Materials Manager

The Materials Manager is a key member of a cross-functional product line team, responsible for end-to-end materials planning, procurement, and vendor management. The role requires a hands-on, collaborative leader who thrives in a lean, entrepreneurial environment and is deeply involved in forecasting, raw material planning, and cross-departmental coordination with Sales, Quality, and Production.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead procurement, vendor management, and raw material planning for a dedicated product line.
• Collaborate closely with Sales and Quality to align material availability with 6-9-month forecasts.
• Resolve vendor issues and maintain strong supplier relationships.
• Manage inventory levels, reorder points, and shipping/receiving coordination.
• Supervise a team including a dedicated buyer, shared planner, and expeditors.
• Support hiring, training, and performance management within the department
• Drive cost savings initiatives and continuous improvement efforts.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and ethical standards.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's degree
• Preferred: 7+ years of experience in materials management, supply chain, or related manufacturing roles
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems
• Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Manufacturing experience required; aerospace industry experience is a plus
• Must be comfortable in a flat, fast-paced organization where team members wear multiple hats

DSJ Global is a revolutionary search firm, specializing in the bespoke delivery of executive search solutions to clients.
Working across a number of niche industries and sectors across the US, UK, and Europe.
With offices in New York, Charlotte, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, London, Zurich, Berlin, Hong Kong and Singapore, DSJ Global operates on an international scale providing bespoke search packages which are unrivaled in the widespread recruitment market. Our aim is simple, to provide executive search level services which are flexible and tailored to the individual requirement of each client, on an unrivaled cost structure. We currently specialize in the areas of Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, OPEX, Finance and Human Resources.

We believe that every client should receive the benefit and accuracy of a search approach, whilst being able to dictate how, when and where it occurs, all on a fee structure to suit. Our revolutionary approach allows us to structure each assignment according to the requirements, time scales and budget available. We believe that for too long executive search firms have been too rigid in their approach and have been able to dictate how the search is conducted, leaving the client relatively powerless on the outcome.

Our service allows our clients to have increased control, direction and interaction in the search conducted on their behalf and has resulted in successful, on going relationships as search firm of choice with an ever expanding client group.