What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supply Management Planner position at viva?
Supply Management Planner
Your Responsibilities
As a Supply Management Planner for you’ll communicate with suppliers regarding delivery plans and expedite direct materials to ensure production runs without disruption.
In addition, you will:
Running supplier meetings to review delinquent orders and create acceptable delivery plans
Work with Supply Management personnel to maintain supplier relationships, while monitoring, measuring, and defining corrective actions to improve supplier performance
Continuously analyze and resolve past due orders while proactively communicating supply issues to appropriate stakeholders
Resolve shipping and receiving issues to ensure timely payment to suppliers
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and improve processes
Planners have an overarching goal to ensure all parts on their desk have delivery plans in place to ensure production needs are satisfied
What Skills You Need
Strong and effective communication
Multi-task with the ability to shift and organize priorities
Align urgency with action
Analyze information from multiple sources
Work in a fast-paced team environment
Basic knowledge of Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, etc )
What Makes You Standout
Supply management experience
Experience in areas outside of Supply Management such as material flow, supplier development, logistics, or operations
Enjoy working in a team environment
Work well independently
SAP Experience
Education
Ideally, you will have a degree or equivalent related work experience in the following:
Degree in a Business/Management, Engineering/Technology or Supply Management discipline or equivalent work experience
Notes:
1st shift 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM OT hours may be required by client
VIVA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants have an equal opportunity for placement, and all employees have an equal opportunity to develop on the job. This means that VIVA will not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status