Materials Manager

Job Summary:

• The MP Materials role will play a critical role in ensuring the timely delivery of materials to Client's manufacturer partners, enabling the delivery of compute, storage, and AI racks to data centers and warehouses. You will be responsible for managing the flow of materials, optimizing supply chain processes, and maintaining strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners.

Key Responsibilities:

• Materials Planning: Collaborate with the ODMs, Supply and Demand planning to maintain accurate subcomponent material supply data to ensure on-time delivery of components and commodities against Client s forecast and Risk/Buys.
• Risk Management: Drive MRP readiness with ODMs and mitigate risks associated with material shortages, supply chain disruptions, and other potential issues that could impact on-time delivery.
• Partner Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with internal cross-functional stakeholders, ODM partners, and suppliers to ensure seamless communication and collaboration.
• Supply Chain Optimization: Proactively analyze and utilize data to drive supply chain processes and tools enabling world class materials management strategies.
• Process Improvement: Continuously evaluate and improve materials management processes, leveraging data analytics and best practices to drive efficiency and accuracy.
• Metrics: Assist in development and track KPIs to ensure alignment on material planning, on-time PO placement, PO coverage, and supply chain optimization.
• Closely collaborate with inventory lead to ensure optimal stock levels at ODMs and 3PL.
• Prioritization and Pivoting: Demonstrate the ability to prioritize tasks, pivot when necessary, and adapt to changing business needs and priorities.
• Interpreting Demand/Supply & MRP Reports: Ability to analyze and interpret demand and supply reports, as well as Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
• reports, to make informed decisions about material planning and procurement.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree in supply chain management, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in procurement, operations, or supply chain management, preferably in the technology industry.
• Ability to dive deep into complex data sets, distill key findings, and inform strategic decisions that drive business outcomes.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to adapt to changing business needs and prioritize workload to focus on dynamic business objectives.
• Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience establishing working relationships across multi-disciplinary teams and partners across different time zones.

Preferred Qualifications:

• An interest, or previous exposure to, computer manufacturing, production, and configuration.
• An ability to rapidly understand the terminology, and configuration components, within the hardware domain
• Experience interfacing with internal & external partners in an entrepreneurial and cross-functional environment, requiring a latitude for independent
• judgment while coordinating people and technical resources.

Years of Experience:

• 5-8 years of experience managing ODMs, MRP, demand/supply, shortage resolution, for IT equipment.
• At Least 2-3+ in Operational Execution-Based role

Top 3 Must-Have Skills:

• Leadership skills, ability to lead external supplier partners.
• General supply chain knowledge - Experience in procurement, operations, or supply chain management, preferably in the technology industry.
• Interpret MRP and supply/demand information from external vendors and driving supply gaps to closure
• Degrees/Certifications bachelor s degree in supply chain management, Engineering, or a related field.

Interview Process:

• 2 Interviews, 30 Mins.