Material Manager at Flex in LIBERTYVILLE, Illinois

Job Description:

Flex is a leading sketch-to-scale™ solutions company that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world. With more than 200,000 professionals across 30 countries and a promise to help make the world Live Smarter™, the company provides innovative design, engineering, manufacturing, real-time supply chain insight and logistics services to companies of all sizes in various industries and end-markets. For more information please visit our careers page at www.flex.com. 

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  Industry: Electrical / Electronic Manufacturing


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  Type: Public Company


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  NASDAQ: FLEX


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  Headquarters: 2 Changi South Lane, Singapore, 486123


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  Company Size: 10,001+ employees


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  Website: www.flex.com
  

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Job Description

The Material Manager will be based in Libertyville, IL.  The Material Manager will be responsible to direct and coordinate activities of personnel engaged in some or all of the following areas; material planning, distribution, inventory control, material analysis, purchasing and supply chain management by performing the following duties personally or through subordinates.

We are looking for someone who demonstrates:

• Intense collaboration


• Passionate customer focus


• Thoughtful, fast, disciplined execution


• Tenacious commitment to continuous improvement


• Relentless drive to win

Here is a glimpse of what you’ll do…

• Manages, controls and directs the activities and staff involved in the distribution of inventory to the production line


• Manages, controls and directs staff to achieve Materials profit and loss objectives including minimization of excess and obsolete inventory


• Ensures the timely delivery of materials at the most economical cost, consistent with quality standards, affecting quality by assuring that suspicious material is identified, and that material is handled, stored and delivered properly


• Ensures a high degree of customer satisfaction through negotiations of customer expectations and managing and directing staff activities required to meet this expectation


• Coordinates with customers, purchasing, project managers, operations managers and warehouse managers


• Responsible for accurate inventory cycle counts, and controls


• Provides for the proper shipping and documentation of finished goods


• Develops, implements and maintains policies, procedures and material control systems


• Reviews, plans and approves purchase orders and change notices


• Reviews purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy


• Responsible for disposition of excess and obsolete materials

Here is some of what you’ll need (required)…

• +5 years of related experience

Here are a few of our preferred experiences:

• Injection molding/plastics industry experience


• Medical device industry experience

Here are a few examples of what you’ll get for the great work you provide…

• Full range of medical benefits, dental, vision


• Life Insurance


• Matching 401K


• PTO


• Tuition Reimbursement


• Employee discounts at local retailers

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Job Category

Relocation

Is Sponsorship Available?

Flex does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services. Flex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. Flex does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on: age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status or any other status protected by law. Flex provides reasonable accommodation so that qualified applicants with a disability may participate in the selection process. Please advise us of any accommodations you request to express interest in a position by e-mailing: accessibility@flex.com. Please state your request for assistance in your message. Only reasonable accommodation requests related to applying for a specific position within Flex will be reviewed at the e-mail address. Flex will contact you if it is determined that your background is a match to the required skills required for this position. Thank you for considering a career with Flex.

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