Materials Manager

From a small family business to a multi-billion-dollar global company, Sonoco has been changing the face of products and packaging since 1899 - all while keeping the heart of "People Build Businesses" alive.

Our talented people are at the core of our growth, constantly reinventing the Sonoco wheel with brilliant solutions every year. Today we are a world leader in global packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialization and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people.

Reporting directly to the Planning Manager, the Materials Manager takes direction from all leadership functions, operations, admin, etc.The Materials Manager schedules manufacturing equipment and raw materials to efficiently meet customer demand. The position is responsible for scheduling jobs to minimize downtime, effectively utilizing equipment and to ensuring on-time delivery. This position has indirect contact with customers to ensure Sonoco Oakdale is providing excellent service and support.

What you'll be doing:

• Responsible for weekly scheduling of production.

• Responsible for coordinating delivery of all raw materials needed for production.

• Responsible for accurate and timely input of all inventory related transactions including daily production and usage verification.

• Maintain tracking and reporting of schedule attainment.

• Responsible for plant associated bill of material accuracy. Along with maintaining and updating the item-site planning maintenance in QAD.

• Assist the warehouse supervisor with inventory status of finished goods and packaging materials. Including assistance with annual physical inventory.

• Ensures that all company property is properly maintained.

• Maintains good housekeeping in the warehouses and related areas.

• Initiates, reviews, masters, and follows all standard operating procedures (SOPs) for area of responsibility.

• Accountable for the identification, disposition, and necessary follow-up of slow moving, aged, and/or surplus inventories.

• May provide training to others on an as needed basis.

• Facilitates meetings with internal personnel, other plants, and customer service to coordinate activities between manufacturing plants.

• Provides MFG/PRO assistance to other plant personnel.

• Schedules raw materials for use in production and coordinates with group offices the shipment and in-plant inventories of metal.

• Assists the group sales function in budget and forecast comparisons.

• Assists the group sales function in customer inquiries and activities. Maintains and seeks resolution of customer complaints.

• Coordinates customer releases and orders with outside warehousing and other plants within the group.

• Assists in procuring transportation for customer and warehouse movement of finished products.

• May assist and advise the plant purchasing function in implementation of central stores reporting system and in seeking competitive pricing of goods and services.

• Reviews and orders ODM's needed for production.

• Assists Customer Service Reps (CSR) with customer forecasts.

• Performs CSR duties for Salmon customers.

We'd love to hear from you if:

• Associate degree in Business Administration or equivalent experience

• Oracle, QAD experience preferred

• Participate in and develop skillsets necessary for continuous improvement initiatives

• The person in this position will be flexible, have a positive attitude, self-motivated and have strong attention to detail.

Compensation:

The annual base salary range for this role is from $84,640 to $95,220.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.