Factory Materials Manager

Your Responsibilities

As a Factory Materials Manager for JD Seeding - Valley City located in Valley City, ND, you will:

• Manages material value chain sub processes within the Enterprise Product Delivery Process (EPDP) and Enterprise Order Fulfillment Processes (EOFP). These sub-processes may include all or some of the following: Supply Chain Integration, Direct Material, Indirect Material and Services, Inventory Control, Inbound and/or Outbound Logistics, Receiving, Internal Material Flow, Production Planning, Service Parts, Continuous Improvement, Supplier Quality, Supplier Warranty Administration, Sales and Operations Planning, Plan the Order, Whole Goods Management, and Acquire. This includes managing the relationship between the suppliers and managing the resources to support the processes they have responsibility for. The following are typical characteristics of this position: Manages $100 to $300 million in purchases and manages some of the processes listed above or manages up to $100 million in purchases and manages most of the processes listed above. The unit has multiple product lines and some involvement in global product line supply chain integration.
• Manages a workforce greater than 15 people and typically reports to a Director or General Manager.
• Make sure a portfolio of suppliers are delivering required levels of services.
• Develop tactical plans for optimizing resources and assets being managed within a given area or department.
• Execute planning activities for one or two manufacturing/distribution units with dependencies on other processes/units/suppliers. Provide input to the overall supply planning framework and systems.
• Monitor, review, and highlight any gaps in the performance of a portfolio of suppliers to recommend and ensure delivery of improvements by suppliers or to renegotiate or change contract/supplier.
• Review existing operations in a major area of work and implement innovation processes to generate new ideas and ensure the required continuous improvement outcomes are delivered.
• Communicate the actions needed to implement the function's strategy and business plan within the team; explain the relationship to the broader organization's mission, vision, and values; motivate people to commit to these and to do extraordinary things to achieve local business goals.
• Manage and report on the performance of a substantial, diverse team; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports or project/account team members and hold individuals accountable for achieving them; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of team/personal objectives.
• Develop and/or deliver budget plans with guidance from senior colleagues.
• Use the organization's formal development framework to identify the team's individual development needs. Plan and implement actions, including continuing professional development specified by professional or regulatory institutions, to build their professional capabilities. Provide informal training or coaching to others throughout the organization in own area of expertise to enable others to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.

VISA Sponsorship is NOT available for this position

What Skills You Need

• Action Planning - Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently while providing guidance and training to others on developing appropriate plans or performing necessary actions based on recommendations and requirements.
• Planning and Organizing- Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently while providing guidance and training to others on planning, organizing, prioritizing and overseeing activities to efficiently meet business objectives.
• Project Management - Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently while guiding and training others on managing projects and/or programs within desired cost, time and quality parameters.
• Data Control - Applies comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently while providing guidance and training to others on acquiring, organizing, protecting and processing data to fulfill business objectives.
• Adaptive Mindset - Works at an advanced level to shift into and out of a mental mindsets associated with assessing the facts and circumstances of the current situation and/or environment and making the appropriate/innovative adjustments to thinking and work habits to thrive in any scenario. Typically works independently and provides guidance.
• Assessment - Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently while providing guidance and training to others on analyzing data from multiple sources to draw appropriate conclusions and make suitable recommendations.
• Data Collection and Analysis - Works independently and provides guidance and training to others on analyzing data trends for use in reports to help guide decision making.
• Negotiation - Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to negotiate independently while providing guidance and training to others on how to help the organization by obtaining consensus between two or more internal or external parties who may have different interests.
• Policy and procedures - Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently while providing guidance and training to others on developing, monitoring, interpreting and understanding policies and procedures, while making sure they match organizational strategies and objectives.
• Procurement Process Management - Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to act independently while guiding and training others on managing the entire procurement process from start to finish.
• Reporting - Applies comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently while providing guidance and training to others on creating relevant, lucid and effective reports.
• Traffic and Vehicle Planning - Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to act independently while guiding and training others on how to optimize the deployment and use of vehicles and other types of movable infrastructure.
• Workflow Management - Works at an advanced level to orient work in a workflow to plan, organize, and execute the steps it takes to achieve a goal to achieve higher efficiencies. Typically works independently and provides guidance

What Makes You Standout

• Experience of planning and managing resources to deliver predetermined objectives as specified by more senior managers (Over 3 years to 6 years)
• Substantial general work experience together with comprehensive job related experience in own area of expertise to fully competent level. (Over 6 years to 10 years)

Education

Ideally you will have a degree or equivalent related work experience in the following:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree preferred