Flextronics International USA, Inc

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Materials Manager (Engineering)



Job Posting Start Date 06-09-2025 Job Posting End Date 08-09-2025

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add a Materials Manager located in Columbia SC.

Reporting to the Director of Materials. The Materials Manager Directs, and coordinates activities of personnel engaged in some or all of the following areas: material planning, distribution, inventory control, material research, purchasing and supply chain management by performing the following duties personally or through subordinates.

What a typical day looks like:

  • Coordinate the planning activities across the site.

  • Manages, controls, and directs the activities and staff involved in the distribution of inventory to the production line.

  • Manages, controls, and directs staff to achieve Materials profit and loss goals including minimization of excess and obsolete inventory.

  • Ensures the timely delivery of materials at the most economical cost, consistent with quality standards, affecting quality by assuring that suspicious material is identified, and that material is handled, stored, and delivered properly.

  • Ensures a high degree of customer satisfaction through negotiations of customer expectations and managing and directing staff activities required to meet this expectation.

  • Coordinates with customers, purchasing, project managers, operations managers, and warehouse managers.

  • In charge of accurate inventory cycle counts, and controls.

  • Provides for the proper shipping and documentation of finished goods.

  • Develops, implements, and maintains policies, procedures and material control systems.

  • Reviews, plans, and approves purchase orders and change notices.

  • Reviews purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.

  • In charge of disposition of excess and obsolete materials.

  • Manage End to End Material processes for assigned customers (forecast through shipments)

  • Manage CTB / Procurement Actions in order  to meet Financial commitments

  • Collaborate Cross Functionally on Customer accounts to ensure Customer Satisfaction targets are set

  • Internal and External Customer reporting on assigned accounts  (will fall in multiple functional areas)

  • Monitor and drive WIP DOS aging improvement

  • Monitor and drive Work Order aging improvements

  • Ensure Non-Nettable aging is not aging

  • Facilitate people and or process change in support of timely material flow

  • Manage cross functional team (Master Schedulers, Supply Chain, Production planners) on assigned accounts

  • Special Projects, SGA/Kaizen support

  • Travel as required.

The experience we're looking to add to our team,

  • Bachelor's degree

  • 5 - 7 years of material and manufacturing experience, including supervision

  • Knowledge of the MS Office (Excel, Word)

  • Leadership previous experience

  • Tableau Charts

Here are a few of our preferred experiences:

  • Experience on high volume

  • Baan 4 or 5

  • Kinaxis - Rapid response

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What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

  • Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-term and Long-term Disability
  • Matching 401(k) Contributions
  • Vacation and Paid Sick Time
  • Tuition Reimbursement

Job Category

Global Procurement & Supply Chain

Is Sponsorship Available?

No

Flex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We do not discriminate based on: age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law. We're happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the application process. Please email accessibility@flex.com and we'll discuss your specific situation and next steps (NOTE: this email does not accept or consider resumes or applications. This is only for disability assistance. To be considered for a position at Flex, you must complete the application process first). Apply
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