Material Analyst - Electronics

Magna International•Holly, MI

About The Position

The Material Analyst oversees supplier planning through EDI, email, meetings, and other coordination. The role works with other departments to ensure proper delivery, quality, reliability, and cost consistency, and resolves conflicts involving supplier delivery schedules, raw materials, and inventory. The analyst develops or supports strategies and solutions to improve costs, supply stability, commodity quality, and other business factors, participates in continuous improvement, and tracks supplier performance while working with suppliers to improve quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and support. The position analyzes and updates SAP planning data and supports inventory reductions. It works with the master scheduler and production to meet customer requirements on time, coordinates unique material for production and PPAP build timing, reviews and corrects COGI errors, and participates in cross-functional teams to achieve program objectives. The analyst directs and monitors the supply base to maintain minimum inventory levels, supports commodity teams in optimizing supplier performance and reducing obsolescence, maintains SAP part numbers and master data, monitors supplier compliance, supports ISO/TS certification conformance, and manages inbound freight and expediting. The role also cross-trains on other Material Analyst commodities and performs other duties as necessary to support business objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business or a related field, including materials experience.
At least 1 year of experience; the posting specifies 1 to 2 years minimum.
SAP planning experience.
Experience in a dynamic, fast-paced manufacturing environment and ability to multitask and prioritize responsibilities.
Proven experience working with cross-functional teams to complete daily tasks and projects.
Strong leadership and team facilitation skills to develop strategies, plan and lead, manage, and coordinate assignment timing.
Excellent organizational skills, including establishing priorities, identifying and setting goals, and meeting deadlines.
Effective communication skills for collaborating with team members, supervisors, and other employees.
Knowledge or experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.
Strong problem-solving skills to identify and troubleshoot issues.

Nice To Haves

Understanding of purchasing.

Responsibilities

Oversee supplier planning through EDI, email, meetings, and other means.
Coordinate with other departments to ensure proper delivery, quality, reliability, and cost consistency.
Resolve conflicts involving supplier delivery schedules, raw materials, and inventory.
Develop or assist with strategies and solutions to improve cost levels, supply stability, commodity quality, and other governing factors.
Participate in continuous improvement activities.
Track supplier performance and work with suppliers to improve quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and support.
Analyze and update SAP planning data and support inventory reductions.
Work with the master scheduler and production to ensure customer requirements are met on time.
Negotiate release changes within lead times to achieve DOH KPIs.
Coordinate unique material availability for production to support PPAP build timing.
Review and reconcile COGI errors and implement corrective actions after identifying root causes.
Participate in cross-functional teams, including Engineering, Purchasing, Program Management, and Manufacturing, to meet program objectives.
Direct and monitor the supply base to maintain minimum inventory levels.
Participate in Commodity Global Teams to optimize supplier performance and minimize obsolescence.
Develop supplier partnerships to ensure conformance with Magna objectives.
Work with the Master Scheduler and Customer Admin to manage variances to the inbound supply schedule.
Maintain part numbers in SAP and perform master data maintenance.
Monitor supplier performance and hold suppliers accountable for non-compliance events.
Support ISO/TS certification conformance.
Manage inbound supplier freight and expedites, and maintain a premium freight log for inbound shipments.
Cross-train on other Material Analyst commodities.
Perform other duties as necessary in support of business objectives.