Material Management Job Description

Material Management Job Description

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Material management provides support and maintain compliance with all company guidelines, union contracts, IATF, ISO14001, and all applicable government regulations and standards.

Material Management Duties & Responsibilities

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Sample responsibilities for this position include:

Be part of SCM international team of SAP Experts located in Prague and globally
Work on roll-out projects of SAP global solution
Manage stakeholder expectations, work with the Business to deliver on SAP enhancements & projects
SAP STS (Source To Settle), MD, WM and BI modules experience
SAP WM module experience
Lead your own projects to successful and timely implementation (this can be in a variety of areas – strategy, process, systems/tools)
Participate and lead all aspects of operations from recruitment, budgets
Ensure timely response to business requests
Help to prepare and maintain GMP documentation and files as required
Create and review functional solution design specifications other project documents

Material Management Qualifications

Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.

Licensing or Certifications for Material Management

List any licenses or certifications required by the position: APICS, ISM, CPIM, ASE, CSCP, PMP, CPSM, CSPD, PMI, MPM

Education for Material Management

Typically a job would require a certain level of education.

Employers hiring for the material management job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Education, Engineering, Business, Management, Graduate, Associates, Technical, Science, Business/Administration, Supply Chain Management

Skills for Material Management

Desired skills for material management include:

Applicable local
State/province
Federal/national statutes and guidelines
Excel
Experience with FAR
SAP
ITAR
Lean Mfg
EAR regulations
Handling and cleaning of all medical equipment per recommended infection control guidelines

Desired experience for material management includes:

Purchasing process (Purchase requisition / Request for quotation / Purchase order / contract )
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or other comparable academic programs
Experience with Quality Management a plus
Experience in Discrete Manufacturing a plus
Ability to create functional specifications
Ability to learn integration capabilities with Manufacturing Executive System applications

Material Management Examples

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Material Management Job Description

Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of material management. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for material management
  • Observe company Safety rules, Practice good housekeeping
  • Maintain, follow, develop and create KPIs to measure effectiveness of supply of raw materials and provides strategies to decrease the level of stocks to an optimum level
  • May assist Contract Administrators with typical routine duties
  • Support Contract Management activities on projects, with a work scope of US $5k to $5 million
  • Perform other duties requested by immediate supervisor(s) in order to support and achieve project milestone goals
  • May provide operational and/or functional direction to administrative/contract technician personnel
  • Learn and utilize Fluor’s Contract Management System (CMSism), or similar system, from the contract set-up through close-out
  • Plan and organize own work assignments, carry out tasks from management staff
  • Site responsibility to manage material orders with guidance, when necessary, of Greenville, SC based Material Management specialist(s)
  • Identify and qualify potential bidders for purchases and contracts
Qualifications for material management
  • Proven leadership and program management skills in a multi-functional environment, ideally with international customers and teams
  • Highly motivated individual who is comfortable with communicating program vision, strategy, objectives and milestones across organizations
  • 12 years financial/cost/material analysis experience
  • Minimum of 8 years of Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) experience
  • Prior Management experience with verifiable Organizational/Leadership Skills
  • Technical skills in financial/material analysis
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Material Management Job Description

Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of material management. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for material management
  • Responsible for design, implementation, measurement and improvement of global ERP business processes within SAP
  • Understand the business issues and data challenges of business units and plants using SAP
  • Champions adoption of global process standardization within SAP
  • Serves as primary interface with plant business leaders for ERP using SAP
  • Assist in the recommendation to build, buy, or outsource for SAP
  • Perform data entry proficiently in the Material Management Work Process with the approved Corporate Reference Tool for Material Management to facilitate project requirements
  • Maintain the highest ethical standards of Material Management professional responsibility
  • Analyze commercial sections of proposals and coordination of technical proposal evaluations
  • Identify potential regional
  • Monitor order confirmations
Qualifications for material management
  • Comprehensive understanding of quarterly financial reporting rhythm/requirements
  • Must possess strong collaboration skills enabling effective communication and demonstrated business results working internally with Engineering, Operations and Quality externally with international suppliers, including major subcontracts
  • Fast Learning with IT Affinity
  • Act as power user supporting the management team employees in the proper use of the system in place including but not limited to trainig
  • Must have very strong experience using Oracle ERP systems
  • Strong Project Management skills and abilities expected
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Material Management Job Description

Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a material management. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for material management
  • Monitor the delivery chain
  • Check the supplier invoices
  • Making reclamations
  • Create and issue price inquiries and purchase orders
  • Make reclamations
  • Collaborate with customer delivery project stakeholders
  • Place and manage purchase orders
  • Manage order confirmations, including tracking of late deliveries, ensuring on-time delivery and overall availability of required materials
  • Communicate forecasted volumes to the suppliers
  • Forklift license required within 30 days of hire
Qualifications for material management
  • Requires a basic knowledge of general office practices, familiarity with MS Windows and related word processing, spreadsheet, and database software are required
  • 14+ years of experience, preferably in multiple aspects of supply chain, operations and/or program management
  • 10 + years of experience developing and managing suppliers
  • Experience with program management roles and functions for DoD programs, including program development lifecycle, Statement of Work generation, risk management, action item management, requirement change management, Earned Value planning/tracking/reporting, metrics management, and subcontract management
  • Experience in preparing proposals, estimates, technical documents, and other contract deliverable items
  • Requires a BS/BA degree in engineering, supply chain, business, finance or related field
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Material Management Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a material management. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for material management
  • Identify super user training needs
  • Engage in train-the-trainer actions to build competency in super users, enabling them to be qualified to train end users
  • Work with Business and IT to Prioritize and deliver Request for Change (RFC)
  • Responsible for global coordination of business solution across ERP implementations
  • Analyze and evaluate current process and systems, benchmark best practices and recommend improvement solutions
  • Lead the scoping, development and management of business solution projects
  • Understand the emerging technology and upgrade features for each process and determine which should be prioritized and implemented
  • Provides business solutions management feedback regarding customer satisfaction
  • Analyze and offer recommendations to improve the use and execution of business systems applications
  • Assist management in identifying system weaknesses and recommend solutions
Qualifications for material management
  • Strong project management skills and ability to convert business unit requirements into executable strategies
  • Demonstrated knowledge of earned value and other supply chain related metrics
  • Skilled in communications, team building and conflict resolution and relationship management to create an effective partnering environment that includes credibility, respect and trust
  • Ability to effectively work with and communicate with all levels of management and individual contributors on the program team, with the customer
  • Strong ability to effectively and pro-actively interface with internal and external constituencies is imperative
  • Must be capable of working independently in a fast-pace environment
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Material Management Job Description

Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a material management. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for material management
  • Plan and organize activities and resources to achieve short and long-range goals
  • Documentation of current processes, data, and physical environment
  • Evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of current processes, data, and the physical environment
  • Develops the functional specification of the new processes, logical data model, and physical environment
  • You’ll manage the MM Team of NAM including planners, analysts, and warehouse staff
  • You will lead the Order to Fulfilment project in NAM
  • You’ll establish as-is MM-process, develop gap closure plan, put in place lean initiatives that help to improve the process
  • You will be responsible for the safe delivery of operations
  • You will bring a fresh, critical perspective and adapt MM best practices into NAM’s context
  • You’ll work closely with Assets and Logistics to integrate MM, define stock levels, increase material availability
Qualifications for material management
  • Ability to travel on average 30%, including international, with the ability to extensively as project needs require
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
  • 8+ years systems development experience in a large, international manufacturing company
  • 5+ years experience leading, designing, and executing data migration projects
  • Experience with Master Data Management solutions is desired
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and confidently communicate with all level of staff

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