Team Leader Material Management

1. Lead the materials planning team to provide on-time materials to support operations
2. Schedule material orders with suppliers, continually reviewing the min/max/re-order/Economic order quantities for cost effective, on time delivery of materials to operations
3. Work directly with the supply-chain (internal and external), scheduling orders to meet inventory requirements and operations demand
4. Work with the stores to optimize quantities of materials on site to support peaks of operations demand, support inventory checks
5. Work closely with the purchasing team and provide supplier feedback, the relationship with the purchasing leadership and team is critical
6. Work closely with Production Planning to ensure alignment between the Operations plan and the materials plan
7. Identify cost reduction opportunities, such as consolidating supply chains, supplier price reductions, different order quantities for price breaks – requires a proactive mindset to secure “best value”
8. Ensure materials are available to meet operations demand, proactively expedite any supply issues to ensure operations does not have stoppages.
9. Develop the materials planning team team, developing the team in line with the company values
10. Identify and lead new technology such as achieving a ‘paperless process’
11. Pro-active, improvement mindset – active involvement in Continuous Improvement
12. Prepare for, and support meetings to discuss materials planning, proactively identifying solutions
13. Develop mid-long term improvement plans and then implement to create ‘world-class’ materials planning function
14. Ad-hoc duties and projects as and when required

Requirements

• 3-5 years experience leading a materials team
• 5-7 years total materials planning / purchasing experience, high energy, can-do approach
• Bachelor Degree in Supply Chain Management or related field
• Strong focus on continuous improvement of the function and team
• Solution and service minded, pro-active, improvement mindset
• Computer proficiency with strong excel skills
• Experience working in a procedure environment like aerospace would be a strong advantage
• Good command of Thai and English (speaking, reading and writing)
• Accountable for team performance
• Lead performance evaluation, recruit team members, and prepare HR information as/when required as directed by the Business Support Manager