Material Planner Purchasing & Materials Michigan - USA Posted: 02/04/2025 | Accepting Until: 03/08/2025 | Positions Available: 1 Job Responsibilities Job Responsibilities: + Determining the required materials and generating purchase orders. + Ensuring materials meet specifications, quality standards, and are cost-efficient. + Ensuring the consistent and adequate supply of materials necessary for production. + Coordinating with other departments regarding production goals, timelines, supplier payments, etc. + Tracking production volume and monitoring customer demand patterns and purchasing trends. + Scheduling and overseeing the supply and delivery of materials and products. + Liaising with customers, suppliers, and distributors. + Managing inventory issues, schedule changes, and cancellations. + Preparing cost estimates and performance reports. + Provide input and develop inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs. + Review and assess risk to supply, demand variability and identify opportunities to manage and mitigate risk. + Create, monitor, and provide information to the Materials Manager to support S&OP metrics, and key performance indicators. + Translate customer orders and forecasted requirements into the manufacturing production schedule. + Keep Materials Manager informed of fluctuations in customer demands that require adjustments, review and ensure schedules are maintained and desired inventory levels are met. + Monitor changes in customer requirements on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis to ensure production schedules and plans are on target. + Optimize system planning parameters to drive accurate production requirements. (routing times, lot sizing, rounding values, etc.) + Perform and publish root cause analyses on key metrics including Customer Service Level, Actual vs. Scheduled Production, and Forecast Accuracy. + Review all order change requests including additions, deletions, and ship date movement to determine appropriate action(s). + Consult with appropriate internal departments to determine viability of change requests, keep Materials Manager informed if additional cost is an impact of changes. + Help monitor inventory levels in both WIP and FG ensuring they remain within pre-determined levels. + Present daily and weekly summary of key information to Materials Manager. Job Requirements Job Requirements + Knowledge of manufacturing processes and supply chain management + Familiarity order management, materials management, logistics, production planning and detailed scheduling + Experience working with ERP systems, SAP a plus + Must have experience in negotiating and reducing costs + Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills + Ability to present and communicate at all levels of the Company + Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint); proficient experience using internal SAP system preferred + Strong attention to detail + Strong organizational and time management skills + Strong analytical and problem-solving skills + Dependable and reliable Education + High school diploma/GED required + Degree in business, logistics, inventory management, or a related field preferred + 5+ years of experience in material planning, inventory management, purchasing, or a related position Reasoning Ability Ability to apply common sense understanding, follow detailed and involved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a several varying situations. Qualification Requirements To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee is required to frequently stand, walk, reach, and use hand to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, twist crouch, or crawl, and communicate with co-workers. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 2 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 5 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Leave this field blank