Purchasing Materials Manager

Materials, Purchasing, and Planning Manager

Location: Milpitas, CA

Employment Type: Full-Time, On-Site Daily

Annual Salary Range: $125,000 - $150,000

Reports To: Operations Leadership Team

About the Role

We are seeking a proactive, highly organized, and strategic Materials, Purchasing, and Planning Manager to join our fast-growing manufacturing and assembly operations team. In this role, you will hold ultimate accountability for our end-to-end material flow, ensuring that raw materials and components arrive and are available on time to meet strict production goals while balancing cost optimization with business targets.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the end-to-end material flow, ensuring raw materials and components arrive on time to meet production goals.
• Balance optimal inventory levels with budget for each quoted product build and overall business targets
• Manage purchasing, planning, and inventory and will be instrumental in building SOP and adding team members over time to support business growth objectives
• You will lead the implementation of inventory and purchasing control systems and part of the team to implement a new ERP/MRP system
• Analyze current materials and component purchases, historical usage as well as future expectations in order to aid in procurement and inventory priorities to optimize product delivery lead times
• Synchronize supply with demand to minimize excess and prevent shortages.
• Execute safety stock policies to maintain a steady workflow
• Evaluate the supply chain and key vendors along with alternatives where it is possible to optimize costs and lead times
• Monitor vendor performance to ensure high delivery compliance
• Establish cycle count policies and audits to maintain inventory accuracy
• Optimize inventory carrying costs and manage obsolete or scrap materials
• Ensure daily parts requirements are prepared hand over to manufacturing
• Build then coach and evaluate planning and procurement staff
• Play an active role in daily production planning and management
• Develop continuous improvement strategies to reduce waste and drive operational efficiency.

Requirements & Qualifications/Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Business Administration, or Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in and leading a procurement, planning and materials planning in a manufacturing environment
• Proficiency in ERP systems (ex. SAGE) and Material Requirements Planning.
• Experience establishing KPI’s in each area of responsibility along with action planning
• Experience with assembly business operations and international sourcing is a plus
• APICS certification or similar is a plus