Specialist I, Raw Material Procurement

Title:  Specialist I, Raw Materials Procurement

Reports to:  Manager, Raw Materials Procurement

Location:  Lansing, MI

LG Energy Solution Michigan Inc. (LGESMI) develops and manufactures large lithium-ion polymer batteries and modules for electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage applications. Come join the leader in advanced EV batteries! www.lgenergymi.com   

Summary 

In this position, you will provide support to the Materials Manager by coordinating all manufacturing planning assignments and projects, and by ensuring a smooth flow of materials from the supplier through delivery to our customers. This requires engaging internal and external customers, including team members in manufacturing, sales/marketing, purchasing, and materials management. You will translate customer demands into a production schedule and communicates that schedule to all parties, determining potential shortages and proactively planning for meeting customer demands.  

Responsibilities: 

• Determine customer demands by working directly with customers and teams from sales/marketing and sales planning 


• Determine best prices from various vendors and create purchasing orders  


• Monitor customer portals and communicate demand changes, inventory discrepancies, production calendars, customer communications, and supplier scorecard


• Create schedule to meet customer demands and communicate to manufacturing teams, quality, and materials management (shipping)


• Work with materials inventory specialist, purchasing, and quality teams to determine and communicate production shortages


• Attend manufacturing department meetings to increase communication and determine issues for meeting customer demands and elevate issues to proper teams


• Perform system transactions to ensure proper inventory management of finished goods


• Assist with the execution of consistent planning, scheduling, and resource management processes


• Analyze schedule and material use to identify developing problem areas including slow-moving material, discontinued/obsolete material, short shelf life material, and expedited material


• Coordinate with Engineering to determine and manage ECN implementation dates and complete ECN data entry related to material planning and purchasing


• Develop, implement, and monitor all key functions related to finished goods inventory transactions to assure that they are accurate and timely


• Create a four-week production schedule for module plant to support customer demand and update and communicate changes daily


• Make KPI monthly (in Excel) and track cost savings activities for part leader 


• Manage training of new hires


• Work closely with the accounting team to compile and submit all documents involved in the purchasing process  


• Identify process, productivity, scheduling principles, and other improvements


• Submit documents to headquarters in Korea as needed  


• Maintain cleanliness at work-site in accordance with 5S3R Standards:


• Sort, Set in order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain


• Right Location, Right Quantity, Right Container


• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Logistics or related field required or equivalent, relevant experience

Experience:

• 1 to 3 years of experience in Supply Chain related field, with emphasis on scheduling, planning, and inventory control functions preferred


• Experience using SAP is preferred


• Knowledge of continuous improvement processes preferred 

Skills:

• Microsoft Office suite 


• Communication 


• Organization


• Teamwork 


• Vendor relations


• Attention to detail


• Problem solving


• Time management 


• Multitasking