KPS Global (KPSG) is the North American industry leader in the manufacture, production, and installation of Walk-in Coolers and Freezers. KPSG’s end-product serves many channels within the retail food market as well as industrial applications. KPSG is based in Fort Worth, Texas with Engineering activities centralized in the Fort Worth facility (along with Finance, Human Resources, Customer Operations, Sales, and Installation Services), supporting product manufacturing in five locations: Fort Worth, TX; Piney Flats, TN; Conyers, GA, San Dimas, CA, and Goodyear, AZ.
KPS Global values its outstanding people who are deeply committed to providing innovative, high-quality service to clients from coast-to-coast. As a member of the KPS team, you’ll be part of an exciting and modern company culture where you will enjoy professional flexibility and benefit from an environment where creativity, innovation, and hard work are rewarded.
KPS Global is looking for a Materials/Inventory Manager, to join the Materials Management Group.
The Materials/Inventory Manager is responsible for managing materials, in-process and finished goods inventory. Leads the processes for materials receiving and inventory control, utilizing inventory management software, and the tools in the ERP system. Collaborate with Purchasing, Production and Planning support teams to ensure the adequate balance of material to support production demand. This role will ensure that all system inventory support processes are set-up to effectively manage the inventory. This position will lead and direct the monthly cycle count program and will oversee the annual physical inventory process to ensure key purchasing data along with internal financial accounting controls are accurate. Provides support for optimizing warehouse layout and process flow for all operations. Schedules the inter-warehouse movements of inventory. Provides support for optimizing and planning warehouse layout and process flow for all operations.
Plans and facilitates material flow that is synchronized with daily, weekly and monthly production schedules while optimizing site and warehouse space constraints.
Actively supports the operations team with warehouse layout to determine optimal storage requirements for upcoming production, incoming production supplies, and inter-warehouse movements.
Works closely with the Operations Data Support staff to set up, maintain and manage all supplies/packaging materials in the ERP system. Ensuring customer, category and project accounting functionality and integrity.
Required Skills
Required Experience
Prefer Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four-year College or University. MBA or Master's in Supply Chain preferred.
Must have 3-6 years of experience with cycle counting and performing physical inventories.
5-7 years of proven warehouse and inventory management experience preferable in a manufacturing or warehouse operation.
Excellent organizational skills and have a deep understanding of inventory flows, cycle counting and receiving and put-away process flows.
Solid understanding of supply chain and inventory management systems.
Excellent oral and written communication skills required to effectively interface at all levels in the organization.
The ideal candidate should have a proven record of management ability, leadership skills, organization and planning skills, project management skills, decision making, problem solving/analysis, and successful negotiating experience
Ability to read and interpret blueprints and bill of materials
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Proficient with Microsoft Office products including Excel/Word/Power Point/Outlook
Excellent problem-solving skills focusing on Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action
Analyzes operational variances, extracts, and reviews historical data, incorporates projected scrap allowances, production efficiencies, and on-time adherence while working with operational teams to identify and implement improvement opportunities.
Report out and action supplier on-time delivery and quality measures
Drive YOY inventory accuracy improvements, inventory levels & on-time performance.