Manager, Materials Management - (26-PROC-301006-137)

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At DC Water, we provide more than 700,000 District of Columbia residents and 24.6 million annual visitors with essential water, wastewater, and stormwater services. DC Water also provides wholesale wastewater treatment services for 1.8 million people in Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland, and Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia. We aspire to be known for superior service, ingenuity, and stewardship to advance the health and well-being of our diverse workforce and communities. To achieve this vision, we commit to our shared mission every day-exceeding expectations by providing high quality water services in a safe, environmentally friendly, and efficient manner.

The Manager, Materials Management, is responsible for the overall data analytics and administrative services conducted within materials management for maintenance and service parts for DC Water operations. Functional responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to the integration between the CMS and the ERP systems at DC Water; the Item Master within the CMS, inventory planning, management and control; supplier and contract management; purchasing and purchase order management; and facilitating the completion of the payment process for Materials Management's purchase orders.

• Conducts daily monitoring, editing and quality assurance of data entered into the DCW Item Master.
• Verifies the proper functioning of the CMS and ERP integration, collaborating with IT and the financial systems team to identify and resolve any system outages.
• Manage and maintain all maintenance and services parts procurement processes. Oversee the development and maintenance of a supply base sufficient to support current and future operational needs. Ensure that the parts and supplier databases are complete and, accurate including listing of parts, parts information, supplier capability and pricing. Manage maintenance and service parts purchases and contracts.
• Manage inventory planning and budgeting. Convert the requirements from maintenance and planners to an inventory level, deployment and flow plan. Translate the inventory plan to an inventory budget and purchase plan.
• Manage supplier development. Manage supplier quality processes including new vendor qualifications audits as well as surveillance audits of active suppliers. Manage supplier corrective action request and resolutions. Oversee the maintenance of an approved supplier/subcontractor list.
• Manage all contract administration actions within Materials Management; coordinate, plan, and implement acquisition strategy for all Materials Management procurements.
• Develop and implement effective policies and procedures aimed at achieving the Materials Department's mission and goals related to supply chain management to include Purchasing operations.
• Maintain a close relationship with the Engineering, Waste Water Treatment and Customer Care Departments to ensure effective Bill of Material and spare parts lists.
• Develop and maintain Materials Department procedures and work instructions. Develop and maintain data for key performance indicators to demonstrate effectiveness of Materials Department processes and to provide data for analysis to drive process improvement.
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze complex situations. Demonstrate the ability to create and execute plans to improve the situation.
• Evaluate employee performance for all direct reports and submit required performance appraisals.
• Serve as a major contributor in the development and implementation of ERP, Supply Chain software and Asset Management System improvements.
• Perform other duties and projects as assigned at the discretion of the Senior Materials Manager.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Provide daily planning, administration and management of his/her area of responsibility. Individually, or through subordinates, ensure the selection, assignment, supervision, promotion, discipline and training of personnel within the area of responsibility.

Key Working Relationships: Interact with DC Water managers and supervisors, outside agency, officials, contractors and suppliers, etc. Maintain strong working relationships with senior staff in other DCW departments.

The qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability necessary for an individual to perform each essential responsibility satisfactorily. Reasonable amounts of training are provided.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

*The work environment characteristics described in the physical requirements section of the required skills & qualifications table are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential responsibilities.

At DC Water, our people make us an industry leader. Join a group of thinkers, innovators, and problem solvers focused on protecting life's most precious resource in the nation's capital.

• Take pride in your work. We provide an essential service and do work that matters. A career at DC Water is an exciting opportunity to help improve the environment and make a lasting difference for the community.

• Connect to a strong culture. Everything we do is grounded in our shared values-accountability, trust, teamwork, customer focus, safety, and wellbeing.

• Be your true self. We are an inclusive organization that embraces diversity, and we recognize and celebrate employees' individuality and unique contributions.

• Build your skills and career path. We are committed to developing a future-ready workforce by helping our employees develop skills for the jobs of tomorrow.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.

We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing

The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against "qualified individuals with disabilities".

If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to

perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please

email complianceada@dcwater.com.