Material Management Jobs

Material management jobs are mostly available in the heavy industry production sectors in India. This is a specialized subject taught in several Indian universities.

What is Material Management?
Materials management is a subject that handles tangible components of a supply chain. In broader sense it includes procurement of spare parts and replacements, examining the quality of purchased parts, and the standards involved in ordering, shipping, and storing the required parts.

Good materials management approach helps a master plan by filling in the gaps and producing a result which is both efficient and environmentally responsible. An office, institutional campus, or housing complex can get huge benefits from an effective materials management plan. Some such benefits are:

• It reduces costs and saves time
• Gives flexibility to manage products
• Reduces expenses

Growth Opportunities in Material Management Jobs
Companies involved in multi level production and which have a supply chain in place appoints materials management degree holders. As there is huge number of production companies in India, there are huge openings for this position. With the economy growing at a huge pace, more companies are coming up, leading to a huge demand of these professionals. Mandatory ISO Certifications requirements have enhanced the need of dedicated materials management divisions in large manufacturing industries. One can opt for positions like

• Material Manager
• Distribution Manager
• Supply Manager
• Operations Manager

Types of Material Management Jobs

• SAP Material Management: SAP Technology is well-known to be higher software technologies which facilitate s R/3 to hold all kinds of business management duties of the organization.
• Logistics Material Management: Logistics is the addition of information, transportation, stock-warehousing, handling, and packaging of materials. In Logistics management you have to direct and manage the daily movement of raw materials and other resources of company or a business.
• Healthcare Material Management: Healthcare manager is responsible for purchasing and managing health care goods and equipments in the hospitals. Material management in healthcare educates these managers top quality management and services related to the patients.

Institutes of Materials Management Education
The leading materials management education institutes are:

Indian Institute of Materials Management
Headquarters: 102 & 104, Sector – 15, Institutional Area, CBD Belapur,  Navi Mumbai – 400614, Tel.: 022-2756 5741; Website: www.iimm.org

Branches:
i) Veer Sadan, 4239-A / 2, 1 Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi – 110002,
Tel.: 011-23266089;
ii) 8B, Short Street, Kolkata – 700017, Tel.: 033-22876971;
iii) 7-1-621 / 148, Street No. 4, Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar, Hyderabad – 500038,
Tel.: 040-655504252.

Diploma in Material Management
For a graduate diploma course in the subject materials management you need to do a regular course of 2 years. For a correspondence course you need to do a 3 years course Post graduate diploma in materials management is of 3 years duration.

Other institutes which teach the subject are

• Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani
• Indian Institute of Material Management
• Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
• University of Madras
• University of Delhi
• Indira Gandhi National Open University