Materials Manager

Position: Materials Manager

Reporting to: MP&L Manager

General Job Description:

This position is based Uitenhage South Africa. Reporting directly to the Materials Planning and Logistics Manager, this position will be responsible to develop and implement different facets of supply chain including but not limited to SIOP/MPS, Logistics costs, protection of supply, inventory management, and standardization.

Role & Responsibilities:

Develop and implement a Sale, Inventory, and Operations Planning Process for all assigned Plants (SIOP)

• Cross Functional reviews of customer demand (Market Intelligence and Customer Release)
• Ensure long horizon forecast is extended to all suppliers (52 week Forecast)
• Collect and Update Internal and External Capacity information (Plant Efficiency and Dana Committed capacity)
• Develop and Execute Strategies and action plans to address gaps between Demand and Capacity (How to fulfill forecasted demand)

Control & Reduce Logistics costs

• Improve utilization of planned trucks (Weekly planning of next weeks required trucks)
• Improve cube or weight utilization of inbound trailers
• Reduce and minimize utilization of Premium trucks including team trucks (Major focus on reducing team trucks between Mexico & US)
• Improve internal supply chain and materials flow between Dana plants (Utilize Value Stream Mapping)
• Work in a cross functional team to optimize our freight and warehouse network, tying in forecast and order management logic

Protection of Supply

• Manage Dana Internal and External Escalation Process within Light Axle Plants (Daily Materials Manager Calls)
• Develop a strong Materials and Logistics Team (Daily calls and interaction between plants)
• Escalate potential supply issues to Purchasing if required
• Allocate parts between Dana plants if required
• Ensure suppliers are updating required information in the Supplier Portal
• Manage all material alarms in One Network

Inventory Management

• Develop and Implement Standard Material Replenishment processes (Kanban and Min-Max etc.)
• Implement Standard Inventory Forecasting and Planning tools
• Recommend ERP parameter updates and develop standards
• Drive Inventory Accuracy through PFEP and Cycle Count Program

Develop and Execute Corporate Materials Policies and Processes within all Assigned Plants

• Develop and implement Corporate Materials Policies and Processes
• Support execution of Engineering change implementation

Other duties as assigned

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor Degree and experience in a Materials Management, logistics, and/or supply chain
• Must have excellent computer skills and thorough knowledge of MRP, MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Understanding of both the Automotive and Commercial Vehicle industry preferred.
• Must be proficient in the use of eBusiness tools and Microsoft Office Suite
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience in Assembly, Machining, and Forging Operations preferred.
• Must be detail oriented, proactive in anticipating requirements and able to work efficiently with minimal direction in a sometimes high pressure environment.
• Skilled in composing written correspondence and preparing presentations for senior management.
• Successfully interacts with a dispersed leadership team and others across functions and sites.
• Must be proactive, detail oriented and have excellent organization, planning and follow-through skills.
• Committed to tasks and skilled at identifying and solving a variety of problems of broad scope and complexity with little to no supervision.
• Must be able to work flexible hours.
• Periodic Travel required.

Job Purpose

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Job Duties And Responsibilities

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