Materials Manager III

Job Responsibilities:

• Materials Planning: Collaborate with the ODMs, Supply and Demand planning to maintain accurate subcomponent material supply data to ensure on-time delivery of components and commodities against Client’s forecast and Risk/Buys.
• Risk Management: Drive MRP readiness with ODMs and mitigate risks associated with material shortages, supply chain disruptions, and other potential issues that could impact on-time delivery.
• Partner Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with internal cross-functional stakeholders, ODM partners, and suppliers to ensure seamless communication and collaboration.
• Supply Chain Optimization: Proactively analyze and utilize data to drive supply chain processes and tools enabling world class materials management strategies.
• Process Improvement: Continuously evaluate and improve materials management processes, leveraging data analytics and best practices to drive efficiency and accuracy.
• Metrics: Assist in development and track KPIs to ensure alignment on material planning, on-time PO placement, PO coverage, and supply chain optimization.
• Closely collaborate with inventory lead to ensure optimal stock levels at ODMs and 3PL.
• Prioritization and Pivoting: Demonstrate the ability to prioritize tasks, pivot when necessary, and adapt to changing business needs and priorities.
• Interpreting Demand/Supply & MRP Reports: Ability to analyze and interpret demand and supply reports, as well as Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
• reports, to make informed decisions about material planning and procurement.

Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in procurement, operations, or supply chain management, preferably in the technology industry.
• Ability to dive deep into complex data sets, distill key findings, and inform strategic decisions that drive business outcomes.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to adapt to changing business needs and prioritize workload to focus on dynamic business objectives.
• Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience establishing working relationships across multi-disciplinary teams and partners across different time zones.

Education/Experience:

• An interest, or previous exposure to, computer manufacturing, production, and configuration.
• An ability to rapidly understand the terminology, and configuration components, within the hardware domain
• Experience interfacing with internal & external partners in an entrepreneurial and cross-functional environment, requiring a latitude for independent
• judgment while coordinating people and technical resources.
• 5-8 years of experience managing ODMs, MRP, demand/supply, shortage resolution, for IT equipment.
• At Least 2-3+ in Operational Execution-Based role
• Leadership skills, ability to lead external supplier partners.
• General supply chain knowledge - Experience in procurement, operations, or supply chain management, preferably in the technology industry.
• Interpret MRP and supply/demand information from external vendors and driving supply gaps to closure
• Degrees/Certifications bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Engineering, or a related field.