Future Material Availability Manager

Description
Lead and support material readiness activities for annual, new, and major vehicle programs by coordinating cross-functional stakeholders, ensuring timely MRD part readiness, managing new vehicle order processes, and driving escalation of unresolved issues. This role plays a key part in strengthening Assembly Plant readiness, ensuring material availability visibility, supporting launch reviews, and advancing continuous improvement initiatives.
Activities:

• Develop and review program specific plans encompassing Assembly Plant tasks
• Verify orders and material requirements are issued to all suppliers
• Communicate program requirements to suppliers
• Communicate to Purchasing parts requiring contracts, prioritized by build events
• Identify suppliers that are not EDI Certified, provide details to OpenText and send out letters to Suppliers.
• Create shortage reports to identify material exceptions and follow-up with respective suppliers and program teams.
• Facilitate communication between functional stakeholders
• Assist in resolving any Assembly Plant identified material issue s
• Publish Material Availability "Status Report" for Assembly Plants
• Collaborate with Material Launch Manager on status of parts for MRD for PQRR meetings and communicate within Global Supply Chain (GSC). issues.

Required Qualifications:

• 2 years of experience in supply chain, logistics, purchasing, or manufacturing (any internship or co-op experience will not be considered)
• Ability to work independently and self-directed
• Demonstrates strong personal initiative
• Exceptional business acumen
• Strong personal drive to learn, grow and develop
• Ability to build positive relationships with demanding cross-functional stakeholders
• Professional interpersonal verbal and written communication skills
• High level of organizational skills to prioritize, handle multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously, and meet deadlines
• Strong analytical ability to solve complex problems
• Experience utilizing Excel

Preferred:

• Bachelors Degree
• Experience with Databricks, PowerBI or related
• Experience with Google Sheets

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