Hybrid Network Materials Manager

at The Clorox Company

• Job title: Network Materials Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $106,700 - $204,900 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Alpharetta, United States

About the role

• Network Materials Manager overseeing material availability and inventory strategies in Food & Burt’s business unit. Leading a team and collaborating with various stakeholders for effective planning.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing BU manufacturing plants inventory strategies and ensuring that material plans are meeting customer needs and inventory targets
• Lead and manage a team of BU Materials Planners and BU Materials Coordinators.
• Develop and implement standardized work across these new roles, with the end state of improving overall plant and network material management performance.
• Own Raw/Pack materials safety stock strategy for a BU and all associated workstreams to right size working capital for the BU in partnership with Planning.
• Enable the visibility of materials capacity across the BU’s network (including integration within ISA meetings).
• Scenario plan for trade-offs associated with material availability.
• Collaborate with R&D, quality, planning and production services to ensure effective change management, prioritization and planning at the site (will include OTV and IBP participation).
• Manage supply disruptions by flagging issues, identifying alternatives, assessing cost impacts and driving strategic network decisions.
• Design and implement automated inventory reporting systems to improve managerial oversight of working capital costs.
• Develop plans to reduce working capital over time without sacrificing availability
• Monitor and communicate Supplier and Network Health KPIs to BU SC Squad and Procurement teams.
• Integrate supplier performance data into future supplier Scorecard metrics.

Requirements

• 3 plus years in materials planning roles
• 3 plus years managerial experience in Supply Chain roles
• 5 plus years managerial experience in Supply Chain roles
• 5 plus years of work experience in scheduling and materials planning roles
• Strong understanding of inventory setting and control principles and MRP management tools
• Experience using Advanced Planning software tools such as SAP ECC, BW, and Rapid Response.
• Demonstrated leadership, interpersonal, communication and teambuilding skills.
• Exceptional communicator
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Ability to build strong relationships across the functions and levels
• Demonstrated strong aptitude in analysis, root causes identification, and problem solving.

Benefits

• robust health plans
• market-leading 401(k) program with a company match
• flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays depending on location)
• inclusive fertility/adoption benefits
• comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing