Required skill set – Essentially a scheduling and sourcing position that works with buyers to make sure raw material is available.

Role Summary/Purpose
As a Material Planner, you will drive on-time delivery of materials. The position also takes ownership of Material Inventory levels, and interfaces with a cross-functional team, including commercial, engineering, sourcing, logistics, and manufacturing operations.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Monitor supply and demand misalignment, and collaborate with manufacturing sources to implement corrective action plans
• Release material plan requirements to manufacturing sources
• Identify and react to material plans that do not meet customer requirements Execute planning and scheduling activities for assigned part numbers using Oracle ERP planning system C
• Coordinate with Master Scheduler to establish demand in Oracle ERP for upcoming projects and then coordinate plan for Shop Order Releases based on interaction with Operations and Materials Team
• Be responsible for maintaining comprehensive tracking program that consolidates New Product Introduction management, cut-in planning and BOM releases to optimize configuration
• Be responsible for inventory management for assigned parts and processes required to ensure material input to support customer requirements while financial inventory objectives are accomplished
• Coordinate planning and scheduling activities for assigned commodity utilizing advanced planning tools to model, simulate, and release optimized material plans to the organization
• Apply appropriate optimization methodologies to balance service level, inventory, and resource utilization using advanced planning tools

Qualifications/Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in Manufacturing, Sourcing, Materials or related discipline

Desired Characteristics

• Strong negotiation skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to effectively operate cross-functionally and interface across all levels of the organization
• Ability to manage priorities and achieve results
• Strong Project Management, oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $24.00 - $25.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• Manufacturing: 1 year (Required)
• Procurement: 1 year (Required)
• MRP: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: In person