The Materials Manager manages and administers materials management functions, including production control planning, purchasing, MRO, inventory control, stockroom, and shipping/receiving. Providing focus and direction on continuous improvement in quality, delivery, cost reduction, inventory reduction, and support to production scheduling on all material flow issues to meet production schedules and customer requirements. The position will have a dotted line reporting to the Interconnect Materials Manager.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plan and oversee the timely flow of materials through the production cycle to minimize customer orders past due and ensure on-time delivery to customers.
• Manage policies, procedures and material control systems.
• Offer technical expertise to cross functional project teams.
• Mentor, develop and review personnel to meet functional objectives.
• Negotiate and administer supplier contracts.
• Develop procurement strategies for Raw Materials and Machined Components to drive down costs.
• Analyze and manage appropriate reports including blanket P.O. reports, supplier performance reports, MRP exception reports and open P.O. reports to ensure on-time material availability and proper inventory levels.
• Continual Improvement activities within Material and Production Control areas.
• Maintain and monitor MRP parameters.
• Interface with Sales Department in addressing customer pull, push and cancellation.
• Interface with machine shop, Production, Quality Assurance and Engineering to achieve the smooth flow of materials and services.
• Other duties as assigned

REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION:

• Must have a minimum of 5 years' experience in Materials Management.
• Must have experience working in a manufacturing environment with preference on Aerospace.
• Experience working and managing the purchasing and planning department
• Able to generate reports, investigate and resolve problems using problem solving tools and methodologies.
• Ability to work under pressure conditions in an environment of changing priorities.
• Excellent understanding and working experience with MRP/ERP systems
• Computers skills (word, excel, PowerPoint)
• Excellent communication skills (written, and verbal) Interact with all departments to maintain a good rapport overall.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands or fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, and keyboarding; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:

• Takes a high degree of personal responsibility.
• Places team achievement ahead of personal gain.
• Is confident, with a desire for future advancement.
• Willing to roll up sleeves and able to see the big picture.
• Strong work ethic.
• The ability and maturity to deal effectively with remote senior-level executives.
• Lead multi-site/remote teams.
• Superior organization skills and attention to detail.
• Must be able to work independently and on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience working with multi-site teams.

This position requires US export authorization.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Hermetic Seal Corporation, Rosemead, CA, is the world's most focused, responsive, and experienced hermetic seal manufacturer (connectors, headers, feed-thrus), providing qualified commercial and MIL-STD connectors for a wide range of applications, manufactured to the highest industry standards, with consistently high service level, best in class lead time at the highest quality.

AMETEK has the most extensive range of hermetic products available anywhere. The Hermetic Seal Corporation factory is Qualified Products Listed (QPL'd) on the most significant Mil-spec glass-to-metal-sealed connector types in the Aerospace industry. We also manufacture European aerospace-qualified connectors, commercial equivalents to many other less popular Military Connector Specifications, and are proficient in the customization of any of these products to meet special performance requirements.

Compensation

Salary Minimum: $100,000

Salary Maximum: $140,000

Incentive: No

Disclaimer: Where a specific pay range is noted, it is a good faith estimate at the time of this posting. The actual salary offered will be based on experience, skills, qualifications, market / business considerations, and geographic location.

AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.0 billion.

AMETEK is committed to making a safer, sustainable, and more productive world a reality. We use differentiated technology solutions to solve our customers' most complex challenges. We employ 21,000 colleagues, in 35 countries, that are grounded by our core values: Ethics and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility. AMETEK (NYSE:AME) is a component of the S&P 500. Visit www.ametek.com for more information.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process should call 1 (866) 263-8359.