Material Planner

DSV • Bridgeport, CT

5d • Onsite

About The Position

DSV is seeking a Material Planner to join their Solutions division in Bridgeport, AL. The role involves ensuring timely delivery of materials, managing lead times, expediting orders, and reviewing customer build/ship plans. The Material Planner will also be responsible for managing dock operations, including safety procedures and material tracking, and will supervise dock leads. This position offers a backup role for the build's supervisor, with the goal of understanding all systems and processes to potentially run the department in the supervisor's absence. Additionally, the role assists with new building startups, coordinates with local customer teams and construction, compiles data for manager meetings, and identifies areas for financial and efficiency improvements related to material management. The Material Planner will also coordinate inbound and outbound material planning at the customer's site and manage work tickets for material movement.

Requirements

• Ensure that all commitments from the various demand planning groups are within the agreed upon product lead times
• Resolve delays in providing the needed material within the agreed upon timeline
• Manage the lead times of all delivery orders placed on behalf of the customer and report any issues with lead times
• Expedite SAP delivery orders to the site with assistance from internal and external partners
• Review the customer’s build/ship plans ensuring the plan will meet the commitments based on the delivery dates
• Able to identify areas of opportunity to help promote continuous improvement projects by putting together a project plan, proposal, and seeing the project through to completion
• Manage dock operations for the site by ensuring all safety procedures are followed, training documentation is current/audited, and material is dispositioned and tracked correctly
• Manage dock leads during business hours and ensure he/she can follow all processes and procedures for the site
• Serve in a backup role for the build’s supervisor
• Gaining an understanding of all systems, spreadsheets, and processes with the goal of running the department when the supervisor is not at the site
• Assist with the startup of new buildings by ensuring all safety procedures are followed and all temporary/permanent areas are set up for daily operations with minimal supervision
• Coordinates with local customer teams and construction on building startup projects and deliveries
• Compiles and prepares data for manager meetings and can present data concisely
• Identifies areas of improvement around material that can lead to financial and efficiency improvements
• Coordinates with warehouse personnel in the planning and prioritization of all inbound and outbound material at the customer’s site
• This includes coordinating direct deliveries to the customers site and drop trailers
• Manages work tickets for the movement of material at the customers site and back to the warehouse so it can be re-inventoried

Responsibilities

• Ensure that all commitments from the various demand planning groups are within the agreed upon product lead times
• Resolve delays in providing the needed material within the agreed upon timeline
• Manage the lead times of all delivery orders placed on behalf of the customer and report any issues with lead times
• Expedite SAP delivery orders to the site with assistance from internal and external partners
• Review the customer’s build/ship plans ensuring the plan will meet the commitments based on the delivery dates
• Identify areas of opportunity to help promote continuous improvement projects by putting together a project plan, proposal, and seeing the project through to completion
• Manage dock operations for the site by ensuring all safety procedures are followed, training documentation is current/audited, and material is dispositioned and tracked correctly
• Manage dock leads during business hours and ensure he/she can follow all processes and procedures for the site
• Serve in a backup role for the build’s supervisor
• Gain an understanding of all systems, spreadsheets, and processes with the goal of running the department when the supervisor is not at the site
• Assist with the startup of new buildings by ensuring all safety procedures are followed and all temporary/permanent areas are set up for daily operations with minimal supervision
• Coordinate with local customer teams and construction on building startup projects and deliveries
• Compile and prepare data for manager meetings and can present data concisely
• Identify areas of improvement around material that can lead to financial and efficiency improvements
• Coordinate with warehouse personnel in the planning and prioritization of all inbound and outbound material at the customer’s site
• Coordinate direct deliveries to the customers site and drop trailers
• Manage work tickets for the movement of material at the customers site and back to the warehouse so it can be re-inventoried

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed