Manager, National Warehouse & Materials Management

Principal Responsibilities:

• Directly manage critical and consumable inventory at the National Warehouse and oversee inventory held locally in approximately 250 storerooms across North America.
• Ensure the safe, accurate and timely receiving and storage of all inbound materials or selection and loading of all outbound materials and ensure the safety and security of the entire facility.
• Ensure critical spares are properly stored, maintained, and reconditioned as required.
• Ensure annual audits are supported appropriately and any actions or findings noted are acted up on and corrected in a timely manner.
• Monitor inventory levels, provide guidance on inventory stocking levels based on usage and criticality, as well as recommendations for consolidation and stocking locations nationally.
• Manage both inbound and outbound shipments (including international shipments), and verify are they properly documented, arranged, and accounted for.
• Ensure spare part materials system is maintained in an efficient and timely manner to eliminate duplicates and ensure business requirements for spare part materials are met.
• Ensure visibility across the organization of required statistical and financial measures to ensure tracking of spare part inventory levels across the Messer organization to meet business and operating needs.
• Manage the internal sourcing program, including required periodic master data updates to ensure new inventory overages are identified, and other initiatives to contain growth in spare part inventory holdings above what is required for safe and reliable operation of Messer assets.
• Manage the maintenance and the physical condition of the warehouse facility, and ensure its equipment and infrastructure are following all Federal, State, Local, and Messer requirements.

Why Messer?
Messer is the world's largest privately held industrial gases company and what we do matters because it is woven into every part of life, from the medical gases that patients rely on to the essential elements needed to safely and sustainably produce the goods our communities depend on.
The true strength of Messer is our people-at every level and in every role.
Join us and take pride in the impact you will make by providing solutions essential to our world and lives. Reach your highest potential at our stable, inclusive company with diverse opportunities in a growing industry, supported by people who care.
Messer stands apart because we put what matters first, and you matter.
Key Interface Detail - Internal/External:
Internal Interfaces:

• Area Reliability and Maintenance Teams
• National Reliability and Maintenance Team
• Plant Managers and Technicians
• Distribution & Transport Teams
• Customer Engineering & Application Services Teams
• SAP-PM Support Team (Critical Spares and Materials Management)
• Internal Audit
• Project Execution Team
• Other internal customers (direct & indirect)

External interfaces:

• Suppliers and off-site storage vendors
• Related Vendors, Contractors, and Service Providers
• Auditors and Regulatory Agencies

Education/Skills:

• Bachelor's degree (Logistics/Warehousing degree a plus)
• Minimum 10 years of operations and/or warehouse experience in industry or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a managerial/leadership role

Other qualifications:

• Self-starter with the ability to manage multiple projects and achieve results.
• Able to work independently with little supervision.
• Broad knowledge of warehouse operations, methods, and procedures.
• Working experience with an EAM or Inventory tracking system, SAP preferred.
• Proven technical skills and working knowledge of industrial equipment.
• Six Sigma Certification in Warehousing a plus.
• Air Separation experience and knowledge a plus.

About Messer:
Messer's safety culture, commitment to providing dependable supply and innovative gas technology solutions help customers unlock opportunities to be safer, more sustainable, more productive and more efficient, so their business thrives. We nurture lasting, meaningful relationships with customers, our communities, and with one another.
We offer comprehensive benefits and appreciable pay, with steady schedules and opportunities for ongoing training and career progression. We prioritize and invest in our people at every level of our organization - the dedication, knowledge, customer focus and entrepreneurial spirit of our employees is what make Messer refreshingly different.
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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)