Bilingual Materials Manager (Spanish/English)

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Cornerstone Building Brands is a premier exterior building solutions provider serving both the residential and commercial markets across North America. The building products we manufacture are the cornerstone of the communities where people live, work and play -from homes to hospitals, grade schools to grocery stores, manufacturing facilities to municipal buildings and beyond.

Through the core values and consistent behaviors and mindsets embraced by our employees, we have built a culture dedicated to understanding our customers' needs and what matters most to their success. We know that it's our people that make the difference and we are deeply committed to building a workplace and global community where inclusion is not only valued, but prioritized, providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and team members.

Job description

The Bilingual Materials Manager is responsible for cross-functional collaboration across departments to oversee flow of materials, parts, and assemblies during each phase of order fulfilment. This role will ensure inventory levels are maintained for raw material, work in process, and finished goods.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain safety, quality and production, plan schedule and assign workload
• Coordinate job schedule with Operations Planner to be in line with customer needs
• Responsible for the selection, development, training, cross training and supervising of all hourly personnel reporting to position
• Responsible for inventory accuracy of raw materials and finished goods. Establishes cadence and rhythms for processes such as cycle counts to validate data integrity in the system
• Performs investigations to determine root causes for inventory discrepancies and triggers actions to eliminate and prevent future instances
• Ensure all receiving activities are being done properly and in a timely manner
• Establishes process and Key Performance Indicators to visualize the plant is complying with accounts payables to vendors
• Ensures inventory and supplies are being received properly in the system
• Owns communication and interaction with the Supply Chain and Production Control teams to ensure materials are delivered on time for production
• Establishes inventory management strategies to support inventory fulfillment while managing inventory cost
• Responsible for working with Purchasing to request production consumables and to maintain min/max levels
• Responsible for leading shipping and warehouse groups to drive safety, quality, and productivity
• Monitor production lines and implement productivity, quality, and cost improvement ideas
• Communicate with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments to meet a common goal
• Analyze material costs, review labor hours, and establish or adjust work procedures to meet production schedules. Recommend overtime, request additional employees, or reduce work force, as necessary
• Communicate company policies and programs to employees and maintain disciplinary and safety records. Investigate accidents and take necessary action
• Follow up on any intercompany transfers, communicate material needing to be received or shipped. Document the transfer and record in system
• Ensure all records, reports and files related to employees, including attendance, employee evaluations, are maintained other associated with the position
• Initiates or suggest plans to motivate workers to meet performance standards while maintaining satisfactory employee relations
• Unique special projects or additional duties as designated by Plant Manager

Qualifications

• HS Diploma or equivalent required. Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Materials Management, Business or related is highly desired.
• Must be bilingual (fluent) in both English and Spanish
• A minimum of 5 years in a leadership role within the manufacturing industry along with a strong background and experience in logistics, production control planning, warehouse and inventory management
• Ability to read and comprehend documents including but not limited to policy manuals, safety rules/programs, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and simple correspondence, in addition, the ability to communicate information effectively one-on-one and in small group situations and settings is required
• Ability to perform general mathematical calculations including but not limited to addition, subtraction, multiplication, fractions, percentages, and statistics. Some positions may require advance mathematics
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to perform work instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form a must. In addition, the ability to solve problems, which involve multiple variables in a standard situation, is required
• Ability to work effectively to meet deadlines
• Ability to work with a diversified workforce and manage a workforce through lean implementation
• Comfortable in a fast-paced company environment and able to change direction easily to accommodate the situation at hand, while maintaining a positive attitude.
• Self-organizer, meticulous hands-on habits, keen attention to detail.
• Highly motivated with excellent interpersonal, collaborative and team-oriented skills to work well with the rest of the organization and build relationships with suppliers.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions.
• Ability to understand and execute the company's mission and values.
• Maintain a high degree of ethical standard and trustworthiness.
• Exhibits and open mindset when approaching challenges and conflict.
• Ability to think and adapt to a rapidly changing environment and demands
• May be required to use power hand tools while performing kaizens
• May be required to drive a forklift

Additional information

Why work for Cornerstone Building Brands?

Our teams are at the heart of our purpose to positively contribute to the communities where we live, work and play. Full-time* team members receive** medical, dental and vision benefits starting day 1. Other benefits include PTO, paid holidays, FSA, life insurance, LTD, STD, 401k, EAP, discount programs, tuition reimbursement, training, and professional development.

*Full-time is defined as regularly working 30+ hours per week. **Union programs may vary depending on the collective bargaining agreement.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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