Director of Materials Management

Overview

About Modular Mission Critical
ModularMission Critical™ is the manufacturing campus for M.C. Dean’s complex, modular product line for datacenters and critical infrastructure. Located just north of Richmond, VA, this site is growing fast serving customers worldwide. Important openings include assemblers for our production lines and engineers and designers for products and continuous improvement. Join M.C. Dean’s more than 9,000 employees around the world making an impact through innovations in power and technology.

Why Join Us?

Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values—agility, expertise, and trust—we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment.  At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries. 

The Director of Materials Management is responsible for the performance and control of the organization's materials function, including supply chain, supplier management, inventory, warehousing, and logistics. The Director ensures that the right materials, devices, and equipment arrive at the right place at the right time. This position leads a multi-disciplinary team and partners with project, engineering, manufacturing, finance, and executive leadership.

Responsibilities

1. Leadership

• Implement an end-to-end workflow for materials, devices, and equipment that gives customers, contract/project teams, and manufacturing clear visibility of status.
• Lead and develop staff in supply chain, expediting, warehousing, receiving, shipping, inventory control, transportation (in-bound/out-bound), and logistics.
• Establish department objectives and report performance to the executive leadership team.

1. Supplier Management

• Evaluate supplier performance, quality, delivery, services, and compliance with agreements.
• Manage supply continuity, including supplier and M.C. Dean stocking levels, lead times, and sourcing alternatives.

1. Inventory and Warehouse Operations

• Own inventory accuracy, cycle counting, reorder points, and obsolescence or excess reduction.
• Direct receiving, storage, kitting, staging, and issuing of materials to projects.
• Oversee the warehouse management system and process improvements (e.g., ASN, barcode/RFID, put-away and pick workflows).
• Conduct quarterly reviews of inventory remaining on closed projects with contract stakeholders.
• Forecast space needs and optimize space utilization.
• Ensure safe operations and compliance with OSHA and company policy.
• Maintain all areas under your responsibility to a customer-ready standard for site visits and audits.

1. Logistics and Delivery

• Coordinate inbound freight, outbound shipments, and just-in-time delivery to job sites.
• Manage carriers, freight forwarders, customs, and import/export compliance where applicable.
• Resolve shipping damage, shortages, and delivery discrepancies.
• Manage shipments of finished goods.
• Manage international shipping through our shipping partners.

1. Intermediate Storage Locations

• Manage project intermediate storage locations (laydown yards).
• Manage manufacturing intermediate storage locations, including quality controlling, inspections, and staging.
• Manage finished goods storage and handling.

1. Government and Customer Furnished Equipment

• Manage government-furnished equipment, including annual audits.
• Manage customer-furnished equipment, including audits.
• Maintain secure ICD 705 storage for classified projects.

1. Manufacturing Materials, Equipment, and Devices

• Maintain and enhance the manufacturing Marketplace and Mini-Markets (point-of-use material supply), ensuring manufacturing lines have the right materials on hand for one-piece flow production.

1. Financial Management

• Develop and manage the applicable Service Center budgets in partnership with the budgeting team.
• Manage capital budgets and the utilization, replacement, and future needs of warehouse and logistics equipment.
• Optimize supplier system integrations and supplier service levels.
• Manage the handling and disposition of excess materials returned from manufacturing or project sites.

1. Systems and Process

• Own the maintenance and enhancements of materials management systems roadmap and data integrity, including upgrades to make the platform AI-native.
• Write and enforce SOPs, approval thresholds, and internal controls.
• Integrate materials workflows with project management, accounting, and engineering.

1. Compliance and Risk

• Ensure adherence to contract flow-downs (e.g., FAR/DFARS, Buy American, small business subcontracting goals).
• Manage regulatory, quality, and traceability requirements (certifications, counterfeit part prevention).
• Maintain business continuity and supplier risk programs.

1. Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work with project managers, engineering, estimating, finance, and operations on material forecasts and schedules.
• Support bids with pricing, lead-time, and availability input.

Qualifications

Education

• 16+ years of experience with Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, or engineering required; master's degree preferred.  12+ years with a Master's.

Experience

• Minimum 12 years of progressive experience in materials management, supply chain, or warehouse operations, including at least 5 years in management .
• Experience with ERP and warehouse management systems.
• Experience with government contract flow-down requirements preferred, depending on industry.

Certifications

• CPSM, CSCP, or CPIM preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong negotiation, analytical, and financial acumen, including budgeting and capital planning.
• Proven leadership and team development skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to brief executives and engage suppliers.
• Working knowledge of inventory control methods, logistics, and import/export practices.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, and data analysis tools.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

• Full time in-office at Dean Logistics Center or our Manufacturing Campus.
• Combination of office and warehouse/job site environments.
• Occasional travel to suppliers, warehouses, and project sites.
• Ability to walk warehouse floors and yards; occasionally lift up to 25 lbs.
• Must comply with all site safety requirements, including PPE.

Key Performance Indicators

• Inventory accuracy and turns; obsolete and excess inventory levels.
• On-time delivery to projects and supplier on-time performance.
• Supply chain cost savings and supplier service levels.
• Budget variance, including capital spend.
• Safety metrics and audit/compliance results (including government and customer furnished equipment audits).
• 5S adherence.

Abilities

• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Identify and understand the speech of another person.

We offer an excellent benefits package including:

• A competitive salary
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Military Reserve pay offset
• Paid maternity leave

Pay Range

USD $178,640.00 - USD $223,300.00 /Yr.