About Us

Headquartered in Vacaville, California, All Weather Insulated Panels (AWIP), has three state-of-the-art continuous-line manufacturing facilities including Vacaville, California, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, and Little Rock, Arkansas. AWIP is an innovator in the design, construction, and advancement of insulated metal panels and is strategically positioned to meet the growing energy, environmental and economic challenges facing the North American building industry. AWIP provides its customers with a broad line of insulated wall and roof panels and a full range of complementary trims, accessories

Position Summary

Maintain all aspects of steel and MRO inventory ensuring on time delivery to meet production demands and customer requested dates. Lead the Materials Department.

Essential Functions

• Coordinates all activities related to procurement of steel for both stock and specific projects.
• Analyzes the requirements of stocking inventory, including preliminary specifications, preferred supplier, and date product is needed.
• Control stock levels, developing, and executing plans to utilize overstocks and obsoletes.
• Point of contact for all inventory audits, working with in-house and contracted auditing groups.
• Maintain inventory at desired levels per product demand at local Plant as well as offsite warehouses and coaters.
• Supervise Coil Vault Attendants and buyer positions.
• Assigns coil for all production orders for assigned Plant.
• Conduct annual physical inventory counts at offsite locations.
• Coordinates delivery of steel, with guidance from Plant Shipping Manager regarding approved and preferred carriers.
• Assist with Inventory during month end with a heavy focus on reconciliations and discrepancy investigation for steel inventory.
• Responsible for communicating with Plant Manager and Scheduler regarding supply delays affecting current projects.
• Assures products are delivered on schedule, at the negotiated price, and meets the quality standards of the company.
• Maintains timely control of orders, amendments, shipping notices, and other documents to assure accurate retention of records.
• Data entry of PO’s.
• Report all quality issues to Plant Manager.
• Create and maintain purchasing logs and controls.
• Work with accounts payable regarding supplier and vendor invoices.
• Effectively communicate with all departments regarding on-time deliveries, shortages, delays, and any other potential issues.
• Assist with accessory, packaging, and plant supply purchasing as needed
• Perform timely performance reviews with all direct reports.
• Completes training by supervisor.
• Complies with all safety and company policies and procedures.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position is responsible for supervision of the following positions:

Buyer, 2 coil vault attendants

Supervisory Expectations

Expectations of Management – Consistently exhibits a high standard of integrity and ethical behavior. Resolves conflicts in an open and direct manner. Communicates candidly and effectively. Selects the best employees for the organization and works with employees to help them succeed. Demonstrates and inspires a high level of commitment and performance. Leads continuous improvement efforts and positive change.

Management Team Support – Outwardly supports management in all initiatives. Participates in management positively with an open mind and genuine and cooperative attitude. Supports and ensures that employees support other departments cooperatively.

Employee Management – Successfully manages performance, behavior, and conduct of subordinates, including ongoing assessment, feedback, and coaching of performance criterion with successful results. Documents both issues and successes for a complete and well-rounded review. Ensures all policies, SOPs, and company practices are followed. Holds employees accountable to expectations.

Team Building – Actively seeks and achieves group participation to improve work, sets priorities, is innovative, and solves problems.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of executing inventory at month end and prior experience with inventory databases and data entry.
• Strong computer skills, Excel and QuickBooks proficiency.
• Must have excellent math skills with an understanding of percentages, fractions, conversion between inches, feet, meters, centimeters and related distance and area units.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills are required: written and verbal.
• Able to work in time sensitive and sometimes stressful situations.
• Able to work independently, prioritize tasks, and do research to find answers with little guidance. Must be resourceful and a self-starter.

Education and Experience

• A minimum of two years' purchasing experience is required.
• Experience in the flat rolled steel industry is preferred.
• Prior experience with MRP system preferred.
• Knowledge of executing inventory at month end.
• Physical Requirements
• Able to sit for extended periods of time, walk, stand, climb, reach.
• Must be able to lift at least 25Ibs.
• Visual acuity, finger dexterity, color discernment.
• Must possess professional phone etiquette.
• Able to wear prescribed personal protective equipment and appropriate clothing.
• Occasionally work in conditions typical of a manufacturing environment, including noise, extreme temperatures and humidity, odors, dust, etc.
• Effectively use a computer, monitor, keyboard, mouse, and commonly used software to complete necessary functions assigned.
• Other physical requirements necessary to perform the essential functions of the job.

Working Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts, dusty conditions, high noise environments, chemicals used in the process, and extreme temperatures. The facility is an industrial manufacturing plant. This position is designated safety sensitive.

Benefits of Working with Us

We offer a professional but family-oriented culture. Our benefits package is comprehensive, including medical (80% of plan premiums covered) dental, and vision with no waiting period to enroll! 401k with up to 4% matching, life, and AD&D insurance, disability insurance, shopping discount program, employee assistance program, and Quarterly Bonus Program for all employees!

AWIP is committed to providing equal opportunity for employees and applicants in all aspects of the employment relationship, without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law. In that regard, U.S. applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal and State law, as applicable.