Material planner

Location: Township of Hazle

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an ever changing world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come.

And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

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Job Description The primary purpose of the Material Planner is to provide management of inventory, materials and equipment capacity relating to planning customer requirements, planning materials, monitor planning of production orders to meet inventory objectives, customer delivery expectations, operational efficiencies and company objectives.

What You Get To DoGeographic Scope: plant specific

Number of colleagues directly reporting to this job: 0

Acts as a safety leader and puts safety first in all responsibilities.

Review, Plan and Monitor customer inventory, purchase orders and reporting.

Analyze inventory data to manage orders to Min/Max levels

Assist with Vendor Managed Inventory Programs and Atlas Maintain BDN, CPS, and active items in the system

Maintains purchase orders on Internal and External PO logs and distributes to appropriate personnel. Updates SAP as needed.

Determines disposition of film identified on monthly old and obsolete stock inventory reports; manage raw material inventory levels first in, first out (FIFO).Prepares monthly charts on aged inventories and distributes to appropriate personnel.

Coordinates the transfer of required raw materials among the plant operations where required.

Assists in resolution of materials inventory location problems.

Assists with Cycle Counting and Inventory Management Enters orders, data, in SAP as needed to support customer orders and production schedules.

Oversees material management for the facility to include new production to meet production schedules and confirms order acknowledgement.

Manages material requisitions for each order and manages oversize stock usage and allocations. (Films and WIP materials)
Manages raw material claim management, data entry, communication and closure.

Provides updates to departmental key performance indicators (KPI’s) on a regular basis.

Acts as a back-up to other Scheduling/ Planning positions as needed

Act as a back up to SMS and SAP Develop standard work and training plan Monitor work and provide feedback

Develop consumable supply strategy

Maintain tools for understanding demand

Manage min/max and reorder points based on usage

Manage and maintain film supply

Monitor usage and suggest/implement safety stocks

Develop standard work

Own aged inventory reduction for relevant materials

Investigate aged inventory and identify opportunities for usage

What We Value Must have effective communications skills, both oral and written, to successfully interact with Customer Service, Manufacturing, Interplant customers, other Planners and all…