Materials Replenishment Engineer

About this role

IEM seeks a Materials Replenishment Engineer to design and implement lean material flow systems including Kanban, JIT, and visual replenishment strategies. This role bridges Production, Supply Chain, and Fabrication teams to optimize inventory management and drive continuous improvement in a manufacturing environment.

What you'll do

• Design and implement lean material replenishment systems including Kanban, PFEP, JIT, and visual strategies
• Develop point-of-use inventory solutions to reduce material travel and downtime
• Collaborate across Production, Fabrication, Planning, and Warehouse teams on material delivery alignment
• Improve part staging and kitting processes while ensuring ERP accuracy and cycle count integrity
• Lead kaizen events and process reviews to identify gaps and standardize operations
• Train personnel on lean material systems and develop visual management tools

What they're looking for

• Lean manufacturing principles (5S, value stream mapping, Kanban, PFEP)
• Materials management and operations planning
• ERP systems (Infor preferred)
• Cross-functional collaboration and communication
• Project management
• Process improvement and problem-solving
• Change management and training facilitation
• Inventory management and material tracking

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package
• Growth opportunities in lean transformation leadership
• Work on complex, high-impact projects
• Collaborative engineering-focused culture