What are the responsibilities and job description for the Material Planner position at Current Lighting Solutions?
The Material Planner/Buyer will be responsible for driving material requirements to satisfy internal/external demand in line with production capabilities & capacity. The successful candidate will play a fundamental role in optimizing supply vs demand to minimize inventory exposure & risk whilst maximizing the customer experience in accordance with business expectations.
- On-Time-Delivery of materials/ components for production line and sub contractors
- Inventory Management
- Procurement
- Follow and analyze the MRP request on a Daily basis (Purchase request and MRP messages)
- Track deliveries (from the vendor until the deliveries into the factory or sub contractors)
- Plan & program in details components schedules.
- Release on time Purchase Orders according MRP
- Get the PO acknowledgement from suppliers and confirm registering it in SAP/use ARIBA
- Follow and control one time delivery of components thru SAP.
- Analyze risk of on-time-delivery and verify them, alert management when needed.
- Challenge suppliers with recovery actions plan when needed.
- Be reactive on non-conformities management, work closely with short term and quality departments.
- Develop tools to control quantities of purchase request, planned late deliveries to expedite & stock management.
- Optimize stock of his purchase orders backlog.
- Update and maintain delivery dates and statistical dates on PO’s.
- Initiate and manage continuous improvement projects in a cross functional organization : MRP configuration, material flow, non-conformity management, etc.
- All of those tasks should comply with legal & GE Current rules in place
- Lead closure Invoices blocking points (A/P)
- Manage vendors inventory processes.
- Manage LTP and work with sourcing to secure vendor capacity and inventory level
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- 2 years or more on materials, buyer or purchasing experience/knowledge
- SAP ERP knowledge.
- Significant experience in procurement / planning or sourcing in an Organization using Lean/Kaizen tools
- MRP management and LTP process knowledge.
Pay: $52,000.00 - $69,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Salary : $52,000 - $69,000