Materials & Supplier Quality Manager

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Full Time Exempt Sarasota, FL, US

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Materials & Supplier Quality Manager is responsible for maintaining effective inventory control, supporting material availability, managing supplier performance, developing new supplier sources, and overseeing incoming material quality.

This position serves as a key liaison between Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Purchasing, suppliers, and Operations to ensure materials and components meet Hilton Behlen Energy Systems’ technical, quality, cost, and delivery requirements.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain accurate inventory levels and material controls.
• Conduct or ensure completion of inventory counts for finished goods, work in progress (WIP), and raw materials and components.
• Maintain data integrity in ERP system (IFS).
• Monitor supplier quality, delivery performance, cost, and responsiveness.
• Identify, evaluate, and develop new suppliers and alternate sources.
• Coordinate supplier requirements with Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.
• Support Purchasing with technical clarification, sourcing, and supplier follow-up.
• Keep abreast of all outstanding requisitions, RFQs, and open orders, checking for timeline and delivery integrity.
• Work closely with Engineering BOM lead to ensure accurate and timely purchasing and intake at receiving into the system.
• Conduct and document incoming inspection of purchased components and materials.
• Manage supplier nonconformances and support corrective actions.
• Identify material shortages, supplier risks, and quality concerns before they impact production.
• Support continuous improvement of inventory, sourcing, and supplier quality processes.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Management, Business, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum 2 years of experience with progressive increase in responsibilities in materials management, supplier quality, purchasing, and/or supply chain.
• Strong understanding of supplier quality management, incoming inspection, material control, and supplier performance.
• Experience developing and maintaining supplier qualification, approval, and performance-monitoring processes.
• Working knowledge of quality management systems.
• Experience with root cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, bills of materials (BOMs), inspection requirements, and technical documentation.
• Knowledge of ERP/MRP systems and experience managing material requirements, inventory, purchasing, and supplier data.
• Strong understanding of inventory control, material planning, lead times, shortages, and production scheduling requirements.
• Ability to conduct or coordinate supplier audits, quality reviews, and corrective-action activities.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to evaluate supplier performance, quality trends, delivery performance, cost, and material availability.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, for reporting, analysis, and KPI tracking.