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Danaher Corporation Material Manager (w/m/d) in Bad Kreuznach, Germany
Find what drives you on a team with a more than 75-year history of discovery, determination, and innovation. As a global leader in high-tech filtration, separation, and purification, Pall Corporation thrives on helping our customers solve their toughest challenges. Our products serve diverse, global customer needs across a wide range of applications to advance health, safety and environmentally responsible technologies. For the exponentially curious, Pall is a place you can thrive and amplify your impact on the world.
Pall is one of 10 Life Sciences companies of Danaher. Together, we accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of solutions that safeguard and improve human health.
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The Materials Manager supports the development, tailoring, and execution of Pall DMS (Danaher Material System) Strategy for Pall Filtersystems GmbH in Bad Kreuznach to create a responsive end-to-end environment from the point of order receipt to shipment out of the factory, including on time delivery, past due, material handling, inventory accuracy, and support of production planning.
This position is part of the Materials Team and will be an onsite role located in Bad Kreuznach Germany. We harness the collective power of science, perspectives, and passion to partner with our customers to solve their most critical challenges.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
Developmental leadership of the buying, receiving and warehouse organization by developing high-performance teams and people.
Deploy site goals and targets by setting individual targets for direct reports and coordinating additional DMS-related goals with site management.
Promote and instill a progressive system-thinking culture, to produce strong, trusting, collaborative, collegial relationships amongst peers, direct reports, and associates.
Support planning of all areas of the factory to ensure standards and strategies are upheld.
Use PFEP (plan for every part) to work with strategic sourcing to provide support and influence supplier decisions that impact inventory & service levels.
Manage Inventory/Cost Savings using Pall’s DMS Tools and Best practices.
Manage/Improve site warehouse processes to support delivery to customers.
Responsibility for balance between site's inventory value and production continuity.
The essential requirements of the job include:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience, MBA in Materials Management or Supply Chain Management.
3+ years of experience in materials planning and procurement in an international manufacturing and supply chain environment.
3+ years of experience in inventory management, logistics, demand planning, and scheduling to include a solid understanding of procurement “best practices” including, but not limited to Supplier PULL Systems, VMI, Supplier Assessment, and Vendor Rating including Supplier Performance reviews, supplier Kanban, consignment, stocking, and consolidated invoicing.
3+ years of proven functional leadership experience within the procurement and inventory management field.
3+ years of experience using continuous improvement tools and methodologies to include lean conversions.
3+ years working with ERP Systems based on MRP.
Fluent in both German and Engli
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
Good record of KPIs improvement, on-time delivery, lead time, cost and Inventory reduction, Supplier development, etc.
Certified in Lean Manufacturing, 6 Sigma, or similar.
An experienced understanding of the RCCA (Root Cause Corrective Actions) and Counter Measures (CM) processes via. PSP and Action Plan implementation. Strong understanding and usage of Lean tools and principles, particularly DMS.
Pall Corporation, a Danaher company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at danaherbenefitsinfo.com.
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