Global Materials & Inventory Planner

Job Type
:
Full Time, Exempt

Duration of Role
:
Permanent

Position
: 1

Reporting to
:
Global Procurement Director - Liquid Cooling

Location
:
Columbia, Maryland, USA / Austin, Texas, USA / Remote

At Tate we are passionate about everything we do. As an independent brand operating within Kingspan Group, a global plc group of companies, Tate has been recognized worldwide as an industry leader in the development and manufacture of data center infrastructure solutions and commercial office raised access floors, for over 60 years. With revenues of over $600m and growing, Tate plays a pivotal role in offering expertise in cutting edge design engineering in order to craft solutions, by working collaboratively with clients as a trusted partner.

Tate continues to grow and expand, operating multiple manufacturing and commercial sites across the US, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. We are excited about our fresh, dynamic, and inclusive team of experts working on new innovations and forward‑thinking designs, as we remain a market leading player within our industry. We continue to invest heavily in the best available manufacturing tools and equipment needed to adhere to Tate’s world class standards and in keeping with our Planet Passionate sustainability strategy, our focus is on having minimal climate impact.

We are excited by potentially welcoming you as part of our team as we continue to grow on a worldwide scale.

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.

• 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,…