Materials Manager

Company Overview

Hamilton Medical was founded with a vision: To develop intelligent ventilation solutions that make life safer for patients in critical care and easier for the people who care for them. Today, Hamilton Medical is a leading manufacturer of critical care ventilation solutions for a wide variety of patient populations, applications, and environments.

Responsibilities

Hamilton Medical, Inc. is looking for a Materials Manager who will be responsible for operational and strategic procurement activities to cost efficiently manage our supply chain and serve the procurement and logistics needs of the business. This role leads a team of Buyers to maintain stable inventory levels, control forward looking forecasting for all materials (including raw components for manufacturing and finished goods for warehouse), drive down costs throughout the supply chain, and add alternative vendors to increase supply redundancy and create competitive pricing. A leading candidate collaborates exceptionally with multiple teams (Sales, Production, Warehouse, Engineering, Quality, partner companies) and drives a culture of continuous improvement, data-lead decision making, and world-class execution of tasks to optimize the materials branch of the business.

• Oversees operational procurement to ensure that all necessary materials and services for internal and external customers are kept at target safety stock levels
• Manages the team and vendors with the required prioritization to support manufacturing of products and stocking of warehouses to maintain production and shipping schedules
• Maintain forecast/demand for the MRP as determined by customer demands and internal business needs
• Coordinates effective SCAR activities with Quality team to resolve material issues
• Drives corrective actions and continuous improvement throughout supply chain with the team to stop repeat issues and take preventive action against future risks
• Executes effective forecasting in the MRP to drive stocking levels to appropriate targets
• Monitors excess and obsolete inventory and perishable inventory to minimize negative financial impacts
• Responsible for coordinating cost negotiations with vendors for materials and services to attain annual cost savings goals
• Develops the skills and abilities of their team to grow their business impact
• Develops new processes, procedures, and approaches as required
• Strategizes and executes plans for alternative vendors/sources of materials and services to improve part availability and drive down cost
• Coordinates with Engineering group on projects to introduce new products, materials, processes, and change management
• All other duties as assigned
  
  

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of Material Resource Planning (MRP) Systems. Microsoft Dynamics is preferred
• Advanced skills in Excel
• Excellent communication – oral and written
• Sound knowledge of supply chain practices including forecasting, FIFO, vendor evaluation, and SCAR
• Strong problem-solving abilities and root cause analysis
• Experience in cycle counting practices regarding inventory control
• Project management experience - ability to meet deadlines, both short term and long term
• Leadership experience with direct and indirect reports
  
  

Education/Experience

• 5 plus years of experience preferred in Supply Chain Management of related field
• Business degree or technical degree or equivalent
• Master’s degree in business or equivalent desired
• D365 or similar ERP/MRP/CRM software application experience
  
  

About Hamilton

• Diverse portfolio of exciting and innovative design projects
• Tremendous opportunities for professional growth
• Commitment to sustainable design
• Competitive compensation
• Excellent benefits package includes medical, dental, vision insurance, paid vacation time, paid sick time, disability insurance, 401k, tuition reimbursement and much more
• Solid stable company
• Drug-free workplace