Material Planner

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