Manager II, Materials - BOSS Snowplow

What Will You Do?

In order to grow and build a successful career with The Toro Company, you will be responsible for:

Master Scheduling:

• Develop and execute long and short-range production plans to meet customer on-time delivery while optimizing inventory and manpower resources

• Leads development of the Master Production Schedule through collaboration with other functional groups

• Ensures the Master Scheduler has all models assigned to Iron Mountain, scheduled in an efficient, logical manner which optimizes site capacity and is accurately reflected in SAP

• Responsible for capacity/load management in all areas of the manufacturing floor.

Supply Planning

• Leads material flow strategy and execution utilizing Lean manufacturing principles, including PFEP, KANBAN, Pull, MRP, ROP, etc.

• Assures all needed materials to support the Master Schedule are planned, expedited, warehoused and distributed in the most cost-effective manner.

• Obtains major performance goals including schedule attainment, work in process levels (WIP), finished goods level, service fill rates, inventory turns, inventory accuracy and budget controls

• Maintains the JIT policies and programs necessary to support the inventory goals

• Manage flow of raw and subcontract material from suppliers; team with sourcing group and suppliers to meet customer delivery and cost objectives

• Accounts for accuracy of inventory, lost inventory, and location accuracy through the use of accepted cycle counting procedures and insures at least one statistical inventory audit and one final inventory audit are conducted during each fiscal year.

• Serves as the Supplier POC including responsibility for supplier performance, supplier forecast/capacity and execution against open orders.

• Manages day to day requisitions, SAP exceptions triggers and orders

• Material availability and communication of component delivery to production

• Improvement projects- consignment, LT reduction, MOQ reduction, etc.

• Drive down to root cause and corrective action for every Down notification and follow Down notification process.

Production Control

• Assures that all sequence cards are accurate and issued in a timely manner

• Insures service parts are produced and shipped per the required due date to maintain a 98% or higher fill rate.

• Production Schedule Maintenance and execution

• Material Shortage escalation to Supply Planners

• Customer order schedules reviews for capacity and manpower planning with the Master Scheduler

• Alerts/escalates past due customer orders to customer care and recovery plan

• Ensures proper and timely dispositioning of obsolete inventory based on standard process

• Coordinates the ‘outside’ reworking of parts and material to meet changes in the requirements due to TEO’s, ECM’s, and TCN’s

• Serves as liaison between production and Materials Planner

IBP / SIOP

• Continually incorporate customer demand fluctuations into production plan and provide customer feedback and communications when issues develop

• Leads the IBP central supply process and ensure compliance to the requirements

Logistics

• Assure necessary material handling activities are executed to support the shop floor, shipping and receiving and assure inventory accuracy is maintained. Manage all storage locations.

• Receives, warehouses, and distributes inventory in a cost-effective manner while maintaining inventory accuracy through a cycle counting program.

• Responsible for shipping of finished product in a proper and effective manner in accordance with Toro and Federal transportation regulations.

Master Data Management

• Responsible to create standards for Materials planning master data in SAP including the audit and measurement back to that standard.

• Insures the Planning function follows agreed upon parameters regarding purchased volumes, lead times, and delivery dates including service order requirements.

Other Responsibilities

• Promotes technology improvements (bar-coding, EDI, ASN’s) within the Materials group

• Leads continual improvement efforts in systems/processes to meet customer delivery and cost objectives

• Stays current and in compliance with all government regulations, ISO requirements and material flow concepts

• Attend weekly ISC meeting.

• Update various weekly and monthly spreadsheets from Corporate Finance (E&O, CC Variance, Subcontract Inv).

• Lead Tier II and Tier III Materials meetings.

• Attend Tier III Operations and Tier IV meetings.

• Create and manage Materials Department Annual Strategy Plan.

Note: The responsibilities and tasks outlined in this document are not exhaustive and may change as determined by the needs of the company.

What Do You Need?

To be considered for this role, an individual should meet the following minimal requirements:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree (BA, BS) in Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Business or similar field, with a master’s degree preferred

• A minimum of 7 years’ experience in various materials and supply chain disciplines

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in budgeting, production control, inventory control, material planning

• Strong organizational, interpersonal and team building skills.  Must have direct supervisory experience.

• Strong management, communication, and leadership skills.  Should be motivated with a positive attitude, with ability to work in a group/team setting

• Progressive experience in manufacturing environment demonstrating growth in position and/or responsibility

• Experience implementing various material signaling concepts such as kanban, min/max, ROP, MRP

• Proven experience implementing Lean material flow concepts, systems and tools such as Plan for Every Part (PFEP), pull systems, supermarkets, scheduling boards, tugger routes, etc.

• Strong analytical skills with the demonstrated ability to analyze multifaceted, complex situations, problems, and concepts

• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to effectively interact with individuals from a wide range of backgrounds

• Highly self-motivated and directed, able to work well under pressure, manage and prioritize multiple initiatives concurrently, attend to details, and meet deadlines

• Strong organizational skills, including the ability to be flexible, adaptable, and change priorities and direction as needed, allowing for optimum effectiveness

• Aptitude and desire to gain understanding of situations, processes, and procedures in an effort to improve them

Preferred:

• Experience with MRP and ERP systems

• Systems experience with shop floor control

• APICS or other Materials Planning certification

• Experience with Lean principles, tools, and systems such as Value Stream Mapping, Material Flow, Visual Management, Standard Work, Change Over, Root Cause Analysis

• Previous experience with weld, paint, assembly, injection molding or extrusion processes preferred

• IBP/SIOP experience in a supply planning capacity

• Lean practitioner and/or Six Sigma certification

• Ability to travel up to 10%

What Can We Give You?   

At BOSS Snowplow, we are always working to make sure our employees know just how valued they are. In addition to a competitive salary, an affordable and top tier medical/dental/vision plan, 401k, and many other great benefits – BOSS Snowplow offers employees at our Iron Mountain location, MI a variety of perks, including:

Dress for your day - We know you're more productive when you're comfortable, which is why employees are encouraged to take advantage of our casual, office-plant blended environment.

Wellness - In addition to physical wellbeing, TTC offers a variety of mental health, financial health, and other types of resources to every full-time employee.

Volunteerism - The Toro Company is proud to provide employees 20 hours of paid time to volunteer in the community.

Growth Opportunities – TTC prides itself on giving our employees the chance to grow their careers. Tuition reimbursement, opportunities to move into new areas of interest, and promotion opportunities are a few examples. 

Competitive Salary – The pay range takes into account skills, experience, education, and location. It is not common to be hired at or near the top of the range; compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Cash compensation is one piece of our competitive total rewards package.

At The Toro Company, we are committed to fostering a secure and trustworthy recruitment process for our applicants. Recruitment fraud is a potential threat to job seekers, so please be aware that throughout our recruitment process, you’ll never be required to pay any fees or disclose personal financial details when applying to TTC opportunities.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and related needs and conditions, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.