Materials Manager; Onsite

What You Will Do:

• Leading Asheville’s material management, Production Planning and Scheduling, Warehousing, MRP planning, Shop Floor Control and Delivery Assurance.
• Active role in manufacturing transformation initiatives and implementation of the Information Technology (IT) strategy for the organization.
• Flow of material is critical to every manufacturing operation.
• Key role in manufacturing automation strategy, material release strategy, handling methods, kitting strategy and material movement methods for all parts from storage location thru to final delivery to/from the Northeast Logistics Center to HSMCS.
• Success measured by developing strategies and executing goals and objectives to meet capacity requirements, inventory controls, cost reduction objectives, on-time delivery, and control tower measures.
  
  Direct leadership responsibility for the materials team and working directly with P&W Module Centers & Operations leadership.

• Qualified candidates will provide leadership and direction with emphasis on change management.
• Be able to communicate effectively, understand the manufacturing environment and display business acumen.
• Excel at forward thinking and ensure that MC&O is transforming to meet the customer demands of a difficult manufacturing environment.
• Define strategies and coordinate activities through multiple organizations.
• Establish standards and expectations for work effort and performance.
• Give constant feedback on performance to those standards.
• Implement IT measures to insure value streams and shop operations are healthy at all times and/or to be able to identify areas of opportunity quickly.
• Communicate effectively with other organizations and customers to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Communicate to peers, the requirements that support processes to ensure smooth production flow.
• Establish work schedules taking into account customer requirements, resource availability, and other priorities.
• Provide the high level of oversight required to meet key metrics in the mod center including:
  Military and Commercial Sold Overdue, Inventory, ANDON and commercial workstops.

• BS/BA degree or equivalent experience and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years experience.
• US Citizenship required due to government contracts.
• Excellent leadership, communication, problem solving, analytical, prioritization and multi-tasking skills.
• Ability to work with all levels of management.
• Advanced knowledge of information technology particularly in the area of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Visual Factory, or automated systems Working knowledge of continuous improvement principles (e.g. lean manufacturing, ACE, QCPC).

• Supervisory experience within a management represented facility.
• Strong operational experience.
• Demonstrated ability to motivate teams to obtain high levels of performance and to accomplish goals. Additional Comments:
  Highly motivated individual who enjoys operating in a dynamic environment and who enjoys the challenges of process improvement and “lean” manufacturing initiatives.
• MBA preferred but not required.

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance.
• Short-term disability, long-term disability and parental leave.
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Employee assistance program.
• Employee Scholar Program (No waiting period!).
• Paid time off including: 3 weeks of vacation, 5 personal sick days, 3 unpaid days for unique situations at supervisor discretion, and 12 paid government holidays.

In addition to transforming the future of flight, we are also transforming how and where we work. We’ve introduced role types to help you understand how you will operate in our blended work environment.

Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance workers, as they are essential to the development of our engines.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of…