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Manager Materials

Req ID: 45370

Job Category: Supply Chain Management

Conroe, TX, US, 77303

Description:

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Position Summary

The Materials Manager ensures a customer focused perspective of providing goods and services while developing and leading efficient, effective and high-quality processes related to materials management including production planning, inventory control and purchasing. Appraise operations of any part shortages, provide daily communication until the shortage is resolved, and analyze shortage to implement corrective action. Develop and maintain agreements with vendors to ensure that all logistical details from forecast to payment are successfully executed. The individual will interface with operations, engineering, warehouse/logistics, finance and quality functions in the organization.

What you will do

• Develop and direct high-quality systems, processes, and human resources in the areas of production planning/scheduling and inventory management, that are focused on meeting customer requirements in the most effective and efficient manner.

• Lead and facilitate site level monthly supply planning process supporting S&OP by establishing 12-month production material and capacity requirements. Identify and communicate operating gaps and options to close identified gaps.

• Establish and maintain production scheduling, inventory, and production control strategies.

• Researches and recommends vendors, negotiates contracts for good, services, supplies and equipment ensuring quality, cost effectiveness and timely delivery. Resolves disputes with vendors.

• Work effectively with all functional teams inside and outside our organization to establish and maintain schedules and inventory levels to meet customer delivery needs

• Work effectively with all functional teams to develop and implement ECO’s according to our Quality System and documented policies and procedures.

• Assure accurate records of inventory movement and transactions are in place and effective to ensure data integrity.

• Provide leadership for the management of inventories and maintain total inventory dollar investments within established guidelines while improving the state of inventory investment while not affecting customer needs or negatively impacting costs, work to remove barriers to costs to manufacture

• Participate in internal and external audits and follow-up with appropriate activities to mitigate future issues in areas shown to be at risk during the audit.

• Responsible to work with others to develop improved ERP system capabilities.

What you will need to be successful

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or materials management required with emphasis in supply chain management preferred.

• 7+ years’ experience with increasing responsibility in materials management in a manufacturing environment.

• Requires a thorough understanding of manufacturing operations, ERP/MRP systems, engineering and finance and the systems to support and integrate these functions.

• Requires an understanding and experience in Operational Excellence through Continuous Improvement using lean thinking and tools.

• Requires ability to execute and work within Strategy Deployment leadership thinking and activities.

• Requires a demonstrated ability to achieve best total cost of ownership driven inventory strategies

• Certification as CPIM or CIRM is desired.

• Strong ability to utilize a data warehouse to prepare internal reports along with ability to use Microsoft Excel to report data functionally from data downloaded from ERP system.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills along with the ability to interact with people at all levels of the organization both inside and outside the company.

• Must be able to summarize issues and present facts and when appropriate make recommendations to management as well as implement solutions.

• Demonstrated ability to follow up with tasks and issues along with demonstrated problem solving skills are essential.

What we offer

The opportunity to join a company that will invest in you for the long-term. STERIS couldn’t be where it is today without our incredible people. That’s why we share in our success together by rewarding you for your hard work. Hiring people who are in it for the long run with STERIS is our ultimate goal. We do this by providing:

• Competitive pay

• Annual merit bonus and incentive plans

• Medical, vision, prescription, dental and life insurance

• 401(k) with a company match

• Paid vacation time and paid holidays

• Tuition assistance

• Opportunities for advancement

Join us and help write our next chapter.

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STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare, life sciences and dental products and services. STERIS is a $5 billion, publicly traded (NYSE: STE) company with approximately 17,000 associates and Customers in more than 100 countries.

If you need assistance completing the application process, please call 1 (440) 392.7047. This contact information is for accommodation inquiries only and cannot be used to check application status.

STERIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and the use of affirmative action programs to ensure that persons are recruited, hired, trained, transferred and promoted in all job groups regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, national origin, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state or local law. We are not only committed to this policy by our status as a federal government contractor, but also we are strongly bound by the principle of equal employment opportunity.

The full affirmative action program, absent the data metrics required by § 60-741.44(k), shall be available to all employees and applicants for employment for inspection upon request. The program may be obtained at your location’s HR Office during normal business hours.

Req ID: 45370

Job Category: Supply Chain Management

Conroe, TX, US, 77303

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