Materials Planner

Responsibilities

• Review and evaluate supply and demand forecasts.
• Manage and maintain inventory levels, ensuring future demands are met.
• Develop and implement contingency plans to mitigate risks in the supply chain process.
• Requisition and maintain inventories of materials or supplies necessary to meet production demands.
• Confer with supervisors or other personnel to assess progress and discuss needed changes.
• Support the revision of production schedules when required due to design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaborating with management, marketing, sales, production, or engineering.
• Confer with vendors and internal customers to coordinate production or shipping activities and to resolve complaints or eliminate delays.
• Examine documents, materials, or products and monitor work processes to assess completeness, accuracy, and conformance to standards and specifications.
• Contact suppliers to verify shipment details.
• Provide documentation and information to account for delays, difficulties, or changes to cost estimates.
• Implement innovative strategies to improve supply chain processes.
• Monitor and analyze current market conditions and forecasts.
• Other duties as deemed required.

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• BS/BA in logistics, business analytics, or relevant field; professional certification (e.g. APICS/CPIM) is preferred.
• 5+ years’ experience as a Materials Planner, Inventory Planner or similar role, preferred.
• Experience in data mining, analysis and reporting.
• Familiarity with supply chain processes and inventory management systems.
• Working knowledge of MS Office, relational databases, and ERP systems (JDE).
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Analytical mind with business acumen.

Salary:
Salary is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.