GTI is a contract manufacturing partner supporting customers in renewable energy, power generation, infrastructure, and industrial systems.
We fabricate custom designed, purpose-built enclosures and skids for our customers and perform mechanical and electrical integration in-house, delivering a true turn-key product to our customers. Our scope spans Engineering, prototype builds, through full production, requiring teams that can move fast, adapt, and execute with precision.
GTI Values: Safety I Quality I Customer Obsession I Speed I Agility
Position Overview
The Program Materials Manager is a program-dedicated procurement role created to close the material planning and visibility gap on projects. They own the end-to-end sourcing plan, purchase order visibility, and BOM-to-purchase integrity for the program across all three commodity groups. This role does not replace commodity management or program management — it provides the connective layer between them, ensuring that program commitments are grounded in real material lead times and that material status is visible before it becomes a shortage.
Key Responsibilities
Program Sourcing and Material Readiness
Build, maintain, and execute the project sourcing plan across all three commodity groups, translating program milestones, build schedules, and bill of material requirements into time-phased purchasing actions.
Align sourcing, purchase order placement, supplier lead times, and required delivery dates to the program schedule; identify timing gaps early and drive recovery plans before they affect production.
Validate program commitments against quoted and demonstrated material lead times before dates are finalized, serving as the lead-time gate in scheduling, launch, and customer-commitment discussions.
Evaluate material readiness at the program, build, and work-order level, distinguishing true clear-to-build status from items that remain exposed to supplier, engineering, logistics, or transactional risk.
Purchase Order Visibility and Risk Management
Own the program's single source of truth for on-order status by tracking open purchase orders, acknowledgements, promised dates, quantities, changes, and receipts against project build requirements.
Develop and maintain program-level material dashboards and KPI reporting that provide clear visibility to shortages, late purchase orders, supplier constraints, uncommitted demand, and recovery actions.
Use ERP/MRP data and advanced Excel analysis to identify exceptions, reconcile conflicting information, and surface risk before it impacts shop-floor throughput or customer delivery.
Escalate material risk, supplier capacity constraints, and conflicts between program commitments and purchasing reality to the Vice President of Supply Chain with clear impact, ownership, and recommended actions.
BOM and Engineering Change Integrity
Drive BOM-to-purchase integrity for project by confirming that approved bill of material requirements are accurately represented in the ERP/MRP system and translated into appropriate purchase actions.
Identify and resolve duplicate demand, duplicate purchase orders, quantity discrepancies, obsolete requirements, missing components, and other conditions that create cost, inventory, or production risk.
Partner with Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials, and Supply Chain to ensure engineering changes are released with sufficient lead-time awareness and are reflected in open orders, cancellations, reschedules, and supplier communications.
Apply Root Cause and Corrective Action methods to recurring BOM, purchasing, and material-visibility failures; implement standard work and controls that prevent recurrence.
Cross-Functional Program Execution
Act as the bridge between Design Engineering and Supply Chain, establishing clear owners, dates, and decision points while holding functions accountable to project milestones and commitments.
Lead a standing weekly operating review with all three commodity managers to reconcile program demand, sourcing status, supplier capacity, purchase order coverage, and open recovery actions.
Partner closely with the Value Stream Planner to ensure material constraints, confirmed availability, and supplier recovery dates are reflected in production scheduling and shop-floor sequencing decisions.
Coordinate with Operations, Production, Quality, Materials, Planning, Logistics, and Maintenance as needed to resolve constraints affecting line readiness, throughput, and customer delivery.
Support disciplined change control and program reviews by presenting fact-based material status, decisions required, risk exposure, and action closure to Supply Chain and program leadership.
Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement
Establish standard work for program sourcing visibility, purchase order reconciliation, shortage escalation, engineering-change follow-through, and material readiness reporting.
Define and monitor KPIs such as purchase order coverage, supplier promise-date adherence, shortage aging, BOM-to-PO accuracy, engineering-change closure, and material readiness to build schedule.
Apply Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement principles to reduce transactional waste, improve information flow, shorten issue-resolution cycles, and strengthen accountability across the program.
Analyze material, purchasing, and schedule data to identify systemic constraints and recommend practical improvements to ERP discipline, supplier execution, inventory control, and cross-functional planning processes.
Requirements
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Operations, or a related field, or equivalent relevant manufacturing experience.
5+ years of progressive experience in procurement, purchasing program management, materials management, supply chain, production planning, or a closely related manufacturing function.
Demonstrated experience managing sourcing plans, purchase order status, material shortages, supplier commitments, and BOM-driven demand within a complex manufacturing environment.
Strong working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems, including purchase orders, item master data, BOMs, engineering changes, demand signals, planned orders, and material availability.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to reconcile large datasets, perform exception analysis, and produce clear program-level reporting.
Proven ability to translate production schedules and program milestones into executable procurement priorities and to challenge commitments that are not supported by material lead times.
Experience leading cross-functional operating reviews and driving accountability across Engineering, Supply Chain, Planning, Materials, and Production without relying on direct authority.
Strong analytical, communication, escalation, and problem-solving skills, with disciplined attention to data accuracy and action closure.
Preferred Experience
Experience supporting engineered-to-order, contract manufacturing, new product introduction, or high-mix/high-volume production programs.
Experience working across multiple purchasing commodity groups and coordinating supplier capacity against aggressive program schedules.
Working knowledge of capacity planning, production scheduling, inventory control, materials planning, and shop-floor sequencing.
Experience with Power BI or Tableau for material-status dashboards and KPI reporting; SQL experience for data extraction or validation is a plus.
Demonstrated application of Root Cause and Corrective Action, Lean Manufacturing, and Continuous Improvement methods in a supply chain or manufacturing environment.
Professional certification such as APICS CPIM, CSCP, or CPSM is preferred.
Benefits & Perks
GTI offers a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to support employees and their families while providing long-term career growth opportunities within a fast-growing manufacturing organization. Benefits may include:
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match (where applicable)
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays
• Sick time in accordance with state and local requirements
• Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage
• Career advancement opportunities within a rapidly growing organization
• Exposure to advanced manufacturing, modular infrastructure, and large-scale industrial projects
• Collaborative, fast-paced environment with strong operational and engineering leadership
• Employee-focused culture centered on safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement
Benefits eligibility and offerings may vary based on position, location, and employment classification.
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