Materials Planner

Material Planner – Onsite Elyria, OH , United States Come build something that matters.

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Job The Material Planner is responsible for developing, coordinating, and maintaining production plans that align customer demand, material availability, and manufacturing capacity. This role ensures efficient production scheduling, supports on-time delivery, manages supply and capacity constraints, oversees inventory control activities including raw-material cycle counts, coordinates shipments, and drives cross-functional coordination to maintain operational continuity.

Align production plans with material availability, labor capacity, machine capacity, and business priorities.

Monitor and manage hot parts, material shortages, and supplier-related constraints that may impact production.

Coordinate with procurement, manufacturing, logistics, customer service, and quality teams to resolve supply and scheduling issues and ensure timely shipment coordination.

Prioritize production orders to support customer commitments, service levels, and business objectives.

Review and adjust schedules in response to changes in demand, equipment downtime, quality issues, or supply disruptions.

Track inventory levels for raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods to support continuity of supply while minimizing excess inventory; support inventory control processes and raw-material cycle counts to maintain inventory accuracy.

Coordinate raw material availability, inventory control activities, cycle count reconciliation, and shipment schedules to support uninterrupted production and customer delivery requirements.

Analyze capacity utilization and identify bottlenecks, constraints, and opportunities for improved throughput.

Support recovery planning and escalation processes for critical shortages, delayed deliveries, and line-impacting issues.

Maintain planning parameters and ensure ERP/MRP system data accuracy to support effective scheduling and replenishment.

Monitor key performance indicators such as schedule attainment, on-time delivery, backlog, inventory health, inventory accuracy, shipment performance, and past due orders.

Drive continuous improvement in planning processes, communication, and execution discipline.

The Person You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:

Experience in production planning, supply chain, materials planning, or manufacturing operations preferred.

Experience working in an ERP/MRP-driven environment.

Experience coordinating across operations, procurement, supplier, inventory control, and shipping/logistics teams.

Skills Strong planning, scheduling, and organizational skills

Analytical problem-solving ability

Knowledge of inventory management, inventory control, cycle counting, and capacity planning

Strong communication and cross-functional coordination skills

Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment

Proficiency in ERP/MRP systems and Microsoft Excel Attention to detail and sense of urgency

The Details You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:

Medical, dental, life, vision, disability,…