Materials Leader HTC

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The HTC Operations Leader will be responsible for leading Production, Planning, and Materials Management for the site, with overall accountability for operational performance, customer delivery, inventory, productivity, quality, and execution against the production plan.

The role will lead a Production organization comprising 2 Production Supervisors and approximately 50 employees, responsible for the manufacture and assembly of complex electro-mechanical products.

You will provide leadership across Production, master planning, materials management, and production scheduling, ensuring effective alignment between customer demand, material availability, manufacturing capacity, and business priorities. You will work closely with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Logistics, Sales, and Maintenance to resolve constraints, improve manufacturing performance, and deliver customer commitments.

As the HTC Operations Leader, you will be responsible for:

Production Leadership & Execution

• Leading the site's Production organization through 2 Production Supervisors, with responsibility for approximately 49 production employees engaged in complex electro-mechanical manufacturing and assembly.
• Providing overall leadership and accountability for safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and inventory performance across Production and Materials.
• Ensuring safe, compliant, and disciplined execution of manufacturing activities in accordance with established processes, procedures, quality requirements, and production priorities.
• Translating the production plan into clear execution priorities for Production Supervisors and manufacturing teams.
• Monitoring daily and weekly production performance against plan, identifying constraints and implementing recovery actions when performance deviates from customer or business commitments.
• Ensuring appropriate allocation of people, equipment, materials, and manufacturing capacity to meet production requirements.
• Managing production capacity and resource requirements to respond effectively to changes in customer demand, material availability, and business priorities.
• Driving improvements in manufacturing cycle time, productivity, schedule adherence, work-in-process, quality, and on-time delivery.
• Working with Engineering and Quality to resolve technical, process, and product issues affecting production flow and delivery performance.
• Ensuring manufacturing teams have the appropriate training, technical capability, standard work, tooling, and information required to execute complex electro-mechanical assemblies effectively.
• Developing Production Supervisors and strengthening frontline leadership, accountability, performance management, and employee engagement.
• Establishing effective daily and weekly operating rhythms to review safety, quality, delivery, productivity, material constraints, and recovery actions.
• Leading structured problem solving and continuous improvement activities to eliminate manufacturing constraints, reduce waste, and improve operational performance.
• Supporting the introduction and industrialization of new products and manufacturing processes in partnership with Engineering, Quality, and other technical functions.

Planning & Materials Management

• Owning master production planning, material planning, production scheduling, purchasing requirements, and associated planning systems.
• Developing and maintaining an executable production plan aligned with customer demand, manufacturing capacity, and material availability.
• Ensuring operational execution remains aligned with the approved production plan and key performance indicators.
• Balancing demand, supply, inventory, and capacity to support customer commitments while maintaining appropriate production flexibility.
• Optimizing inventory levels while maintaining material availability for manufacturing requirements.
• Proactively identifying material shortages, capacity constraints, and other risks to the production schedule and implementing mitigation or recovery plans.
• Coordinating with suppliers, subcontractors, Procurement, and Logistics to resolve shortages and expedite critical material when required.
• Tracking manufacturing progress against customer delivery commitments and clearly communicating risks, priorities, and recovery actions.
• Driving improvements in planning accuracy, material availability, inventory performance, and production schedule adherence.

Cross-Functional & Operational Leadership

• Serving as the primary operational interface between Production, Materials, Logistics, Procurement, Sales, Engineering, Quality, and Maintenance.
• Aligning cross-functional teams around production priorities, capacity constraints, material availability, and customer commitments.
• Leading continuous improvement across Production, Planning, and Materials using Lean, Six Sigma, structured problem solving, and data-driven performance management.
• Establishing and maintaining clear KPIs and operating rhythms to drive accountability and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Building organizational capability through coaching, development, succession planning, and effective performance management.
• Creating a culture of safety, quality, accountability, continuous improvement, and customer focus throughout the operations organization.

To be successful in this role you will: 

• Have a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Have minimum of 7+ years of experience in materials planning, production planning, supply chain management, manufacturing operations, or a related discipline.
• Have minimum of 3+ years of leadership experience managing planning, materials, scheduling, or supply chain teams in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience in Master Production Scheduling (MPS), Material Requirements Planning (MRP), inventory management, and demand planning.
• Have strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, capacity planning, inventory control, and logistics operations.
• Have experience working with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, or equivalent) and advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional stakeholder relationships across Operations, Logistics, Procurement, Sales, and Manufacturing.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with the ability to balance customer requirements, inventory targets, and operational constraints.
• Experience driving continuous improvement initiatives utilizing Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate planning priorities across all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and manage multiple priorities while meeting business objectives.

• Demonstrated experience leading manufacturing operations involving complex electro-mechanical products, assemblies, or comparable engineered industrial equipment.
• Experience leading manufacturing teams through frontline supervisors or team leaders in a production environment.
• Strong understanding of production management, including capacity planning, labor planning, productivity, manufacturing flow, schedule adherence, and shop-floor execution.
• Experience managing operational KPIs across safety, quality, delivery, cost, inventory, and productivity.
• Experience working in engineered-to-order, make-to-order, high-mix/low-volume, or complex assembly manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated ability to manage manufacturing constraints involving materials, labor, equipment, processes, quality, and engineering requirements.
• Proven experience developing frontline manufacturing leaders and building accountability within production teams.

• APICS/ASCM certification (CPIM, CSCP) or equivalent supply chain certification.
• Experience leading planning and materials functions in an engineered-to-order, make-to-order, or industrial manufacturing environment.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or higher certification.
• Experience managing global supply chain operations and supplier collaboration.
• Knowledge of S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) and Integrated Business Planning (IBP) processes.

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone.

• This role is in general hours (8AM – 5PM)

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities

• Comprehensive private medical care options

• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs

• Tailored financial programs

• Additional elected or voluntary benefits

You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.

This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.

You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.

This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.