Materials Planner

Location: Gainesville

Req : 28993

Perform production materials planning activities for The Harris Products Group Gainesville facility. Determine and manage optimal direct and indirect component inventory levels to support production schedules. Execute timely purchase orders with identified supply sources to ensure material availability to production plans and prevent stockouts. Achieve desired inventory and customer service levels in a hybrid MTO and MTS manufacturing planning environment.

• Maintain safe and injury-free workplace
• Identify, establish, and maintain material planning parameters
• Ensure material availability to production plans
• Generate and maintain accurate purchase orders within ERP
• Expedite and follow-up on open purchase orders
• Monitor and analyze Supplier performance
• Resolve quality issues with suppliers
• Resolve supplier invoice discrepancies
• Generate cost savings ideas and completion of projects

• Environment, Health, and Safety metrics
• Customer Service (OTIF
  - On Time, In Full)
• Inventory Days of Supply (DSI)
• Inventory Excess and Obsolescence (E&O)
• Inventory Stockout
• Supplier On-Time Delivery
• Supplier Corrective Action Request (SCAR) turnaround time
• Aged Open Purchase Orders
• Aged Unpaid Supplier Invoices

• Work closely with internal customers, which includes operations, production planning, customer service, quality, engineering, and sales
• Determine and manage replenishment strategies in ERP system
• Prepare and issue purchase orders in a timely manner to suppliers
• Coordinate and communicate effectively with suppliers
• Track inbound supply to maintain accurate delivery dates in ERP
• Track Supplier contract volumes and changes to terms and conditions
• Engage with Procurement strategic sourcing on supplier performance issues
• Analyze inventory and supply issues for root causes and take corrective actions to resolve
• Promptly resolve supplier quality and invoice discrepancies
• Maintain effective oversight and disposition of Excess and Obsolescence (E&O) inventory
• Ensure accurate planning master data in ERP system to drive effective use of systems and tools for planning
• Maintain effective communications with all key stakeholders
• Identify opportunities for cost, process and supplier performance improvements
• Other duties may be assigned

Education and/or Experience

Required: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations or similar degree with three to five years’ related experience in a manufacturing environment.

Preferred: Purchasing, Scheduling, or Inventory Management experience, APICS Certification, Six Sigma or Lean implementation experience.

Attributes/Skills Required

• Strong working knowledge of MRP systems;
  Prefer SAP ECC or S4 HANA ERP experience
• Working knowledge of APICS practices
• Comprehensive knowledge of purchasing processes and procedures
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage several projects simultaneously
• Excellent working knowledge of Excel and Word;
  Prefer advanced Excel (Pivot Tables) and some business analytics tool use (Tableau, Power
  
  BI)
• Ability to develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with internal/external customers/suppliers and co-workers;
  Represent HPG in a professional manner
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Analytical with a proactive Hands On approach to problem solving and continuous improvement

• Maintains a Customer Focus – Demonstrating exceptional service to both internal and external customers giving high priority to understanding and satisfying the customer.
• Takes Ownership – Demonstrates a continuous drive to achieve superior results and takes responsibility for those results.
• Is a Team Player – Has the ability to collaborate effectively with others to achieve common goals. Recognizes situations in which team members need to work together to solve work task at hand.
• Uses Sound Judgement / Integrity – Takes action that is well-reasoned, which represents the best interest of the business.
• Achieves Quality Results – Flawlessly executes on objectives to ensure the long-term success of the organization.

• Ability to read,…