What are the responsibilities and job description for the Material Planner position at Martinrea International Inc.?
Job Summary: Provide support to Supply Chain Operations department by ensuring Raw/Component inventory levels are within stated parameters, ordering of raw materials/components and On-Time-Delivery of material to meet Production Schedules.
Required Education and Experience:
- Excellent communication skills; customer service skills
- Courses in inventory control is an asset, post-secondary education preferred
- 3 4 years' experience in similar role; experience in automotive manufacturing environment
- Strong computer skills; Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Strong Coordination and organizational skills
- Ability to work independently and problem solve issues from a variety of known options
Essential Functions:
- Run MRP and maintain ERP system integrity.
- Send 12 week forecast & weekly releases for all materials ensuring on time delivery, including service
- Ensure suppliers EDI compliance
- For all suppliers follow up on shortages and expedites
- Managing inventory to meet plant and corporate objectives
- Schedule inbound and outbound freight (Interface with 3PL provider)
- Manage relationships with suppliers
- Resolve supplier invoice discrepancies (price or quantity)
- Investigate Inventory Discrepancies, determine root cause and implement corrective actions (may need to assist with CMS inventory entries)
- Report Daily on inventory discrepancies
- Issue weekly releases to suppliers based on MRP from CMS via EDI
- Work with production and purchasing to ensure inventory and supplier release accuracy. Work with scheduling to ensure on time delivery of materials
- Take leadership role in quarterly physical inventories
- Provide direction to other employees to ensure accurate production reporting
- Ensure that raw materials and product are dispersed and consumed based on FIFO
- Coordinate the purchasing of production materials
- Responsible to act as a back up to the Inventory Control Analyst and perform duties as necessary.
- Review inventory level of purchased material are within the department/company goals for inventory turns
- Contribute to continuous improvement, productivity, quality, customer service, cost reduction, safety and housekeeping