Materials Manager - Precision ManufacturingWoodinville, WA • Onsite • $120,000-$160,000 per year + benefits
SkoFlo builds precision flow-control valves for subsea and surface oil and gas systems. Nearly every part is made to our drawings by machine shops and specialty processors: machined, heat-treated, plated, and inspected to tight specs. We need a hands-on Materials Manager who knows how to get those parts made, make them better, and negotiate the terms that keep them on time and on cost.
What You'll DoGet parts made
- Source custom machined components and outside processes (heat treat, plating, NDT) from engineering drawings
- Qualify new shops, and pull in late orders when a supplier slips
Make them better
- Fix chronically late or high-cost parts at the root, working with Engineering and suppliers on design-for-manufacturing changes
- Develop key suppliers and resolve nonconformances with Quality
Negotiate the terms
- Negotiate price, lead time, blanket orders, and payment terms; push back on high quotes with data
Lead the team and the system
- Lead a team of buyers and inventory/logistics staff
- Lead the team's move from experience-based buying to MRP-driven planning in Epicor Kinetic
- Partner with Projects (who set the dates) and Operations (who plan the hours) so material is on hand for the build schedule
- Own supplier performance, lead times, and inventory accuracy, and report them weekly
What You Bring- 5+ years buying machined or fabricated parts from engineering drawings
- 2+ years leading buyers or purchasing staff
- Hands-on experience running purchasing in a job-shop or manufacturing ERP (Epicor, JobBOSS, Global Shop, Plex, E2, or similar)
- Experience in an ISO 9001 or AS9100 environment
This is not a logistics, distribution, or analytics role. You'll be buying engineered parts and leading the people who do.
Why SkoFlo: Small team, real ownership, and a chance to build a modern purchasing function on a system that's being rolled out now, not years from now.
