Materials Manager

San Diego, CA        ·       Full time

Mainstay Medical

Mainstay Medical is a medical device company focused on marketing an innovative implantable neurostimulation system, ReActiv8®, for people with disabling chronic mechanical Low Back Pain. The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with subsidiaries operating in Ireland, the United States, Australia, Germany, and the Netherlands. 

The Role

Mainstay Medical is looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Materials Manager to supports the company’s Operations. The position is responsible for tasks associated with both purchasing and production planning. This includes: purchasing, procurement, production and materials requirements

Position Responsibilities

• Initiate purchase requests for parts, equipment, services, and product to support Operations, Product Development, and the customer groups (Clinical and Sales).
• Request quotes, create purchase requests, distribute purchase orders to suppliers, scheduling and follow-up, product receipt and assistance with finance in reviewing and reconciliation of purchase requisitions, purchase orders, and invoices.
• Support developing plans and schedules for product and inventory, based on clinical and marketing forecasts and demands, liaise with finance to review and finalize product and inventory plans for inclusion in annual budget and monthly forecasts.
• Assist with product and component inventory by utilizing tracking spreadsheets and logs, along with ERP system when available.
• Execute production plan through the creation, release, and management of work orders.
• Management of inventories, including physicals reconciliation, and coordinating with finance to ensure that internal control, financial reporting and audit requirements are satisfied. 
• Assist in development and implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.  Have knowledge and ability to develop purchase and production plans. 
• Develop and track metrics around material management to support business efficiency.
• Understand and plan transportation logistics between company facilities, suppliers and customers. This includes risk mitigation, cost and time savings analysis.
• Request and analyze quotes and terms, negotiate prices and schedule with suppliers.
• Assist in coordination of product development and quality changes/updates between Mainstay and suppliers.
• Maintain supplier contract and quote files as reference for future products and services. 
• Work with supplier quality management to identify and qualify potential future suppliers to support product development and operations programs and build and maintain good relationships with existing suppliers.
• Assists in planning operational product strategy and scheduling of new products.  
• Comply with procedures for retention, protection, retrieval, transfer, and disposal of records.
• Understand business needs; builds credibility and rapport with colleagues
• Comply with the policies, procedures and work instructions of Mainstay Medical and its subsidiaries.
• Perform other duties as required. 

Positional Competencies

• Teamwork – ability to work with all functions within an organization.
• Integrity – handle confidential information in an effective manner. 
• Innovation – able to switch gears when the business requires it. 
• Leadership – ability to lead by example. Establish credibility within the organization and lead others when warranted. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• 5+ years experience in purchasing/planning (medical device preferred).
• Experience working with MS Excel spreadsheets and ERP systems. 
• Experience in inventory management, production planning, ERP and MRP, purchasing, and vendor management required. 
• Start-up or SME company experience an advantage. 
• Knowledge of  medical device manufacturing. 

Physical Requirements 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle of feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, see, talk or hear in a standard office environment and independently from remote locations. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Ability to travel by car or airplane independently up to 10% of the time and work after hours is required by travel schedule os business issues. 

We hope you will join us on this journey to ReActiv8 life! 

• * Dr. David Lee gives a quick presentation and perform our implant procedure on a synthetic cadaver. Feel free to watch our segment on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/647859001/448fb6da23
• * Watch video testimonial from Mainstay Medical patients: https://mainstaymedical.com/patients/#testimonials

Come join a growing and thriving organization!  We foster an exciting culture founded on teamwork, bias for action, urgency, and accountability, which allow us to develop meaningful and lasting relationships with our colleagues, the Doctors and Patients we serve.

We offer a competitive package

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