Material Planning Supervisor

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Dana is a global leader in the supply of highly engineered driveline, sealing, and thermal-management technologies that improve the efficiency and performance of vehicles with both conventional and alternative-energy powertrains. Serving three primary markets – passenger vehicle, commercial truck, and off-highway equipment – Dana provides the world's original-equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket with local product and service support through a network of nearly 100 engineering, manufacturing, and distribution facilities.

• Know and comply with the Safety Regulations of the Company, to prevent accidents, avoid acts and unsafe conditions.
• Understand and let customer service know about the actual requirements with suppliers and coordinate activities related to material needs. Work together with material planning team to accomplish Dana goals.
• Give accurate information about status of supplier deliveries using the correct follow up with virtual systems(phone, conferences, teams, etc)
• Accomplish KPI’S target and create action plans for the ones that are not in target.
• Attend escalations property and get them to the correct level with purchasing to avoid any affectation.
• Be able to negotiate with suppliers finding the best way to avoid material affectations, get recoverable plans from them to provide to materials team and plant.
• Create actions plans to keep inventory values on target (min/max).
• Create and update reports to track planning targets and opportunities.
• Support communication flow between different departments giving the tools they need from planning team.
• Ensure that the systems are being used correctly for proper planning. (Live source, Oracle)
• Review and run one network alarms, transits and open orders reports weekly to keep the system clean and accurate.
• Maintains effective communication with all departments.
• Maintains courteous, impartial, and objective dealing with suppliers.
• Follows environmental and safety regulations and acts in compliance with US laws.
• Complies with safety and corporate guidelines on business ethics.

• 5+ years related work experience in a supervisory role in Purchasing/Planning, or Materials Management in Tier 1 automotive manufacturing environment (preferred).
• Thorough knowledge of MRP, inventory control, purchasing procedures and internal controls.
• Logistic experience.
• Ability to represent the company effectively in dealing with suppliers.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Ability to understand and analyze the requirements of the material requirements plan. Ability to convert these requirements into purchase orders to support manufacturing.
• Ability to conduct purchasing related tasks via the telephone, e-mail, Internet, and in person.
• Demonstrated experience with widely accepted MRP systems and applications software.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of changing situations under stress.
• Engage in matters involving high-pressure situations while maintaining professionalism and tact.
• Working knowledge of various supply chain strategies including, JIT, Kanban with a through understanding of production and inventory control principles.

• Good communication skills (both oral and written) and good negotiating skills.
• Solid decision-making skills.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Ability to create, track and meet schedules at a multi-task level along with project management skills.
• Proven analytical/technical aptitude.
• Coaching, mentoring, teaching skills.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Teamwork/collaborative style.
• Ability to take initiative, to maintain confidentiality, to meet deadlines.

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