Flex

Materials Manager - Automotive

Flex • $95K — $115K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 10 years of Material Manufacturing Management experience
  • 10 years in the Automotive Industry with people management skills
  • Expertise in PCBA and SMT Automotive high-speed automation planning
  • Broad knowledge across multiple functional areas with strategic impact awareness

Responsibilities

  • Manage and direct inventory distribution to the production line
  • Achieve materials profit and loss goals by minimizing excess and obsolete inventory
  • Ensure timely material delivery while adhering to quality standards
  • Coordinate planning activities across the site
  • Maintain accurate inventory cycle counts and controls
  • Develop and implement material control policies and procedures
  • Review purchase orders and contracts for policy conformance

Benefits

  • Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-term and long-term Disability
  • Matching 401(k) Contributions
  • Vacation and Paid Sick Time
  • Tuition Reimbursement
Full Job Description

Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Materials Manager - Automotive located in Walker MI.

 



Reporting to the Materials Director, the Materials Manager – Automotive role directs and coordinates activities of personnel engaged in some or all the following areas: material planning, distribution, inventory control, material research, purchasing and supply chain management by performing the following duties personally or through subordinates.

 

 

What a typical day looks like:


 

  • Manages, controls, and directs the activities and staff involved in the distribution of inventory to the production line.
  • Knowledge in PCBA and SMT Automotive industry high-speed automation planning experience
  • Manages, controls, and directs staff to achieve Materials profit and loss goals including minimization of excess and obsolete inventory.
  • Experience in a 24/7 Manufacturing Facility with the ability to work some weekends and/or evenings
  • Ensures the timely delivery of materials at the most economical cost, consistent with quality standards, affecting quality by assuring that suspicious material is identified, and that material is handled, stored, and delivered properly.
  • Coordinate the planning activities across the site.
  • Ensures a high degree of customer satisfaction through negotiations of customer expectations and managing and directing staff activities required to meet this expectation.
  • Coordinates with customers, purchasing, project managers, operations managers, and warehouse managers.
  • In charge of accurate inventory cycle counts, and controls.
  • Provides for the proper shipping and documentation of finished goods.
  • Develops, implements, and maintains policies, procedures and material control systems.
  • Reviews, plans, and approves purchase orders and change notices.
  • Reviews purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.
  • In charge of disposition of excess and obsolete materials.
  • Travel up to 15% as required.

 

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:



 

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
  • 10 years of Material Manufacturing Management experience
  • 10 years Automotive Industry and People Management
  • Expertise in very complex functional/ technical area or broad breadth of knowledge in multiple areas; understands the strategic impact of the function across global sites
  • Expert functional, technical and people and/or process management skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills.
  • Expertise in very complex functional/ technical area or broad breadth of knowledge in multiple areas; understands the strategic impact of the function across site
  • Knowledge in PCBA and SMT Automotive industry high-speed automation planning experience

 

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What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

  • Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-term and Long-term Disability
  • Matching 401(k) Contributions
  • Vacation and Paid Sick Time
  • Tuition Reimbursement

Application Deadline:

Applications for this job position will be accepted for at least five days following the job posting start date below and continuing until the end date below or until the position is filled. This posting may close sooner due to application volume.

Job Posting Start Date 09-29-2026 Job Posting End Date 11-29-2026 Job CategoryGlobal Procurement & Supply Chain

Relocation: Not eligible

Is Sponsorship Available?

No

About Flex

Flex Ltd. is an American Singaporean-domiciled multinational electronics contract manufacturer. It is the third largest global electronics manufacturing services (EMS), original design manufacturer (ODM) company by revenue, behind only Pegatron for what concerns original equipment manufacturers. Flex has manufacturing operations in over 30 countries, totaling approximately 200,000 employees.
Learn more about Flex
Size
172,648 employees
Market Cap
$9.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$421 million
Founded
2016
5 Year Trend
+1.8%
Revenue
$23.3 billion
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