Materials Manager

Company Description

For nearly 70 years, MasterBrand has been shaping the places where people come together, enriching lives and creating meaningful memories for our customers. That, combined with our stylish products, expansive dealer and retail network, and dedicated associates, has helped make us the number one North American residential cabinet business. Our unique culture of continuous improvement is based on trusting the tools, empowering the team and moving forward, and is kept alive by our more than 14,000 associates across 20 plus manufacturing facility and offices. Visit www.masterbrand.com to learn more and join us in building great experiences together!

Job Description

The Materials Manager is responsible for all receiving, storage, picking and replenishment activities supporting a $100m kitchen cabinet assembly plant.  One of the key responsibilities of this role will be developing and deploying best practices for day-to-day operations.  This includes receiving, storage, inventory control, customer backorder recovery, space planning, 3PL management, optimizing pick locations, establishing pick locations for new product launches, ensuring accurate transactions from team, and delivering on time to production.   The leader will be expected to accomplish this through effective mentoring, coaching and lean practices.   Key objectives will include safety, quality, productivity, cost, customer service and inventory accuracy. 

Responsibilities

• Performance of the receiving and put away team.  Including receiving, storage, inventory control, customer backorder recovery, space planning and 3PL management
• Performance of the picking and replenishment team.  Including inventory control, on time delivery, escalation of quality defects
• Meet objectives related to safety, quality, productivity, cost, customer service and inventory accuracy.
• Implement best practices through MasterBrand defined lean practices including Kaizen events, value stream mapping, problem solving, A3 action planning and standard work.
• Utilize a data driven approach to ensure workflow, customer service and storage optimization.  Anticipating issues and taking action to resolve bottlenecks and inefficient material flow.
• Regularly audit current practices to challenge the teams, bring awareness to opportunities, and to make sure that continuous improvement becomes a mindset

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering or Supply Chain Management
• Minimum of 3 years management experience in manufacturing, warehousing or distribution
• Experience with Lean Management
• Experience with warehouse management systems
• Expertise with Excel, PowerPoint

Additional Information

Equal Employment Opportunity

MasterBrand Cabinets LLC is an equal opportunity employer. MasterBrand Cabinets LLC’s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability/handicap status, marital status, military status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws. MasterBrand Cabinets LLC also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also MasterBrand Cabinets LLC’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Reasonable Accommodations

MasterBrand Cabinets LLC is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment, please contact us at [email protected].