Material Management Leader - 3938

Title: Material Management Leader
Location: Southfield, MI

Duration: Long Term Contract

Education: BA in business, logistics, supply chain, or engineering

Experience: Minimum of 3-5 years of purchasing and/or material management experience

Roles and Responsibilities:

Identify Early Opportunities in proposals and estimating and/or hand-off from sales phase
Identify High Risk Suppliers in proposals and estimating and/or hand-off from sales phase
Support Unique Proposal Requirements
Push Information to purchasing commodity teams for action or strategy development
Responsible to drive and coordinate advanced procurement / forecasting information from the project team to commodity purchasing
Work with project team to develop robust SOWs and capture all customer requirements
Review project specs and communicate to appropriate Buyers
Develop, Drive & Control Project Sourcing Plans
Communicate Scope, Timing & Budget to Commodity Teams
Single point of contact with the project teams for material status – MMLs will communicate with follow-up coordinators for material status by supplier
Support Timeline Development for purchasing related activities ensuring adequate lead time for purchasing activities
Purchasing Timeline Updates/Reporting for one line meetings
Periodically attend customer meetings and whiteboards to provide material status updates
Support PPRs (project performance reviews)
Support with purchasing EAC (Estimate at Complete)/CTC (Cost to Complete)
Identify purchasing Risk & Opps
Steer Project, Purchasing & SQ teams to focus on top priorities
Intimate involvement in high impact purchasing, follow up or quality actions (Recovery Plans, Cost Recovery, Large Purchases, High risk Purchases)
Work with design to resolve issues as it relates to purchase material
Work with site teams to develop material/service support plan (POU Material/Vendor Managed Inventory)
Lead any critical supplier material or service issues identified by site
Attends both Project Review Dry Runs and Project Reviews for their primary platform(s)

Skills:

Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong problem solving capabilities
Ability to work within a team-based environment
Ability to execute to a plan
Committed and dedicated to the success of a program
Strong working knowledge of local supply base
Fair working knowledge of global supply base
Expansive working knowledge on multiple commodities
Fair financial management skills
Clear understanding of project timelines
Microsoft office (Excel, Word, Power Point) – Advanced skills required
Strong working knowledge of project based organizations
Strong collaborative skills with suppliers and internal team members
Appetite for accountability
Strong understanding of budgeting and forecasting (financially on the project and with the supply base)
Ability to multi-task and work from remote locations
SAP Experience
Project Management Experience

Tata Technologies is a company dedicated to bringing better products to market for our customers and to the millions of people around the world who benefit from them. We are a leading Global provider of engineering services, serving the world’s leading manufacturing companies. We offer a complete benefits package, including; medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, FMLA and 401K.

We are currently expanding our Engineering footprint with several of our clients and have opportunities for those who are the best in their field. If you are looking to join a company that values their employees, stands behind their services and strives to make product development dreams a reality, look no further.

Tata Technologies Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship status, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits, training, termination, promotions, or any other condition of employment or career development.

By Tata Technologies

Tata Technologies, founded in 1989, is a global leader in Engineering Services Outsourcing and Product Development IT services to the global manufacturing industry; enabling ambitious manufacturing companies to design and build better products. T...

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Private

INDUSTRY

Research & Development

TEAM SIZE

10000+

LOCATION

Hybrid, based in Pune, India

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