Senior Global Material Planner

Job Title

Job Description Required Education/

Experience:

Bachelor's Degree required for this position.

Required Qualifications:

Demonstrated success in previous material planning positions. Maintains proactive contact with suppliers to understand order status, packaging problems, and Electronic Data Interchange problems. Works with suppliers to resolve issues regarding procedures, delivery, status updates, pricing, and other matters. Understands the structure of the organization and maintains a strong network across departments. Understands and applies appropriate company and department rules and guidelines to work.

Knows and complies with all safety policies and procedures. Demonstrates confidentiality as required. Interfaces with customers, suppliers, engineers, and other functions. Participates in the maintenance of quality procedures; leads and participates in improvement projects. Participates in self- and team-audits and associated corrective action. Performs other miscellaneous duties, as required, to get the job done. Travels as required by the work.

Preferred Qualifications:

Previous experience with Oracle APCC Required Technical

Skills:

Plans, orders, and expedites materials needed in the manufacturing process. Develops and maintains spreadsheets and databases to assist with responsibilities. Analyzes data. Audits pull signals and overall system performance. Measures supplier delivery performance. Implements production scheduling systems. Coordinates inventory levels relative to manufacturing capacity and capability. Compiles and schedules orders. Tracks, evaluates, and maintains evolving data for new product introduction. Preferred Technical

Skills:

Previous experience with Oracle APCC. Responsibilities:
Plans, orders, and expedites materials needed in the manufacturing process. Maintains proactive contact with suppliers to understand order status, packaging problems, and Electronic Data Interchange problems. Provides information for affected cross-functional areas including shop operations, purchasing, Supplier Quality I, and product engineering. Develops and maintains spreadsheets and databases to assist with responsibilities; analyzes data; audits pull signals and overall system performance;

measures supplier delivery performance. Implements production scheduling systems; coordinates inventory levels relative to manufacturing capacity and capability; compiles and schedules orders. Works with suppliers to resolve issues regarding procedures, delivery, status updates, pricing, and other matters. Tracks, evaluates, and maintains evolving data for new product introduction. Understands the structure of the organization and maintains a strong network across departments; draws on network to answer questions, solve problems, and successfully execute responsibilities.

Understands and applies appropriate company and department rules and guidelines to work. Knows and complies with all safety policies and procedures. Demonstrates confidentiality as required. Interfaces with customers, suppliers, engineers, and other functions. Participates in the maintenance of quality procedures; leads and participates in improvement projects. Participates in self- and team-audits and associated corrective action. Performs other miscellaneous duties, as required, to get the job done.

Travels as required by the work. Additional Details:
This position handles material planning for 7 sites - 3 in US, 2 in UK, 1 in Mexico and 1 in Brazil. The chosen candidate will be working with suppliers to ensure timelines are being met, while providing updates to the sites. This position may also work with logistics and Trade Compliance teams to make sure everything is in place and materials will arrive on time.

** Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**

** Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client's business needs and requirements.**