Material Planner

Superior Essex•Fort Wayne, IN

39d

About The Position

Essex Brownell is seeking a highly motivated Material Planner to join our Procurement team. In this role, you will manage planning and purchasing of materials to optimize cost, availability, and inventory turns. The role ensures supplier compliance, meets daily purchasing needs, maintains accurate inventory controls, and works with sales/marketing to keep forecasts current and materials delivered on time.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from accredited college or university in Business, Logistics or a related field
Three to four years of related experience in a distribution/manufacturing environment
Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Process organizing and coordinating skills. Strong attention to detail, sound business judgment and strong planning and organization skills required.
Strong interpersonal communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse business community.
Must be team focused individual as exhibited in actions and approach.
Must be flexible in a dynamic environment to change practices or procedures in order to deliver optimum performance.
Advanced application skills in Microsoft Excel, Access, and Word in addition to functional knowledge of all other Microsoft Office programs

Nice To Haves

QAD and Cyberquery experience preferred by not required

Responsibilities

Planning and purchasing of materials for distribution following established policies and procedures that optimize cost, material availability and inventory turns.
Manage supplier compliance
Establish and meet daily purchasing requirements
Develop/utilize a system of controls to monitor and maintain inventory levels to ensure that material requires are fulfilled successfully and in a timely manner.
Work closely with sales/marketing to develop and maintain and accurate forecast.
Supplier compliance management
Monitor inventory levels and adjust as necessary; minimize material stock outs
Analyzes reported material demands and reorder prompts
Procures materials from approved supply sources in a timely manner
Monitors and reports on material shelf life expiration reports to minimize potential inventory loss; monitors inventory to identify and reduce potential surplus and obsolete material
Maximizes inventory turns