Our client is an American aerospace manufacturing company headquartered in Long Beach, CA. They are developing manufacturing technologies, launch vehicles, and rocket engines for commercial orbital launch services.
**Excellent potential for growth and advancement**
About the Team:
Supply Chain encompasses direct supply management for all Terran-R parts and materials, indirect supply management for the Long Beach site, and materials management. Put simply, we own the value chain from identification of a need to delivery to our internal customer. The Supply Chain team's vision is to build a best-in-class, responsive, and data-driven supply chain management organization that is a key competitive advantage for Relativity. Supply Chain is currently putting that vision into practice through sourcing long-lead parts, production equipment, and infrastructure projects for Terran-R production. The candidate will join a diverse and growing team of upstart supply chain professionals from varied backgrounds across manufacturing, technology, automotive, aerospace and defense, consulting, and many more! Everyone's experiences are valued, and we seek to bring these insights to the forefront to solve complex issues. On our team the best idea wins, and you will be continually encouraged to share your perspective and develop personally along with the team.
About the Role:
As the Materials Manager, Propulsion & Vehicle Fluid Systems, you'll work cross-functionally to accurately capture material demand, maintain real-time visibility into supply sources and levels, and drive material requirements planning to inform procurement strategy and operations. You are the focal point who is directly responsible for the balance of material supply and demand across our entire value chain - i.e., from ideation to lift-off.
What excites you:
Partner with Procurement, Engineering, Manufacturing, Integration, Test, and Launch organizations to derive material demand from complex multilevel Bill of Materials (BOMs) and schedules that will drive material requirement plans and priorities across multiple vehicle missions and programs.
Generate actionable material requirement signals and partner with Sourcing and Procurement personnel to develop and action material acquisition strategies.
Manage the mission-by-mission 'Clear to Build' process, providing accurate and real-time visibility into material supply & demand while ensuring alignment between Engineering, Supply Chain and Manufacturing, Test, and Launch.
Develop material allocation strategies/models for constrained or at-risk materials based on company priorities and supply conditions.
Quantify material forecasts that will inform Sourcing's immediate- and medium-term material acquisition strategies.
Participate in the development of Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) systems and processes within Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) that will ultimately increase automation and fidelity of end-to-end planning operations.
What excites us:
Bachelor's degree in engineering, supply chain/operations management or equivalent experience
2-10 years in a Material Planning, Supply Chain, Procurement role within a fast-paced manufacturing, aerospace, supply chain, or engineering
Familiarity with Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) or SAP ERP (E.g., Material Attributes, Demand, Supply, and MRP Environment Inputs) or similar
Able to capture material demand, maintain rea-time visibility into supply sources and levels.
Must have intermediate Excel experience ( Data manipulation, able to support integration from excel to ERP, pulling reports etc)
Must have excellent experience working cross-functionally and heavy collaboration with internal stakeholders: engineering, manufacturing, Procurement, Supply Chain, finance, accounting, quality, and executive management.
Experience working with Supply Chain and Procurement teams to generate actionable material requirements.
Experience with ERP systems or ability to learn new ERP systems easily
Experience to develop material allocation strategies/models for constrained or at-risk materials based on company priorities and supply conditions.
Must have worked in a fast-paced environment.
Prior experience working in a role that required meeting tight deadlines, scheduling deadlines and follow-ups with depts.
Excited to learn and grow your career in materials management
Proficient or able to learn enterprise applications (i.e., PLM, ERP, MES)
Bonus: Experience with New product development (NPD) or new product introduction (NPI)
Bonus: Data analysis applications/tools (i.e., MS Excel, SQL, Tableau).
Bonus: Experience with design release processes and systems
Bonus: Aerospace or frontier technology industries