Materials Planner

Job Purpose

The Production Planner is responsible for production planning and coordinates production workflow for multiple products while prioritizing operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay. Will take a lead role in continuous improvement, product flow and capacity improvement to improve the overall efficiency of manufacturing.

• Analyzes customer demand and optimizes build plans for specific products, keeping materials and resource requirements while balancing material availability, resource constraints and capacity.
• Establishes and maintains planning attributes for new products and parts within the ERP system to ensure accurate setups.
• Audits BOMs to ensure structural integrity and alignment with manufacturing and costing strategy.
• Periodically reviews critical ERP planning attributes (e.g. lead times, safety stock) to sustain system accuracy and plan stability.
• Manages ECOs, developing implementation strategies and executing changes across the supply chain and production floor.
• Releases required work orders in a timely manner and promptly closes them on completion after reconciling variances.
• Proactively monitors materials shortages and production flow throughout the plant to ensure the build plan remains on schedule.
• Plans and directs Production and Inventory Control for Operations to ensure customer commits and inventory objectives are met.
• Coordinates Operations planning process to ensure material and capacity availability supports both customer commitments and forecast demands.
• Leads the Inventory team in establishing and maintaining robust cycle counting programs and process controls to ensure perpetual inventory accuracy.
• Collaborates with the production team to execute the schedule and achieve on‑time customer deliveries.
• Works directly with Purchasing to ensure purchased material is available to meet the scheduled requirements.
• Serves as the SME for the ERP system providing on‑site technical support, writing ad‑hoc reports, and staying current on system capabilities.
• Identifies and drives software procedural improvements to the Operations process to eliminate waste.
• Relays relevant information to management regarding material shortages, potential schedule interruptions, and possible equipment maintenance that would affect a smooth and timely production input.
• Analyzes customer demand information, forecast, orders, labor, and material availability and develops a flexible yet efficient master schedule.
• Reviews part availability including quality approval prior to scheduling.
• Manages the issuance of purchase orders as recommended by the planning system or as requested by management.
• Manages PO approval process, PO revisions, supplier confirmation and storage of all purchase orders on a secured and shared site.
• Manages supplier bidding process with the creation of RFQs submitted to suppliers and summary of returned information as requested by the Director of Manufacturing.
• Controls supplier's compliance to on‑time delivery, terms and conditions, supply contracts and product specifications.
• Participates as needed in the Product Specification creation/revision process and facilitates execution with suppliers.
• Drives sourcing solutions for existing products as directed by executive management.
• Manages assigned products by maintaining or reducing costs of product components, packaging and finished goods.

• 2-4 years of related Materials Planner experience; preferably in a contract manufacturing environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Industrial Engineering preferred.
• Good understanding of critical ERP planning attributes.
• Hands‑on experience in ECO planning and Implementations.
• Good working knowledge of Oracle or similar ERP software with regards to planning.
• Must be Advanced level of experience in Microsoft Excel.

This is an ITAR facility and applicant must be a US Citizen or a lawful permanent resident.

Sanmina is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.

Salary Range (annual): $70,000.00 – $95,000.00. The total rewards package also includes a variety of benefits, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company‑paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business, and, depending on the role, may include eligibility for restricted stock unit awards and participation in a discretionary bonus program.