Component Planner

13333 Westland East Blvd
Houston, TX 77041, USA

Founded in 1986 Bray International is a global leader in industrial valves, actuators, and control products, delivering innovative flow control solutions to customers in more than 40 countries. As a privately held company with nearly four decades of engineered excellence, Bray has built a strong reputation for high-performance products, superior value, and exceptional customer service. Our fully integrated product line serves over 12 diverse industries, meeting the rigorous demands of the process sector with reliability and precision.

Driven by a long-standing commitment to excellence, Bray offers the stability of a trusted, privately owned organization that continues to grow through innovation, collaboration, and integrity. Guided by our vision to be the most respected and successful valve, actuator, and controls company in the world, Bray places people—our employees, customers, and partners—at the heart of everything we do. We pursue progress through continuous improvement, a family-like culture, and an entrepreneurial spirit that shapes the future of flow control solutions.

A Component Planner receives project plans and demand information from other departments and uses this information to determine what materials will be needed and when. The Component Planner is responsible for managing inventory by maintaining reorder points/safety stock for both purchased and manufactured items. The Component Planner works with stakeholders in planning and other departments daily to proactively improve our supply chain process and quickly solve material issues as they arise.

The scope of this position encompasses supporting the day-to-day production needs of a leading global flow control company, specifically for our growing scotch yoke pneumatic actuator product line.

• Schedule material demands and work order completion dates in system to support production schedule.
• Maintain and monitor Master Data.
• Revise essential system planning data to ensure ERP system is effectively planning future requirement.
• Minimize overall inventory valuation to optimal levels. Process requisitions for stock replenishment and special order requirements.
• Work with internal customers to ensure proper supply chain flow of products.
• Actively seek and implement cost saving alternatives.
• Ability to implement LEAN principles to planning and production processes is a growing need.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain or related field preferred.
• 4 years of experience working in a planning/production position required.
• Experience with industrial products and electric equipment is highly preferred. Experience with actuation and control products, and gear boxes, is a plus.
• Experience utilizing MRP, SFC, and MPS systems required.
• Experience with expediting components, capacity planning and slow-moving inventory is highly preferred.
• Ability to review multi-layer BOMs and dynamically manage complex component demands.
• Professionalism in working with other departments with the ability to expedite requests/orders through the appropriate processes and channels.
• Must be organized, detail oriented, possess strong analytical skills, and have the ability to prioritize and execute the plan to meet deadlines.
• Computer skills – specifically detailed knowledge of Excel and Power BI. Proficiency in creating analytical tools is a plus.
• This person needs to be a self-starter, proactive and a flexible team player.
• Must be able to react quickly to urgent issues with the company’s overall best interest in mind.

• Bachelors or better in Business Administration or related field.
• Bachelors or better in Engineering or related field.
• Bachelors or better in Logistics /Supply Chain Management or related field.

• Sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants who currently hold, or will require in the future, visa sponsorship (e.g., E, F-1/OPT/CPT, H-1, H-2, L-1, B, J, or TN) are ineligible.

At Bray International, we are the leading provider of industrial valves, actuators, and related…