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Materials Manager - NA Solar

A Brief Summary of This Position:

Lead coordination of activities of the production schedule to include planning, directing, and coordinating day to day activities of the purchasing, scheduling, material handling/flow, and logistics departments to obtain optimum efficiency and maximize profits.  Supports project management, production, inventory management, quality, distribution, and administrative support activities for North America Solar by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate leaders.

Essential Functions:

• Oversee and ensure areas of responsibility are meeting or exceeding customer requirements in a timely and logical manner.
• Manages and coordinates activities between supply chain, manufacturing, production control, quality, purchasing and logistics to meet or exceed customer requirements.
• Demonstrates a commitment to communication at all levels of the organization.
• Responsible for directing, training and assessing the employee activities in order to meet or exceed plan objectives.
• Communicates on a regular basis, departmental, divisional, and company information to employees.
• Responsible for activities required to develop, communicate, and execute the master Production schedule.
• Assists in the development of the strategic development plan, annual operating plan, and annual budgeting process. 
• Establishes and maintains a high degree of morale and initiative in department employees.
• Develop and maintain metrics associated with North America Solar operations.
• This role requires up to 10-15% travel domestically, including overnight stays.
• Other duties as assigned.
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Other Important Details about the Role:

• Develops and delivers training as a SME (Materials 101/102/etc.).
• Mentors and develops talent for materials professionals across the organization.
• Executes S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) process and plan.
• Integral part of supply chain strategies/capacities/ fulfillment.
• ERP system SME for all purchasing scheduling, movement, etc.
• Establishes policies for purchasing (MRP, e-Kanban, discreet purchase orders, etc.)
• Leads lean transformation for material flow in the group.
• Ensures that all company policies are followed in a fair and consistent manner in respect to department employee matters such as discipline, performance evaluations, promotions, and terminations.
• Demonstrates a commitment to achieving all customer delivery expectation metrics.
• Demonstrates a commitment to executing the master production schedule, and the short and long term capacity plan.
• Identifies and analyzes specific problems associated with information flow, data collection, and existing computer systems.
• This role may require travel domestically, including overnight stays.

Required Qualifications of Every Candidate (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities):

• Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years relevant experience, Associates Degree plus 8+ relevant experience, or 10+ years of relevant experience
• Five years of operations management experience or five years of supervisory/management experience in an industrial environment
• Excellent communication, organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills
• The ability to work in a cooperative manner and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Financial/accounting skills
• Passion and integrity with the drive to excel and deliver exceptional results

Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications:

• Master’s degree
• Prior experience with the Lean manufacturing philosophy and tools.

Benefits:
Valmont offers employees and their families a comprehensive Total Well-being benefit package to ensure their individual and family’s overall wellness needs are met.

Benefits include*:

o Medical, dental and vision insurance

o Paid time off

o Employer paid life insurance

o Employer paid short-term and long-term disability

o Retirement plans

o Dependent care

o Employee assistance programs

o Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, mortgage services, home & auto insurance, health coaching and more.

Due to the nature of Valmont’s Global Business and Union contracts, not all benefits are the same.

Working Environment and Physical Efforts:

Work is typically performed in an office setting.  The incumbent is regularly required to sit for extended periods of time, talk and listen on the phone and in personal conversations or meetings.    Environment is fast paced and demanding most of the time. This role requires up to 10-15% travel domestically, including overnight stays.  The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms while working in the office with various files and forms and while working on the computer.  The employee is occasionally required to move about the office.  Incumbent must utilize proper ergonomic safeguards such as monitor height and positions, keyboard location and height and proper wrists rests. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds in working with large files, binders, and computer equipment.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

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