Materials Manager

We are AAM. We have the POWER to move the world.At AAM, we''re looking for associates who push boundaries and drive solutions for the future. Innovators. Thinkers. Dreamers. Doers. No matter the role or function, every associate is a piece of what makes AAM great. We''re growing and building TeamAAM to be the best. Join us!Job Posting TitleMaterials ManagerJob Description SummaryManages and oversees Supply Chain Management (SCM) programs and systems to ensure the efficient movement of all direct and indirect inventory. Ensures the most cost effective, efficient, and safe method of transportation for products and services.Manages and oversees planning, scheduling, transportation, data integrity, trade compliance, and material handling for assigned facility.Develop and implement plans to meet or exceed key SCM objectives such as customer delivery, inventory management, and inventory accuracy.Develop and maintain local SCM policies and procedures.Job Description•Manages material handling team by training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, and disciplining associates; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring; adhering to policies and procedures.•Achieves materials management operational objectives preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining materials management system improvements; implementing change.•Meets materials management financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.•Meets forecasts and current orders by overseeing production planning and scheduling systems; optimizing labor, equipment, and inventory resources; examining and resolving schedule deviations and problems.•Manages inventory by determining and maintaining optimum inventory and cost levels based on PFEP inventory recommendations.•Stores and ships product by enforcing warehousing policies and procedures; implementing inventory movement systems; maintaining transportation and shipping procedures; examining and resolving delays.•Maintains safe and secure work environment by establishing and enforcing standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations.•Provides management control information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.•Oversees API, customs, data integrity, cycle counting, and material handling floor activities.•Build a relationship with our trading partners.•All other duties as assigned.Required Skills and EducationAt least 5 year''s experience preferred. Bachelor''s Degree required.About American Axle & ManufacturingFor over 20 years, customers around the world have entrusted AAM to design, engineer, validate and manufacture driveline and metal forming technologies for automotive, commercial and industrial markets. Today, we are a premier global Tier 1 automotive supplier with broad capabilities across multiple product lines to deliver efficient, powerful and innovative solutions for our customers. We''ve earned the trust of our suppliers and our customers through our steadfast commitments to quality, operational excellence and technology leadership.AAM delivers power. We deliver power literally through vehicle components, systems and innovation, but we also deliver power in ways unseen. We power our associates, their families, and the communities in which we operate. Our global team of over 21,000 associates has a clear vision of where AAM is going and how we are going to get there. After all, they are the reason we are a leader in the automotive industry. We are powering the future. We are AAM. Move with us, and join TeamAAM.AAM will not discriminate against any Associate or applicant for employment because of age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. AAM will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that Associates are treated equally during employment, without regard to their age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. For the Disabled Job Seeker: We offer reasonable accommodations for qualified disabled individuals who are applicants for employment. To request assistance or accommodations, please e-mail [Click Here to Email Your Resumé] . AAM is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.Unsolicited Resumes from Third-Party Recruiters Please note that as per AAM policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters were engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that AAM will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity."‹

Created: 2021-11-29