Manager Materials

Location:

129 Canal Rd, Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania 19030 United States of America

If you are a detailed-oriented person interested in a challenging and rewarding career with the largest do-it-yourself moving company in the world, consider becoming U-Haul Company’s newest Material Manager. The material planner's responsibilities include determining material requirements, and creating and maintaining production schedules while coordinating with internal departments to achieve production goals.

-Monday-Friday

U-Haul offers:

• Full medical coverage, if eligible

• Prescription plans, if eligible

• Dental and vision plans

• Registered Dietitian Program, if eligible

• Gym Reimbursement Program

• Weight Watchers, if eligible

• Virtual doctor visits

• Career stability

• Opportunities for advancement

• Valuable on-the-job training

• Tuition Reimbursement Program

• Free online courses for personal and professional development at U-Haul University®

• Business-travel insurance

• You Matter Employee Assistance Program

• Paid holidays, vacation and sick days, if eligible

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

• 401(k) savings plan

• Life insurance

• Critical illness/group accident coverage

• 24-hour physician available for kids

• MetLaw Legal Program

• MetLife auto and home insurance

• Mindset App Program

• Discounts on cell phone plans, hotels and more

• LifeLock identity theft protection

• Savvy consumer-wellness programs - from health-care tips to financial wellness

• Dave Ramsey’s SmartDollar Program

• U-Haul Federal Credit Union membership

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead, supervise personnel and participate in a facility’s material scheduling, material planning, inventory control and customer service functions

• Utilize lean manufacturing principles to provide information to production to meet customer demand and to meet or exceed inventory-turn targets

• Direct the management of production planning, scheduling, shipping, receiving and material handling personnel

• Maintain MRP system to accurately forecast material requirements to suppliers.

• Lead CI efforts to improve everyday efficiency of materials system.

• Responsible for developing long-term systems and structure to support continued growth initiatives

• Responsible for just-in-time production line deliveries

• Motivate the materials team to work together in the most efficient manner by managing the process of innovative change effectively as well as mitigating team conflict and communication problems.

• Demonstrate the ability to speak effectively in front of groups and give professional presentations.

• Set and communicates clear expectations and hold personnel accountable for attaining those standards.

• Possess well-developed managerial, communication, organizational and interpersonal skills

• Maintains measurements and continuous improvement of key performance metrics

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university in a related field preferred.

• Five years of related experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.

• Detail oriented and able to prioritize multiple tasks

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both oral and written)

• Excellent project management skills and the ability to work with minimal supervision

• Experience in 5S, Lean and Kaizen would be a plus.

• Demonstrate knowledge and proven success in inventory reduction.

• Proven ability and success in cost-reduction strategy development and execution

• Having prior ERP experience is a plus, with experience with SAP preferred.

• APICS certification preferred

• CPIM certification preferred

• Computer proficient in MS Office

• Excellent project management skills and the ability to work with minimal supervision

• Demonstrate knowledge and proven success in inventory reduction.

U-Haul Holding Company, and its family of companies including U-Haul International, Inc. (“U-Haul”), continually strives to create a culture of health and wellness. Consistent with applicable state law, U-Haul will not hire or re-hire individuals who use nicotine products.  The states in which U-Haul will decline to hire nicotine user