Materials Manager

In business since 1935, Daubert Chemical Company is a profitable, family-owned specialty chemical manufacturer and a market leader in the brands that we sell to our end users and distributors.

We are seeking an experienced Materials Manager to work onsite at our plant near Midway airport.     As the Materials Manager, you are responsible for leading the Material Handling and Logistics teams to manage the flow of materials from raw material receiving through finished product order fulfillment.

Your role will be responsible for ensuring inventory accuracy between the plant warehouse and third-party warehouses, developing effective quality procedures and complying with all safety and regulatory requirements.  In managing a team, you will complete performance reviews, show strong leadership, provide training and develop team members, and hold employees to policy standards and applicable laws.

The expectation is to continuously work towards improving operations by leading change within various departments under management or recommending them to management.

The regular working hours are Monday-Friday with arrival time before 8am, and at times providing off-hours support.

W h at you will do :

• Manage the movement of materials including but not limited to receiving raw goods, transfers between production departments, picking materials for batches, cycle counting inventory and loading outbound shipments.
• Communicate with department production supervisors and scheduling (as needed) to review the status of daily production schedule (batches in process) to understand priorities.
• Plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and material movements to meet production goals.   Effectively manage raw materials and flow so production is executed without interruption.  Manage the logistics function including the relationship with 3PL partners and carriers and the outbound shipping process.
• Responsible for maintaining expertise in DOT and all other related transportation regulatory requirements Resolve problems regarding transportation, logistics systems and customer issues via Corrective Action Response process.
• Responsible for the organization and housekeeping of the warehouse and stock locations and ensuring inventory is accurate.
• Ensure safe working conditions in all warehouse areas by enforcing OSHA regulations and company safety policies.

Participate in required meetings for ERP transition Apply 5S to improve and sustain work area orderliness and cleanliness.  Adherence to ISO 9000 quality practices and procedures.

Recommend and execute employee actions such as resolving conflicts and problems, hiring, discipline, or promotions in conjunction with HR.  Your knowledge, skills, and abilities :

Detail Oriented :

Travel, on occasion, to 3PL partner warehouses is required.  What we offer :

Equal Opportunity Employer :