Purpose Statement: Responsible to lead the Site's entire Materials' group with effective strategies and best practices.Key Job Accountabilities:Ensure the materials teams are well-educated to the applicable elements of their respective customer’s contract (i.e. LOI, PSA, MSA, etc.) and are compliant with respect to those elements. This includes ensuring the respective materials teams are adequately adhering to all elements related to Plexus liability management (i.e. OIX reporting and resolution).Understand site and customer financial metrics, especially the impact of parts contribution, materials overhead, inventory levels, and OIX on Plexus financial performance. Collaborate with site and regional management to ensure financial objectives (including days of inventory), OIX, and other metrics are adequately managed and demonstrate continuous improvement.Manage, control and direct the activities of all personnel engaged in Site Tactical Materials support (i.e. Purchasing, Scheduling, Shipping, Inventory Control) that contribute positively to customer satisfaction. This includes but is not limited to: Develop, implement and manage policies and procedures necessary to ensure adequate controls are in place for the effective execution of purchasing and scheduling within the site. Develop, implement and manage policies necessary to ensure world class inventory control and shipping functions. Partner with Finance and Accounting to ensure cycle counts are maintained and reported in accordance with corporate guidelines.Provide customer support to sales group by representing materials in sales presentations and periodic customer meetings and interactions, including but not limited to potential customer visits, quarterly business reviews, etc.Accountable to execute on Plexus’ Best People strategy, leaders will focus on evaluating potential, driving succession planning and ensuring that their employees receive the development and coaching required to realize their full potential.Additional Accountabilities:Review and approve purchase orders, purchase order changes and purchase order claims as per Purchasing SOP.Understand and drive to meet monthly/quarterly site revenue and margin objectives.Ensure compliance and provide appropriate conflict resolution as required to the Corporate Scheduling Process.Acknowledges and complies with the requirements of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 standards provided in the procedures and instructions that are specific to each field, documentation that underlies the proper functioning of the integrated management system of quality, environment, safety and occupational health.Minimal travel may be required to meet the needs of the business.Additional duties as assigned.Education/Experience Qualifications:A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Business or related discipline is required. Seven (7) years of related experience is required Seven (7) or more years of related experience is preferred.APIC Certification in production inventory control management (CPIM) or ISM Certification in procurement management (CPM) is beneficial.A demonstrated level of leader/supervisory experience in a similar or related business is required.Additionally, the employee must successfully complete all internal training courses offered by the company necessary to fulfill this position.An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the key job accountabilities may be considered.Other Qualifications: Employee must be self-motivated with the ability to work independently and in a team environment.Excellent oral and written communication skills are necessary.Management/Supervisory skills.Problem solving skills.Assertiveness, prioritizing skills, multi-tasking capabilities.Computer literacy in MRP, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and AS400 are essential.Employee must work safely at all times and maintain confidentiality of all company and customer information.Must quality for Plexus Corp. leadership core competencies for this position.Smock, static strap and/or shoes.JD Edwards Software.Microsoft Office.General office equipment and materials.Work Environment:The work setting should consist of an office environment with suitable lighting, comfortable temperatures, and a low noise level.