The Manufacturing Advance Material Flow Manageris responsible for designing, optimizing, and implementing efficient material handling and logistics processes within a manufacturing facility. Their primary goal is to ensure a seamless and timely flow of materialsfrom suppliers through production to final product distributionwhile minimizing waste, reducing costs, and enhancing productivity.
Manufacturing Advance Material Flow Manager is responsible for key deliverables related to manpower planning, material flow analysis, and logistics optimization. This includes maintaining the Material Flow Plan of Record, assigning delivery manpower, and analyzing commodity assignments, inbound delivery methods, trailer gates, dock/trailer usage, and storage strategies (e.g., marshalling, staging, bulk, and small lot storage).
Additionally, the role involves ensuring First-In-First-Out (FIFO) flow, maintaining Material Flow Data in PFEP, managing change processes, tracking KPIs, and overseeing material flow setups for IRF (international logistics flows), MEP, and 3PL operations. Other responsibilities include conducting new program analyses and trailer yard evaluations to optimize logistics and efficiency.