Job Title: Material Planner

Location: Sanford, NC

Duration: 24 Months

On-Site Training for 1-2 months; After successful training hybrid (2 days in the office)

Daily Schedule: 6am-3:30pm flexible start and finish times

Position’s Contributions to Work Group:

- Be a part of a team responsible for collaborating with suppliers to ensure material availability in a high pace manufacturing environment. Accountable for managing and analyzing $1M-$8M of inventory for opportunities to eliminate waste and optimize inventory. Collaborate with cross-functional project teams to achieve inventory objectives.

Reason/motivation for request:

-Backfill

Typical task breakdown:

-Resolving all grief issues

-Determining necessary action needed to successfully correct the problem

-Making numerous contacts by phone, fax or email, to all parties involved in order to enter shipments and final receipts

-Following up on orders not received per customer's request

-Communicating with customer regarding status of order

-Performing order revisions as necessary, including price adjustments, changing/adding schedules, opening/closing purchase orders, etc.

-Analyzing and confirming the correctness of customer orders

-Performing the setup of new supplier and customer information

-Analyzing sources, verifying, and processing orders, and Serving as a specialist within the group and providing interpretation and problem-solving advice to others inside and outside of the department.

Interaction with team:

- Work on a team of 9 people. Onsite training is required for the first month then can transition to a hybrid role after completion of training.

Work environment:

- Hybrid work from home and on site at HF Cat building in Sanford NC.

Education & Experience Required:

-4 yr BA/BS degree, 2 yr associates degree, or 5 years of relevant, job-related experience. APICS CPIM, CSCP, or CLTD Certifications are a plus

- Supply Chain and Material Planning background

Technical Skills

- Microsoft Excel experience required. Knowledge of various purchasing and *MRP systems. Demonstrated experience in adhering to guidelines and/or procedures. Ability to collect and filter information to achieve optimal decisions using critical thinking. Quickly and accurately recall the specifics to situations. Communicate effectively with succinct, but detailed emails; clear, accurate message over the phone or short sheet meetings. Collaborate with internal and external customers to resolve problems.

Soft Skills

Displays discipline and independent workload management.

Work under pressure and react professionally by handling stress productively and upholding ethical standards. Have strong teamwork by being willing to help others and be open for receiving guidance. Have a willingness to improve performance using new techniques/insights and learning from own and others’ mistakes. Be dependable and reliable to complete tasks with priority with little guidance, successfully and repeatedly

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Job Type: Contract

Pay: $23.00 - $27.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Material Planning: 2 years (Required)
• MRP: 2 years (Required)
• Microsoft Excel: 2 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Sanford, NC (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Sanford, NC: Relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Work Location: In person