Materials Manager

Description

Why Join Phoenix Manufacturing

For over 50 years, Phoenix Manufacturing has been an industry leader in innovative cooling solutions, serving residential, commercial, and industrial customers across the country. We are proud of our manufacturing roots, our commitment to quality, and the people who make our success possible.

• Stable, Growing Company
  Join a well-established organization with a strong reputation in the manufacturing industry and a vision for continued growth and innovation.
• People-First Culture
  We believe in respect, teamwork, accountability, and creating an environment where employees feel valued and heard.
• Make an Impact
  Your ideas matter here. We encourage continuous improvement, innovation, and collaboration across all departments.
• Modernizing for the Future
  We are embracing technology, automation, and process improvements to create smarter, more efficient ways of working.
• Team Environment
  We succeed together. Whether on the production floor, in the office, or in the field, teamwork drives everything we do.
• Commitment to Safety
  Safety is a core value, not just a priority. We are committed to maintaining a safe and supportive workplace for all employees.

If you’re looking for more than just a job, if you want to be part of a team that values hard work, innovation, and growth, Phoenix Manufacturing could be the place for you.

Position Summary

The Materials Manager will provide strategic leadership and oversight of all manufacturing and supply chain activities to ensure the cost-effective production and timely delivery of high-quality products. The Materials Manager will work closely with Sales and Production Management to develop and manage forecasts for long range material planning while considering current inventory, obsolescence, lead times, product life cycles and production capacity.

This role is focused on managing schedules and coordinates the efficient replacement of component parts to satisfy customer demand. Analyzes and revises production plans and provides appropriate delivery dates as required. Works with other departments to ensure customer satisfaction. Analyzes and reports on actual customer demand, trends and forecasts, and adjusts capacity plans accordingly. The Materials Manager will work closely with the Warehouse Manager to monitor daily inventory control activities, obsolescence, lead times, product life cycles and production capacity.

The Materials Manager will have several Roles and Responsibilities including, but not limited to the following:

• Develop, deploy, and ensure adherence to policies and procedures for all supply chain activities including purchasing, planning, warehousing, order fulfillment, and logistics
• Create a strong and efficient materials organization that coordinates effectively with other functions while continuing to improve overall performance results for the company
• Develop and implement actions needed to achieve corporate and division strategic goals, including cost reductions, quality improvements, supply chain flexibility and reliability, alternate low-cost sourcing, lead‑time reductions and inventory turns improvements
• Oversee all supply chain aspects for new product development and operationalization.
• Ensure talent assessment, development, training and hiring across the supply chain team is effective to grow capabilities and support the succession planning requirements
• Provide leadership to fully leverage the ERP system capabilities across the business including all purchasing, planning, buying, MRP, SIOP, forecasting, and data management
• Participate as a key member of the Operations management team. Collaborate well with other managers and functions to improving overall business performance
• Responsible for establishing forecast processes, maintaining short‑ and medium‑term production and inventory plans
• Translate projected forecasts, incoming volume, and work scopes into a production plan with a time‑phased build schedule
• Work with customer base to determine weekly inbound forecast and develop consumption models to improve accuracy
• Acts as manufacturing liaison to Sales/…