Materials Manager
$115,000–$140,000 year
On-site · Sumner, Washington, United States
Job Summary
Hands-on Materials Manager to lead inventory accuracy, ERP/MRP discipline, shipping and receiving, warehouse execution, and material readiness for our fast-growing food manufacturing operation. This role owns the daily system that ensures materials are received correctly, reflected accurately in the ERP, stored properly, released by Quality, staged on time, and available to support the production schedule. It’s a floor-based leadership position focused on fixing transaction gaps, improving inventory accuracy, strengthening cycle count discipline, and ensuring the physical inventory and ERP system tell the same story.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in inventory management, materials management, warehouse operations, supply chain, manufacturing, or distribution
- 3+ years of people leadership experience in warehouse, inventory, materials, shipping/receiving, or plant operations
- Strong hands-on ERP/MRP experience, including receiving, transfers, adjustments, production consumption, BOMs, work orders, finished goods transactions, and cycle counts
- Proven experience improving inventory accuracy through cycle counts, root cause analysis, standard work, and transaction controls
- Experience managing shipping, receiving, warehouse, material flow, and production staging
- Strong knowledge of FIFO/FEFO, lot control, shelf-life management, traceability, material segregation, cold-chain handling, and inventory reconciliation
- Experience supporting production schedules through material readiness and staging processes
- Experience in food, CPG, manufacturing, distribution, or temperature-controlled operations
- Strong analytical, communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional leadership skills
- Ability to work in refrigerated/frozen manufacturing environments with regular floor presence
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