Material Planner (Manufacturing, Raw Materials, Chemicals) (Houston, TX or Huntsville, AL)
Essential Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain raw material supply plans aligned with production schedules, customer demand forecasts, and manufacturing capacity.
- Utilize ERP/MRP systems to execute planning recommendations, purchase orders, rescheduling activities, and replenishment strategies.
- Manage supply plans in Make-to-Stock (MTS), Build-to-Order (BTO), and/or Assemble-to-Order (ATO) manufacturing environments.
- Balance material availability while minimizing shortages, excess inventory, and expedite costs.
- Analyze inventory performance using Inventory Turns, Days of Supply, Safety Stock, Service Levels, Excess & Obsolete Inventory, and Slow-Moving Inventory.
- Determine and maintain appropriate safety stock based on demand variability and supplier lead times.
- Perform supply chain analysis using demand trends, supplier performance, consumption patterns, and inventory data.
- Interpret MRP exception messages and proactively resolve material shortages.
- Monitor market conditions affecting raw material availability, supplier capacity, pricing, transportation, and lead times.
- Collaborate with Procurement, Manufacturing, Warehouse, Logistics, Quality, R&D, and Customer Service to ensure uninterrupted production.
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Operations, or related field preferred.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Material Planning, Supply Planning, Production Planning, or Raw Material Planning within manufacturing.
- Experience using ERP/MRP systems (SAP S/4HANA preferred).
- Experience supporting MTS, BTO, or ATO manufacturing environments.
- Demonstrated inventory management and inventory analytics experience.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Manufacturing Supply Planning
- Inventory Management & Optimization
- Supply Chain Analysis
- Market Trend Analysis
- MRP Planning & Exception Management
- Manufacturing Inventory Analytics
- Demand Planning
- Production Planning Support
- Supplier Collaboration
- Risk Identification & Mitigation
- Data-Driven Decision Making
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
2 - Professionals (EEO-1 Job Categories-United States of America)
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