Position Summary
The Director of Materials leads Pottorff’s companywide materials strategy across three manufacturing locations, overseeing purchasing, supplier management, inventory control, receiving, materials planning, production scheduling standards, and ERP/MRP processes. This role builds consistent, scalable systems and develops team capabilities to improve material availability, cost, inventory accuracy, and delivery performance.

Key Responsibilities
• Lead and develop materials teams across all locations; set clear responsibilities, performance expectations, training, and accountability in partnership with plant managers.
• Set companywide materials policies, procedures, KPIs, and improvement plans aligned with demand, plant capacity, customer commitments, and growth.
• Ensure availability of raw materials and purchased components through effective MRP, replenishment, shortage reviews, expediting, and interplant transfers.
• Establish inventory controls, cycle counting, physical inventory, and discrepancy resolution; partner with Finance on inventory accuracy, valuation, and working capital.
• Reduce excess and obsolete inventory while improving storage, labeling, point-of-use delivery, and internal material flow.
• Lead purchasing and supplier strategy, negotiations, supplier scorecards, corrective actions, alternate sourcing, and supply continuity planning.
• Oversee receiving standards, timely ERP transactions, material verification, location assignment, discrepancy resolution, and safe, efficient storage.
• Own materials data and process discipline in Epicor ERP/MRP, including item records, lead times, purchasing parameters, inventory locations, BOM coordination, units of measure, and revision control.
• Collaborative leader partnering with Operations, Engineering, Quality, IT, and Finance to improve systems integration, planning accuracy, controls, reporting, and cross-functional execution.

Requirements

• Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, or related field—or equivalent relevant education and experience.
• 8–10 years of progressive manufacturing materials or supply chain experience, including at least 5 years leading teams.
• Experience leading materials functions across multiple manufacturing sites and scaling processes to support growth.
• Demonstrated capability in supplier negotiations, inventory optimization, process development, and ERP/MRP improvement.
• Expertise in purchasing, planning, production scheduling, receiving, warehousing, and material flow.
• Preferred Experience and Core Competencies
• Epicor ERP experience preferred. Background in metal fabrication, HVAC, sheet metal, high mix, configure-to-order, or engineer-to-order manufacturing is a plus.
• Requires strategic and hands-on leadership, financial judgment, negotiation, analytical problem-solving, project management, clear communication, and the ability to lead change and deliver measurable improvements across multiple locations.
• Work Environment and Success Measures
• Work spans office and manufacturing settings, with computer use, plant walking/standing, and travel among company sites and suppliers.
• Success Measures: Material availability and schedule adherence; inventory accuracy and turns; supplier delivery and quality; reduced excess inventory; purchasing cost and working capital; receiving throughput; ERP/MRP data integrity; and team performance.