Responsive Material Planner

Responsive Material Planner

Location: Beaverton, OR
Contract length: ~6 months
Schedule: Onsite Monday-Thursday, WFH Friday
Pay: $29-$31.69/hr, DOE


The Planet Group is looking for a Responsive Material Planner to join our well-known retail brand on a roughly 6-month contract! This role is 40 hours per week and will be hybrid in Beaverton, OR, working onsite Monday-Thursday and working from home on Friday. This oerson will report into the  Apparel Materials Planning Director and will work closely with the Global Materials Planning & Sourcing team and will support the Footwear and Apparel business. 

Responsive Material Planner Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, experience or training
• A minimum of 2 years directly relevant work experience, preferably 3-5 years of experience in Supply Chain, Planning (Supply, Demand, Materials, etc.), Manufacturing and/or Logistics functions
• Understanding of Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) basics, Demand, Production and Capacity Management, including key metrics
• Ability to interpret driving factors and implement corrective actions
• Understanding of Manufacturing best practices and key metrics
• Understanding of manufacturing processes (not necessarily Footwear or Apparel)
• Experience aligning cross-cultural, virtual teams
  
  Ability to evaluate and recommend improvements in manufacturing strategies to meet inventory and service objectives
• Experience in creating tools to support analytics of key business performance metrics
• Experience working in a diverse, cross-functional environment and fostering a culture of belonging throughout
• Effective communication skills, including in-person, written and via phone
• Effective presentation skills, both visual & oral
• Results-oriented mentality for prioritizing work, managing upward and downward as necessary
• Proficiency with Microsoft office suite
• Proactive, thoughtful self-starter who embraces and leads change through strategic, innovative solutions while driving clarity and accountability to manage a dynamic materials supply chain environment
• Instill trust and act with courage
• Embrace and lead change
• Foster effective teamwork and value differences
• Communicate vision and purpose and drive clarity
• Strategic thinker that cultivates innovation

Responsive Material Planner Description:

• Lead the apparel excess management and footwear lead time exception processes and the communication of recommendations to mitigate excess materials
• Ensure tactical support and partner with the Global Materials Planning team and cross-functional stakeholders to develop and implement new strategies for a responsive, flexible materials supply chain
• Act as an important part of the Global Material Planning & Sourcing team by working with the Materials Supply Chain (MatSC) partner groups, as well as functions external to MatSC
• Partner within the Materials Planning & Sourcing ecosystem to develop and implement capabilities across the functions to meet goals across our key pillars of responsiveness, resiliency, and sustainability
• Lead, facilitate, and coordinate cross functionally to execute the business
• Collaborate with key business  partners to provide clear and  timely, material availability
• Analyze materials demand, executing mitigation processes to ensure on-time production of materials from key vendors
• Ability to drive data-driven decision-making
• Represent Materials Planning  as a subject matter expert (SME)
• Partner with Materials Responsive and Inventory Planning Manager, Global Material Planning & Sourcing Leadership team to create future capabilities
• Develop and implement new strategies for responsive, flexible materials supply chain to drive on-time delivery of materials
• Identify, scope and partner with Tech & Analytics teams to develop new analytics and/or systems capabilities