Materials Manager

Twin City Fan & Blower • Brookings, SD

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About The Position

Reporting to the Plant Manager, you will lead all materials functions, including:
- Purchasing and supplier performance
- Production planning and scheduling
- Inventory control and working capital optimization
- Warehouse operations and material flow

You will serve as a key member of the plant leadership team — aligning materials
strategy with production, engineering, and business objectives.

What Success Looks Like in Year One

Enterprise Impact:
- Achieve consistent material availability supporting 95% on-time delivery
- Improve inventory turns, schedule attainment, and on-time delivery performance
- Reduce past-due orders by 20%

Inventory & Working Capital:
- Reduce excess and obsolete inventory by 20%
- Improve inventory accuracy by 15%

Supplier Performance & Cost:
- Improve supplier delivery, quality, and lead times
- Contribute to cost reduction initiatives

Warehouse & Material Flow:
- Optimize warehouse layout and flow
- Improve safety performance

Leadership & Systems:
- Build and develop a high-performing materials team
- Establish KPI cadence and accountability
- Improve ERP/MRP utilization
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives

What You’ll Do Day-to-Day:
- Balance inventory vs. availability using data
- Lead planning, purchasing, and inventory strategy
- Manage supplier performance and risk
- Align cross-functional priorities
- Track KPIs for inventory, delivery, and supplier performance
- Develop team capability

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, or related
• 7–10+ years manufacturing/materials leadership experience
• ERP/MRP experience (Epicor, SAP, etc.)
• Strong financial and operational acumen

Nice To Haves

• Are data-driven
• Influence without authority
• Develop people
• Think long-term
• Own results

Responsibilities

• Purchasing and supplier performance
• Production planning and scheduling
• Inventory control and working capital optimization
• Warehouse operations and material flow
• Balance inventory vs. availability using data
• Lead planning, purchasing, and inventory strategy
• Manage supplier performance and risk
• Align cross-functional priorities
• Track KPIs for inventory, delivery, and supplier performance
• Develop team capability

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees