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Materials Manager

Location : ALLIANCE, NE, United States

Job Family : Supply Chain/Logistics

Job Type : Regular

Posted : Dec 2, 2025

Job ID : 61410

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Job Description

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Provide leadership of Supply Chain Management activities for the plant location(s) in order to maximize favorable impact on our financial performance. Supply Chain Management activities include materials planning; scheduling; inventory control; cash flow management; information flow and coordination and asset management.

Scope/ Supervision and Interaction:

Work with suppliers, business unit managers, purchasing, production planners, I/T and other appropriate resources to strategically plan and coordinate the flow of materials and information from customers through procurement to delivery. Matrix management responsibilities with business units and support groups for production planning, shipping, receiving and inventory functions. Provide direct leadership and/or management of Purchasing and Supplier Quality functions for plant location(s).

Essential Functions:

Lead and manage all procurement and materials management activities including order placement, supplier reduction/evaluation/certification, supplier follow-up, price

negotiation and compliance with government procurement regulations.

- Matrix responsibilities for Production Planning's manufacturing resource-planning activities. These activities need to help achieve division sales and financial performance objectives

and strive for 100% on-time customer deliveries. Matrix responsibilities for personnel involved with our internal database to achieve and maintain a high degree of data

accuracy, integrity, and ownership.

- Monitors shipping/receiving performance and investigates discrepancies to resolve/eliminate process deficiencies

- Utilize corporate developed tracking systems such as phconnect, PFEP (plan for every part), and S& OP (sales and operations)- Accountable for location(s) materials

metrics and Standards of Performance.

- Help define and implement automated systems to plan and track material flow from customers through procurement to delivery to support a supply chain management

strategy.

- Ensure all the location(s) material management policies are consistent with the inventory control objectives of the Corporation.

- Work closely with divisional materials personnel to maintain continuity with purchasing and supplier management processes

- Facilitate corporate purchasing and materials initiatives including common part numbers, supplier managed inventory, consolidated purchasing agreements, supplier

reduction and supplier quality certifications.

- Advise on supplier-managed inventory or supplier-based contracts with customers.

- Support internal or external audit requirements relative to the planning, procurement or inventory control functions.

- Prepare and manage department budget within established guidelines.

- Effectively create and sustain procurement to delivery material and system cost reduction programs.

- Provide professional development for all materials team members. Explain and support company policies and procedures.

- Benchmark world class supplier management systems and implement best practices as appropriate.

- Actively support and implement lean principles.

- Facilitate kanban, materials requirement planning technique.

Qualifications:

- Minimum of 5 years applicable purchasing/materials management experience in a world-class, high volume manufacturing environment.

- Extensive managerial experience in state-of-the-art materials management systems including supply chain management, cash flow and asset management, JIT,

MRPII, cellular manufacturing and with APICS/CPM certification preferred.

- Four-year college degree in business, engineering, or materials management required with certification in materials management and quality preferred.

- Possess analytical and technical skills required to understand business practices and recommend proper automation opportunities.

- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills for effective interface with all internal and external contacts.

- Working knowledge of Microsoft PC software.

Additional Comments:

The essential functions have been provided as example of the type of work performed by employees assigned to this job classification. The company reserves the right to modify the work assignments and/or to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions. The job description is not intended to be an inclusive list of duties and responsibilities. It is intended to describe the general nature of the position.

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we’ve enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose — Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow — comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. However, U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Residency or other appropriate status is required for certain positions, in accord with U.S. import & export regulations.

(“Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / VEVRAA Federal Contractor”)

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Drug-Free Workplace

In accordance with Parker’s policies and applicable state laws, Parker provides for a drug-free workplace. Therefore, all applicants seeking employment with Parker will be subject to drug testing as a condition of employment.