Material Planner

PRINCIPAL AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

• Material Availability: Place orders with suppliers and maintain dates and scheduling to ensure final products and orders are dispatched in a timely manner.
• Inventory Optimization: Maintain minimum inventory levels and ensure appropriate quantities of materials are available to meet shop order and customer orders by the requested / plannable date, while meeting inventory turns goals.
• Inventory Part Availability Planning: Utilize the MRP System to manage material flow from suppliers, returns, demand, inventory in order to maintain proper stocking levels.
• Purchasing Optimization: Combine multiple requisitions from multiple sources to consolidate purchases to meet minimum order quantities and to maximize purchasing volume discounts.
• Order Date Management: Place orders in timely manner in order to meet expectations. Follow up with suppliers to insure they meet their delivery commitments.
• Dashboards: Create dashboards that communicate performance levels around On Time Deliveries, Accuracy, and Quality that inspire the team meet our customer expectations.
• Manage Change Requests: (Purchase Orders / Customer Orders) Dates / Delivery / Shop Orders / Projects can be impacted

KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE

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  • Strong computer skills and knowledge of MS Office and ability to learn new software/programs.
  • Ability to work in a high stress environment that involves problem solving in other departments (AP / Sales / Service / Data / Warehouse)
  • Experience in supply chain management preferred.
  • At least 3 years of experience in purchasing and materials controls in a lean manufacturing environment.
  • Knowledge of an ERP business system and willingness to learn is a must.
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, team building, and supplier relation skills are a must.
  • Highly organized with strong attention to detail, and superior follow-up skills
  • Pricing: Coordinate Pricing Updates (with Sales Point Person & Business Unit Leaders / Suppliers)
    
    

    Travel Requirements:

    Dependent on business and supplier requirements. May require travel to other locations for learning, sharing best practices, and consulting with suppliers. Travel generally below 5%, but can be higher to meet business needs.

    Essential Performance Skills Definitions:

    Decision Making and Problem Solving: Able to identify and take action in solving problems while exhibiting judgment and a realistic understanding of issues: able to use reason, even when dealing with emotional topics.

    Commitment to Task: Able to start and persist with specific courses of action while exhibiting high motivation and sense of urgency; willing to commit long hours of work and make personal sacrifice in order to reach goals.

    Coping: Able to maintain a mature problem-solving attitude while dealing with interpersonal conflict, hazardous conditions, personal rejection, hostility, or time demands.

    Spoken and Written Communications: Able to clearly present information through the spoken and written word; influence or persuade others through oral or written presentation in positive or negative circumstances; listen well.

    Goal Setting: Able to define realistic, specific, and measurable goals and objectives; to prioritize objectives.

    Organization and Planning: Able to organize or schedule people, tasks, or services; to develop realistic action plans while being sensitive to time constraints and resource availability.

    Team Building: Able to work with people in such a manner as to build high morale and group commitments to goals and objectives