Global Materials & Inventory Planner

Global Materials & Inventory Planner

Tate is building a world-class procurement and supply chain function for one of fastest growing segments and the most technically demanding segments in the data center market: liquid cooling infrastructure. We are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Global Materials & Inventory Planner to join our growing team.

This role is the operational connective tissue between Tate's demand signal and its factory floors. Where the Demand Planner looks forward at what's coming, you look at what's on hand, what's in transit, and what needs to move. Translating the demand plan into materials requirements that keep our liquid cooling manufacturing building our manifolds without interruption, this role is the supply chain's daily interface with manufacturing.

You will own materials requirements planning across all of Tate's factory sites, manage inventory positioning to support program schedules, and serve as the early warning system for shortages before they become production stops. You'll work directly with Strategic Sourcing Managers and Global Commodity Managers when supply gaps are imminent giving procurement the maximum LT to respond.

You'll have the rare opportunity to build this function from the ground up with the full support of leadership and a clear mandate. You'll establish the materials planning process, co-manage the inventory targets with the team, and create the visibility tools that operations and procurement rely on every day. The right person brings both the analytical rigor to build a clean MRP process and the factory-floor credibility to partner effectively with operations teams across all sites.

What you build here becomes the standard for how Tate plans materials as the liquid cooling business scales.

What You'll Do

• Own the MRP for Tate's liquid cooling programs across all factory sites. You will translate the demand plan into what needs to be ordered, in what quantity, and by when, for every component on the active BOM.
• Run regular MRP cycles reviewing system generated requirement, apply judgement to questionable data, and release actionable purchase requirements to procurement with sufficient LT.
• Maintain the integrity of planning parameters in the ERP: LT, safety stock levels, lot sizes, etc.
• Flagging planning exceptions immediately where if the components where the MRP signal suggests a shortage is imminent, where supplier LT have exceeded the planning assumptions, or where OH inventory is significantly above or below target.
• Coordinate with Engineering on BOM changes ensuring that new or revised PNs are set up correctly in the planning system before they drive purchase requirements.
• Own the DSI master list for liquid cooling components by maintaining, updating, and reviewing it on the cadence defined in the initial DSI strategy build.
• Manage safety stock levels for DSI-managed components at each factory location. This includes but not limited to setting the buffer, monitoring consumption against target, and triggering replenishment before stockouts occur.
• Monitor inventory positions across all Tate factories tracking on-hand, in-transit, and open PO quantities to maintain a real-time picture of supply position across all sites.
• Identify slow-moving or excess inventory and flag for disposition: excess inventory on a component at risk of BOM change is a write-off risk that needs to be identified before it compounds.
• Evaluate DSI target against actual consumption and supplier LT data on an on-going basis and recommending target revisions to the Global Director when market conditions or program volumes change.
• Serve as the supply chain's daily interface with factory operations at facility sites by coordinating material availability, build schedules, and inbound timing with manufacturing to keep the production floor running without interruption.
• Attend/contribute to production planning meetings at each site providing supply chain visibility into what's arriving, what's at risk, and what procurement is doing about it.
• Work with factory operations to understand actual consumption rates and build sequences and feeding that intelligence back into planning…