Material Manager - Full-time / Part-time

Position: Material Manager

Industry: IT an Technology

Salary: D.O.E.

Location: Central Alabama

Responsibilities and duties:

• Quote and source all production raw materials and purchased parts.
• Work with Quality Control to qualify vendor base.
• Provide suppliers with standard terms and conditions and performance expectation.
• Analyze company's purchased requirements and establish appropriate standard packaging.
• Investigate feasibility of using returnable containers.
• Investigate supplier potential for scheduling via Kan-Ban.
• Work with IS to establish electronic data links with suppliers wherever possible.
• Establish vendor base for all direct MRO items.
• Ensure that vendor complies with company standards.
• Analyze inventory requirements.
• Develop aggregate inventory plan.
• Develop in-bound/out-bound transportation consolidation program.
• Receive one-month training in company information systems in Germany or Hungary.
• Implement production/inventory control systems.

Specific function related duties:

• Follow up of all purchase contracts issued.
• Establish contact with key customer personnel including Purchasing, Production Scheduling/Logistics and Quality Control.
• Train production and inventory control personnel.
• Acquire MRO items.
• Prepare and control all purchase orders.
• Provide suppliers with standard terms and conditions and performance expectation.

Qualifications

• Five years automotive experience is preferred but not required.
• Applicants should have solid logistics background and experience in organizing and implementing computerized Information Systems for logistics applications.
• Knowledge and experience in dealing with steel fabrication, injection molding and die costing are lightly desirable. Familiarity with the plant's manufacturing process and equipment is preferred but not required.
• General industrial background to comply with safe work practices and address the safety of others in all assigned tasks.
• Candidates should be able to work independently, have good organizational skills, strong initiative, and attention to preciseness and detail.

Interested applicants should send their resumes to APSTechnicalServices@apstemps.com

EOE