply plans that ensure availability of materials or products (supply mirrors demand)
- Team with Value Stream Team and Purchasing / Sourcing leaders to optimize the internal manufacturing and external procurement of materials
- Globally manage inventory to achieve working capital targets
- Establish priorities for existing manufacturing plans, accommodate changing customer requests and to insure that the overall plan remains consistent with established billing objectives and plant capacities
- Timely implementation of the unit's various monthly manufacturing load by facility
- Responsible for the ongoing review of product line, and the implementation the systems and activities that are necessary to support these forecasts in systematic demand reviews
- Support and promote global sourcing initiatives driven by procurement / sourcing team – collaborate with procurement on effective phase-in / out strategies
- Provides operations with an analysis of the upcoming production period and make recommendations in order to balance labor and machine requirements
- Responsible for acquiring a working knowledge of all facets of manufacturing
- Generates periodic reports or studies on subjects such as inventories, vendors, capacities, tooling, raw material, bookings, billings, inventory planning, warehousing, material handling, etc
- Perform analysis of data in conducting such studies, make appropriate recommendations on such analysis, lead implementation of recommendations
- Coordinates the resolution of inventory discrepancies, determines causes and implements solutions
- Mentor team members in understanding MRP, procurement and contractual business concepts, supply chain relationship and implementation strategies, negotiation and contractual planning execution techniques
- Develop, execute and maintain budgeting and staffing requirements
Qualifications include:
- 5+ years of experience in logistics / supply chain management - preferably with a global organization
- 5+ years experience in production control, materials management (APICS Certification desired)
- Proven record leading people - experience working with global teams and executing materials / supply chain leadership with international business acumen
- BA/BS in Business/Logistics, Supply Chain Mgt or related field
- Proficient in Word, Outlook, Excel and Access
- Able to mentor and develop people on the team
- Ability to cope with ambiguity complexity
- Must be able to travel domestically internationally (30% ) -able to travel from US/Harrisburg PA to mfg plants several times per month; internationally every 3-6 months (Europe / Asia)
- Ability to manage multiple projects and relationships while remaining focused on the key deliverables
- Reach closure on tasks/projects on tight time schedules
- Strong leadership with interpersonal influencing skills
- Excellent global communication skills (multilingual skills - European and/or Asian languages desirable)
- Attention to detail, computer literate, knowledge of accounting principles and how they impact profits
- Strong managerial, negotiating, administrative, organizational and time management skills
