Manager - Material Control

General Summary:

Manager - Material Control is in charge of inventory management . He/She  is responsible to effectively control the company inventory and oversee the inventory level to support company operation and profitability. Salary budget for this role would be RM10,000 + Transport allowances + meal allowance.

Principal Responsibilities: 

General: 

• To lead the operation of material planning and store team. 
• To develops strategies to enhance overall inventory management, through identification of key problem areas and establishing action plans for improvement. 
• To champion projects on process improvement/optimization, material substitution and system integration/automation. 
• To establish inventory control and material management plan. 
• To recommend solutions and integration to improve overall operation efficiency and productivity. 
• To manage staffs and evaluating the performance of all direct reporting subordinates including goal setting process, planning, training and professional development. 
• To lead company stocks take activity. 
• Budgeting, CAPEX and administrative control of department. 
• Tasks assigned by Sr. Supply Chain Manager to support Supply Chain operation. 

Material Planning: 

• Oversee material planning, and work closely with Purchasing, store, logistics and production to achieve the target set in the KPIs metrics. 
• To attend Factory Order Review weekly meeting to ensure the Production Plan meeting customer expectation, lead time and schedule. 
• To implement forecast mechanism and derive material forecast to meet production loading. 
• To ensure that material required are in stock and available on time. 
• To ensure stock inventory always fall within organizations cost and quantity constraints. 
• Interface with Purchasing and Production department to ensure on time material delivery. 
• Review material requirement and forecast summary periodically and implementing Push/Pull system process accordingly. 
• To lead slow moving inventory reduction program. 

Store: 

• Oversees store operation for efficient and effective stock handling, dispatch and/or stock control procedure. 
• Develops performance evaluations and implements Store operation goals and objectives. 
• To champion store operation improvement plans.
• To ensure store procedures are updated and the flows of material according to company QSP requirements. 
• To review system inventory updates, monthly reports, cycle count and stock check to maintain the inventory accuracy at satisfactory level. 

Authority: 

• Access of information for company sales forecast/ pipeline projects, production loading info for material and safety stock planning purpose.
• Access of material purchased price, procurement agreement/policy and related transaction documents for inventory cost impact. 
• Access of production such as overhead cost information, labor rate if necessary. 
• Approve/reject Order requisition (OR) for materials/components used in  company's products. 
• Defer/reject Sales orders that are not approved (clean) to be load into production/planning schedule. 
• To liaise with Production Planning to revise production schedule/priority where necessary. 
• To demand forecast from Sales department. 
• To approve/reject standard material stocking. 
• To recommend and appoint other departments personnel for formation of improvement projects. 
• To get resources from other sections for ongoing projects. 
• To consult and advise Top management for factory operational and supply chain related matters.