gategroup · 1 day ago
Materials Manager
Miami, FL
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$76K/yr - $86K/yr
5+ years expGate Gourmet, a gategroup company, is the world's largest independent provider of catering and provisioning services for the airline industry. The Materials Control Manager is responsible for ensuring food cost targets and inventory control objectives are met while collaborating across departments to improve material usage and compliance.
Airlines/Aviation
Responsibilities
Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures, related to material control. Manages tactical execution of internal materials auditing tasks including: Yield Checks, Portioning Checks, Flight Checks, Over-boarding, Over-catering, Substitutions, Waste etc
Works collaboratively with unit Supply Chain team to improve physical inventory management
Support activities to improve inventory accuracy and reduction of overall food costs
Proactively addresses issues leading to out-of-stocks or excess inventory
Accountable for reviewing monthly materials metrics with management team
Lead continuous improvement efforts. Develop and share best practices within the region
Supports and leads compliance to global MM KPIs and MMAT audit
Lead cross-department collaboration to ensure that Gate OPEX elements related to materials control are sustained. (including 5S, Kaizen events)
Develop action plans to ensure company policies and procedures related to inventory control and materials management are deployed properly
Conduct department meetings and brief the team on a daily basis
Reviews daily materials reports
Lead Weekly Materials Meetings. Coordinates related activities/tasks including audits and item specific research
Responsible for MIB (material info board) and running all required reports
Completes and coordinates AVT(actual versus theoretical) investigations and trouble-shooting
Works with financial controllers or procurement teams to complete ad hoc financial analysis related to out-of-stocks, substitutions, PPV, etc
Support bill-backs to customers on product deviations
Participates in make or buy process and analysis
Responsible for the annual performance evaluations of direct reports in compliance with the PA&P guidelines and regional/local initiatives
Must have schedule flexibility to complete research and audits at various times/days as required
Participates with monthly physical inventory process
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelors' degree in a relevant subject or business management
At least 5 years' experience working within logistics or supply chain in a manufacturing environment
Experience managing inventory and materials within an ERP system
Experience working within a cross-functional team
Demonstrated experience of process improvement design and implementation
Proficient knowledge (Excel, Word, Outlook, BI and SharePoint)
Functional knowledge of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems and Inventory Control
Capable of working in an autonomous way and in team setting
Capable of working under pressure with tight deadlines
Self-motivated and proactive
Flexible and change-minded. Willing to learn and implement new processes and procedures
Must have excellent people skills with a result driven approach
Must have solid mathematical and analytical skills
Fluent in written and verbal English language. Knowledge of a second language is a plus
Ability to communicate well with internal and external customers, verbally and in writing
Preferred
Desirable specialization in logistics and/or supply chain management
Experience of working in a Food Hygiene/Health & Safety/High Security environment preferred
Previous knowledge of Airline Catering operations is preferred, but not essential
Benefits
Paid time off
401k, with company match
Company sponsored life insurance
Medical, dental, vision plans
Voluntary short-term/long-term disability insurance
Voluntary life, accident, and hospital plans
Employee Assistance Program
Commuter benefits
Company
gategroup
Shaping the future of Inflight Hospitality.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase