Material Planner

Ahlstrom•Stevens Point, WI

About The Position

You have a choice of where you want to work! We invite you along on our journey to Purify and Protect, with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World . We aim to attract, retain, and energize passionate people, like you , by investing in your professional development and providing opportunities for personal growth. Do your values align with ours? Accountability, Growth mindset, One team, Care and a fair and inclusive work environment for everyone, everywhere! We strive to meet the highest standards of corporate citizenship by protecting the health and safety of our team , safeguarding the environment, and creating a long-lasting, positive impact on the communities where we do business. Are you with us?!? The Material Planner is responsible for ordering materials according to specifications, maintaining delivery schedules, coordinating with plant teams, and supporting procurement strategy by balancing contract volumes among preferred suppliers. This includes managing purchase orders, invoice error handling, and collaborating with logistics to meet manufacturing and stock requirements. All following points are applied to Pulp, Chemicals, and packaging categories:

Requirements

Minimum of 3 years of experience in material planning and transportation schedule
Possesses a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or related field
Proven experience in supplier relationship management
Proven experience in driving and executing tasks and activities in Procure to Pay (P2P)

Responsibilities

PRICE AND CONDITION MANAGEMENT Ensure that the Purchase orders are placed with reference to the contract when applies.
P2P PO management to reflect supplier delivery schedule in the system.
Act as 1st line of contact for invoice 3-way matching error handling.
MATERIAL PLANNING Calculate each raw material volume requirement for annual budget based on the sales team input and communicate this volume to Global Direct Category Manager
Manage the supply of materials according to the manufacturing schedule and stock levels (MRP); Monitor raw materials supply schedule and manage the raw materials flow; Managing inventory issues, schedule changes, and cancellations.
Collaborate with logistics to manage the supply of materials according to the sites logistics constraints
PROCESSES SUPPORT Suggest methods to update, simplify, and enhance processes, procedures, and tools
PROCUREMENT STRATEGY SUPPORT Identify spending not driven through preferred suppliers / Spot by alignment with the category management
Support the strategic objectives by balancing the contracts volumes assignment among the preferred suppliers and reporting them to category management.
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION Manage supplier claims as well as supplier evaluations of plants according to Ahlstrom tools and procedures for Direct Materials.
Track each supplier raw material delivery service level of ‘On-Time-As-Requested-In-Full (OTARIF)’ and communicate to Direct Category Manager for improvement action requirement in case there are any major issues with Supplier’s delivery service level.
SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT Be the first point of contact for the supplier customer service.