What are the responsibilities and job description for the Materials Planner position at Zimmer, Inc.?
At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient's mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.
As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered and recognised.
The Materials Planner ensures that the supply of materials meet the forecast and production schedule, as needed. This role must also communicate to a variety of groups around materials shortages, volumes, and capacity. This requires the ability to maintain strong internal and external relationships to ensure supply of materials meets requirements. In doing so, this position helps Zimmer Biomet commit to the highest standards of patient safety and quality in our products and services and to world-class integrity and ethical business practices.
Strategy & Vision
- Develops, maintains, and communicates materials schedules, inventory positions, and product costs to supply planning, manufacturing operations and others, as necessary
Operations
- Schedule the supply of direct materials and components from qualified suppliers in sufficient lead time to meet production requirements and safety stock levels
- Reconcile supply non-conformances, return of product, and re-planning of material needs
- Escalate supplier capacity related issues and overall performance issues to sourcing team / commodity management
- Purchasing of inventory items and indirect services
- Provide product availability commitments
- Main contact with AP regarding questions on invoices and order receipts for payment
- Assist with new vendor setup
- Effectively utilize company resources
- Accountable for the accuracy and impact of planning decisions
- Planning system maintenance and updates to ensure -integrity of Planning data
- Comply with Government, Regulatory and Zimmer Biomet Policies and Procedures
- Establishes standard costs in support of annual inventory valuation
- Support creation of metrics for operational reporting relative to areas responsible
This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and might not necessarily comprise all of the essential functions for purposes of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- Knowledge of supply chain planning, purchasing and accounting principles
- Strong communication and negotiation skills
- Ability to work to deadlines and produce outputs on a regular, timely basis
- Understanding of end-to-end supply chain and manufacturing interactions, activities, and underlying interdependencies
- Ability to use analytical tools to issue, support, and execute decisions
- Analytical skills and ability to extract meaning from information from various sources of data
- Excellent communications skills required with the ability to communicate appropriately with all levels
- Must be a self-starter, self-managed, an effective team player and possess excellent analytical / problem solving skills
- Excellent Spreadsheet skills and proficient use of Microsoft Office products (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
- BS or BA in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, or another related field preferred
- 3 years of experience in supply chain, project management, planning, strongly preferred to have experience more than one area
- Experience with medical devices preferred
- Supplier collaboration/purchasing experience required
- Experience with one or more ERP system preferred
EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability
Employment Type: OTHER