Materials Manager at wabtec in Germantown, Maryland

Job Description:

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company's new website at: http://www.WabtecCorp.com.


It's not just about your career... or your job title...it's about who you are and the impact you are going to make on the world. Do you want to go into uncharted waters...do things that haven't been done to make yours and someone else's life better? Wabtec has been doing that for decades and we will continue to do so! Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.



Job Description:



The Materials Manager will be accountable for Warehouse, Distribution, Inventory, Scheduling, and Fulfillment operations. In this role you will improve, integrate, and develop processes to meet business needs across the organization, manage complex issues within functional area(s) of expertise, be involved in long-term planning, and contribute to the overall business strategy. This position requires working on-site as an essential function.



Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Have accountability and team leadership in fulfillment, material strategy, process and execution for all material operations and distribution.


• Lead the strategy and execution of the materials organization in planning, scheduling, inventory, MTA playbooks, warehousing, distribution, and production control.


• Lead the Fulfillment Team in all material delivery and supply needs. In this role you will drive to improve supplier OTD%, Material Availability by reducing Overdue and Late POs, and be responsible for overall PO management.


• Drive to maintain on-hand inventory to levels consistent with business objectives, coordinate defective material returns to suppliers, and reduce premium transportation costs.


• In this role you will use your experience or expertise to solve problems, develop and execute objectives for self and others, and effect short-term and long-term business goals.


• Drive a learning lean culture for problem solving and continuous improvement


• Assure inventory and service goals are met


• Drive an aggressive continuous process improvement culture, using data to baseline from existing standard to a higher standard


• Pro-actively look at future demand and identify potential issues and work to resolve prior to business need


• Assure the continued development and growth of assigned personnel through strong leadership


• Work to control inventory levels, cycle time and other aspects as required to meet production schedules


• Determine and apply appropriate optimization methodologies to balance service level, inventory, and resource utilization using advanced planning tools


• Champion 5S and Visual Management methodologies throughout the materials organization


• Frequently present business KPI's, challenges, and solutions to senior executive leadership.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college

• 8 years of experience in inventory management, shop operations, facilitation and production control in a manufacturing environment, production planning, inventory management principles and practices, or materials management disciplines


• l Experience in Materials / Fulfillment / Purchasing and using MS Access, SQL, and Oracle


• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills


• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills


• Strong business, analytical, and problem-solving ability


• Knowledge of the manufacturing process


• Familiarity with production control systems and routines


• Ability to effectively manage changing and conflicting priorities and resolve appropriately


• Ability to effectively operate in any organizational structure

Desired Characteristics:

• Knowledge of electronic circuit board assembly/manufacturing


• Ability to effectively manage changing and conflicting priorities and resolve appropriately

• Knowledge of the disciplines of Manufacturing Management, such as production and inventory control, variable cost productivity, fulfillment metrics, quality systems, and cost systems and procedures


• Ability to contribute in a cross functional collaborative environment


• Six Sigma trained, strong analytical and proven project management skills.


• Strong leadership skills and ability to teach and learn Lean Materials methodologies


• Must exhibit strong problem-solving capabilities and ability to manage multiple priorities.


• Strong oral and written communication skills, capable presenter with demonstrated leadership experience.


• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization


• Strong organizational and project management skills; ability to prioritize and balance workload to meet deadlines


• Proven conflict resolution skills


• Strong and objective analysis and decision-making skills


• Enthusiastic team player with a strong drive to create a positive work environment


• Strong analytical and presentation skills


• Passion for innovative solutions and process improvement

• High level of proficiency with all Microsoft Office applications, i.e. Excel, PPT, Word, creating pivot tables, VLookups etc.)


• Clear thinking / problem solving successfully led cross functional projects / process improvement, strong analytical skills

All salaried new hires must be fully vaccinated or be willing to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by date of hire to be considered for U.S.-based job, where permitted by applicable law and subject to requests for accommodation. Fully vaccinated means 14 days have elapsed since receiving the second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or 14 days since receiving the one dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.


Wabtec Corporation is committed to taking on the world's toughest challenges. In order to fulfill that commitment we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity and inclusiveness. We aim to employ the world's brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences and styles...people like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. Apply Now