Material Planner - MPY

AkzoNobel•Nashville, TN

4d•$70,000 - $80,000•Onsite

About The Position

AkzoNobel is hiring a Material Planner in Nashville, Tennessee. The role creates and manages distribution requirements plans to optimize product distribution from factories and central warehouses to regional and global warehouses while supporting customer service. The planner interprets market demand and customer needs to allocate production and inventory, balancing service, inventory, and cost. The position manages distribution planning activities so forecasts and orders meet customer service requirements for reliability, lead time, minimum order quantity, and transportation mode, while ensuring availability aligns with MRP parameters, replenishment strategies, and production and supplier capabilities. It also maintains accurate master and transactional data, integrates planning with other teams and stakeholders, supports performance reviews and KPI reporting, and contributes to projects and process improvements across inventory, service, and slow- and obsolete-stock management.

Requirements

University or college education in Business Administration, Economics, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or another relevant discipline.
At least 1 year of experience in supply planning in FMCG, paint/coatings, or retail.
Experience with supply planning in SAP and BI.
Good understanding of handling and transporting goods, including dangerous goods.
Experience moving product across the US–Canada border and knowledge of cross-border documentation requirements.
Results-focused, with good problem-solving skills, including identifying and structuring issues, conducting accurate analyses, and synthesizing recommendations.
Strong desire to challenge and improve the status quo.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills; flexibility and ability to work under pressure.
Fluent in English and able to work in English, with understanding and sensitivity to different cultural behaviors.

Responsibilities

Manage supply and replenishment across the supply network, reviewing mid- and long-term supply plans against available resources and warehouse capacity.
Consolidate independent, dependent, and distribution demand at the SKU level.
Set inventory requirements and manage the DRP process; resolve exceptions in accordance with IBP rules.
Release distribution plans over the full horizon and on weekly or daily cycles for Stock Transfer Orders and ICDs, depending on the flows.
Project inventory volume and value, and plan warehouse and logistics capacity.
Review logistics schedule adherence and drive improvements, including truck-load optimization.
Manage demand exceptions with demand managers and planners, logistics, and the Supply Planning Manager.
Drive gatekeeping meetings with other departments and support provision of relevant performance KPIs.
Provide impact analysis for decisions or scenarios and support reporting as needed.
Balance OTIF service levels and OWC inventory targets at primary and/or secondary distribution centers while considering manufacturing cost impacts.
Manage reduction and prevention of slow- and obsolete-moving stock, and ensure rework and scrapping at primary and/or secondary distribution centers or the site.
Monitor FINI distributed to distribution centers and act as a contact point to resolve over- or under-stock positions.
Execute and support allocation of constrained supply to demand and create needed visibility across the network.
Maintain a good understanding of production and distribution throughput times.
Define and maintain replenishment policies for all SKUs, taking account of shipment restrictions and calendars, inventory stocking policies, and ERP safety-stock levels.
Provide input to inventory strategy, including safety-stock settings for existing, new, and phase-out products.
Ensure master-data correctness and proper housekeeping of transactional data.
Support projects and process improvements to improve planning performance and efficiency.