Job Summary

The Senior Material Analyst is responsible for the overall materials function and coordinating the efforts of Production Control, Shipping, receiving and Inventory Control to ensure an orderly and cost-effective system is developed and maintained whichwill enable production and sales goal to be met while minimizing freight dollars and inventory dayson hand.

Responsibilities

• Ensure on-time delivery of customer orders and acquirement of materials.
• Optimize freight and inventories.
• Implement production scheduling, logistics and inventory control processes which ensure the availability of materials for an uninterrupted flow of production in accordance with delivery schedules, while maintaining minimum inventories.
• Select,motivate, train, and ensure development of a competent department and materials handling staff.
• Ensure accuracies of system inventory levels.
• Participatein plant layout activities (production and warehouse).
• Anticipate and resolve problems with short-term and permanent corrective action.
• Assist with developing inventory and freight budgets to establish acceptable inventory levels and freight spend on which performance can be measured and operating controls affected.
• Assist withthe management of the most economical inbound/outbound transportation routes, looking for opportunities to combine shipments, milk runs, and warehouse consolidation and distribution.

Qualifications

• Bachelors level degree.
• Area of study: supply chain management, business, finance or similar.
• 5-7 minimum years of experience within the field.
• 1-3 minimum years of experience within the automotive industry.
• Proficient in excel.
• Experience in ERP/MRP systems.