**Country:** United States of America **Location:** CAI23: Carrier-Indianapolis, IN 7310 W Morris St, Indianapolis, IN, 46231 USA **About Carrier** Carrier is the leading global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable and intelligent building and cold chain solutions, with a diverse and world-class workforce. With more than a century of expertise, we drive innovation while putting our customers first, helping protect our planet, and inspiring and empowering our people. Through our performance-driven culture, we are driving long-term shareowner value by growing earnings and investing strategically to strengthen our position in the markets we serve. This is why we come to work every day. Join us and we can make a difference together. **About the position** Our organization is built upon world-class manufacturing facilities that produce our industry leading products. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are looking for an opportunity to develop your operations career, then we have a great opportunity for you. We are seeking a highly motivated, results-oriented **Associate Director, Materials** to continue to raise our high bar in manufacturing leadership. The ideal candidate will be able to effectively lead a team of planners, supervisors, and materials associates in support of operational goals and requirements. The successful candidate will develop and implement a vision with new strategies in technology and systems to maximize utilization of material and labor in a high-volume production environment. This candidate must be a self-starter and motivated to make a significant change in a well-established environment. **Key Responsibilities** Specific responsibilities for this position include: + Execute the lean vision and strategy to reduce inventory, lead-time, and waste to improve process quality. + Drive measurable improvements that support metrics for customer delivery, productivity, inventory management and product flow. + Lead teams to develop pull systems, training personnel, and other activities to achieve world-class process flow. + Develop value stream maps for the factory and eliminate process waste through implementation of lean techniques. + Encourage use of lean tools to pull material from suppliers and internal sources/customers. + Drive lean focus on material delivery route optimization and material days on hand Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) to reduce operating costs. + Promote Six Sigma/Lean integration utilizing strength of both methods to achieve business goals. + Drive improvements in material flow utilizing lean methods. + Train site on lean concepts and mentor using lean tools. **Basic Qualifications** + Bachelor’s Degree (of art or science) with 10+ years experience in materials management within manufacturing, OR Master’s Degree (of art or science) with 7+ years experience in materials management within manufacturing. + 5+ years experience people management. + Must be willing to flex working hours based on business needs. **Preferred Qualifications (assets)** + Experience within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. High speed assembly. + Effective at leading change and influencing all levels of the organization. + Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to tailor communications to different audiences + Experience with current continuous improvement techniques, including involvement with kaizen, value stream mapping, standard work, RRCA, and/or other lean tools. + Experience in implementing and improving warehouse management systems. + Experience with material delivery route optimization. + Experience and proven leader in inventory accuracy / inventory control processes. + Energetic, hands-on; able to drive change and continuous improvement. + Demonstrated ability to foster positive relationships with production employees, peers and manufacturing management. + Ability to work with minimal guidance and direction. + Experience in a union environment. **Additional Information** + Sponsorship is not supported for this position. RSRCAR \#LI-Onsite **Carrier is An Equal** **Opportunity/Affirmative** **Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.** **Job Applicant's Privacy Notice:** Click on this link (https://www.corporate.carrier.com/legal/privacy-notice-job-applicant/) to read the Job Applicant's Privacy Notice