Materials Operations Manager in South Molton

Eaton South Molton is home to a team of over 400 talented professionals, driving excellence in aerospace manufacturing. With a proud history dating back to 1973, this facility has grown into a powerhouse of precision engineering, delivering high-quality components to some of the world's most renowned aerospace brands. Our one-of-a-kind investment casting foundry, established in 1975, sets us apart from all other Eaton Aerospace plants. Today, our focus is on designing, manufacturing, and testing top-tier aerospace components, ensuring safety, reliability, and cutting-edge innovation.

The Material Operations Manager is responsible for managing the internal materials and scheduling processes required inside the Eaton South Molton facility in order to drive the maximum adherence to the Master Production Schedule provided by the Network Planning team through Integrated Business Planning. This role is responsible for the following core processes:

• Scheduling production in the short-term horizon based on the Sales and Operations Execution and Master Production Scheduling.
• Maintaining Inventory Accuracy through accurate cycle counting.
• Movement of materials through the facility including internal receipts, storage, distribution, and transportation.
• Managing logistics activities for the site.
• Managing materials flow and transactions inventory to support the plant's operations by deploying lean material flow.
• Generating short-term production scheduling aligned with the plan defined by the Network.
• Monitoring execution of production schedule defined by the Network (schedule labor on factory floor, monitor execution of the production plan).
• Escalating material availability to the COE and Network teams.
• Driving forecast attainment aligned with the MPS resulted from the integrated business planning.
• Executing shipment schedule aligned with the customer priority dates aligned with the network and customer service team.
• Championing and deploying continuous improvement leveraging tools such as internal assessments (MMA, OPA), visual management, standard work, and value stream mapping.
• Maintaining target inventory levels and meeting OTD goals for both internal and external customers and overall freight targets (including premium freight) aligned with the plan defined by the network.
• Managing plant-owned data health activities including MRO, shipping and receiving, part movements, production scheduling.

This role is a point of contact for escalations related to execution of the overall MPS.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum five (5) years combined experience in Materials, Operations and/or Supply Chain Management within a manufacturing environment.
• Minimum three (3) years of Leader of People experience.

Skills:

• Experience in supporting cross-functional SIOP and Inventory management processes.
• Technical knowledge of forecasting techniques, bill of material structuring, and scheduling execution.
• MRP/ERP knowledge, preferably in Kinaxis Rapid Response / Maestro & MFG-Pro.
• In-depth knowledge of plant manufacturing processes and value streams from raw materials to finished product.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to motivate team members to drive for results.

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Challenging projects in a dynamic collaborative team.
• Opportunities for internal promotion.
• Investment in ongoing learning and development opportunities through Eaton University.
• Commitment to reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability.
• Focus on employee health and safety.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, color, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law. The successful applicant will be in contact with US ITAR controlled technology, goods and information. As a condition of employment, employees with access to US ITAR controlled technology and goods may be required to undergo an additional screening process as part of the recruitment process.