Materials Manager II

Position Overview:

The Industrial Powertrain Solutions segment of Regal Rexnord is seeking a Materials Manager II at our Erie PA location. This role is the primary point of coordination and interface within the supply chain and operations organizations at the Erie plant. This senior leadership role is responsible for providing comprehensive supply chain strategy process leadership and tactical execution to optimize inventory material flow supplier performance and customer delivery. The role leads all aspects of materials management including planning purchasing inventory control scheduling logistics supplier management and forecasting.

The Materials Manager will partner closely with Operations Engineering Quality Finance Customer Care and Corporate Supply Chain teams to drive performance in safety quality delivery cost and cash flow while building scalable processes and developing a high-performing materials organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leads a team of Planning Purchasing Scheduling Inventory Receiving Shipping and Logistics professionals to define and execute the sites materials strategy.

• Responsible for all aspects of inventory performance including availability inventory value inventory accuracy excess and obsolete inventory turns and days on hand.

• Establishes and manages inventory strategies replenishment methodologies safety stock levels and planning parameters for all purchased and manufactured components.

• Owns the materials portion of the SIOP process including supply planning capacity planning materials availability inventory forecasting and scenario analysis.

• Supports the Operations and Plant Manager in assessing supply chain risks and implementing countermeasures to achieve operational and financial objectives.

• Drives alignment between customer demand production schedules and supplier capabilities to ensure on-time delivery and efficient inventory utilization.

• Leads forecasting and order fulfillment activities to ensure customer requirements are met while optimizing working capital.

• Develops and maintains strong supplier relationships while leading escalation efforts and corrective action plans for supplier delivery quality and capacity issues.

• Leads sourcing and supplier development activities in partnership with Corporate Sourcing and Category Management teams.

• Improves ERP effectiveness by ensuring master data integrity and proper planning parameters to drive automation and planning accuracy.

• Establishes and improves processes to enhance customer commit dates available-to-promise accuracy and overall supply chain visibility.

• Leads physical inventory counts cycle count programs and initiatives to improve overall inventory accuracy.

• Implements manages and continuously improves all processes related to procurement planning scheduling inventory management receiving warehousing shipping logistics forecasting and demand management.

• Leads structured problem solving using Regal Rexnord Business System (RBS) principles and drives root cause corrective action throughout the organization.

• Establishes deploys and monitors standard work policies and procedures to ensure compliance with company and regulatory requirements.

• Partners with Finance to improve working capital performance inventory productivity and cash flow.

• Develops and leads a high-performing materials organization through hiring coaching mentoring succession planning performance management and employee development.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in materials management supply chain purchasing inventory planning scheduling or logistics within a manufacturing environment.

• Minimum of 3 years of leadership experience managing planning purchasing or materials teams.

• Experience supporting engineered-to-order (ETO) make-to-order (MTO) assembly-to-order (ATO) or mixed manufacturing environments preferred.

• Demonstrated experience leading supplier management inventory optimization forecasting and SIOP processes.

• Strong understanding of ERP systems including Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) purchasing inventory management and scheduling functionality.

• Proven ability to build lead and develop high-performing teams.

• Strong financial acumen with experience managing working capital inventory investment forecasting and business case development.

• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make sound decisions using incomplete information.

• Strong project management prioritization and organizational skills.

• Excellent written verbal and presentation communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

• Demonstrated success driving continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Six Sigma or similar methodologies.

• Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing without direct authority.

• Ability to travel up to 10% as business needs require.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management Business Operations Management Engineering or a related field required.

• SAP experience is strongly preferred.

• APICS/ASCM CPIM CSCP ISM CPM or related professional certification preferred.

• Lean and/or Six Sigma certification preferred.

Restrictions imposed by federal export control laws may limit this job opportunity to candidates who are a U.S. Person which includes U.S. citizens U.S. nationals U.S. permanent residents individuals granted asylum in the United States and refugees in the United States or who otherwise can qualify for a license that permits them to hold the position.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States without requiring companysponsorship to obtain or keep U.S. work authorization.

• Medical Dental Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
• Spending accounts (HSA Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
• Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Paid Leaves
• Tuition Assistance

Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power transmit and control motion. The Companys electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Companys automation offering comprised of controls actuators drives and precision motors controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.

The Companys end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds and include factory automation food & beverage aerospace medical data center warehouse alternative energy residential and commercial buildings general industrial construction metals and mining and agriculture.

Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions Power Efficiency Solutions and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information including a copy of our Sustainability Report visit .

Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex/gender sexual orientation gender identity pregnancy age ancestry national origin genetic information marital status citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract) disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds perspectives and skills. If youd like to view a copy of the companys affirmative action plan for protected veterans/individuals with disabilities or policy statement please email you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application please e-mail

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