Material Planner

Job Responsibilities:

• Planning
• Work daily MRP exception messages.
• Manage flow of material between supplier and plant.
• Ensure materials are available for production.
• Meet the targets on days of inventory.
• Expedite Purchase Order with supplier.
• Crisis shortage provide priority to the supplier.
• Monthly review of vendor forecast.
• Review Open order report with supplier.
• Update in SAP purchase orders due dates.
• Review and adjust MRP planning parameters such as safety stock, minimum lot sizes, rounding values, pallet quantities, lead times, lot sizing procedures, etc.
• Quarterly review of the replenishment strategy Kanban, ROP or MRP.
• Interfaces with MPS Planners and Production Scheduler.

Skills:

• Experience with Material Requirements Planning (MRP), ERP / SAP, production scheduling, and inventory management.
• Experience working with SAP desirable.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
• Technical / analytical / problem-solving skills.
• Solid background in materials management / methodology.
• Adept at thinking on your feet, problem resolution, providing direction to multiple groups, resolving conflict, improving efficiencies, continuous improvement Downstream Flow Controller Description.
• Follow up to SAP Planning order exceptions (past due, expedite, push out, cancel).
• Finished Good Production Scheduling.
• Publish Daily Production Plan.
• Follow up of Production orders status and barriers.
• Review with kitting if they are having issues with material.
• Review if orders are converted in SAP, if not need to start converting planned orders to production orders.
• Reviewing missing parts coming out in the release simulation to see if production could start working without them.
• Create missing parts file and request to Upstream team the estimate arrival time.
• Release orders and prepare them to production, separate them by assemblies.
• Production Schedule Attainment.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor Degree from an accredited institution in Engineering, Supply Chain Management or Business