Material Planner

Description

This position is a key role within our supply chain process who is responsible for coordinating with suppliers and optimizing inventory levels in support of business objectives. Strong multi-level communication and critical thinking skills are required. Must be comfortable with a dynamic work environment with willing to adjust priorities as the business requires. Develops and fosters strong working relationships with customer service, inventory control, logistics, production, and other internal teams.

(Other duties as assigned.)

• Responsible for the timely initiation, execution and maintenance of supply plans as aligned with anticipated demand requirements.
• Plan, prioritize, and adjust material supply plans in accordance with changing business conditions.
• Reviews, controls and continuously improves supply processes and methodologies.
• Responsible for inventory transfer between warehouses to meet customer requirements and expected service and inventory levels.
• Organizes and implements, with direction from operational management, inventory management strategies, such as reductions of obsolete/discontinued inventories.
• Develop, monitor and improve key performance metrics (such as out of stock occurrences, on-time-delivery performance, lead time conformance and other operational metrics), to ensure maximum operational efficiency.
• Establish and maintain business relationships with all approved suppliers to promote company requirements and guidelines.

• 4+ years operational planning experience with emphasis on MRP and supply chain execution in a dynamically changing environment.
• Ability to communicate professionally across multiple audiences, spanning multiple organizational levels.
• Advanced data-driven capabilities, focused on decision-making using broad inputs.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of changing situations under time constraints and/or high-pressure environment.
• Ability to expand business knowledge independently, without prompting.
• MS-Office proficient, advanced Excel skills required.
• Fluent verbal and written English.

Bachelor’s degree and 3-5 years of experience in a material planning/purchasing function or equivalent combination of on-the-job experience in a manufacturing organization.

Ability to work extended schedules as needed.

APICS / ASCM preferred.