Material Planner - The Toro Company

The Toro Company • Tomah, WI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

As the Material Planner, this position ensures seamless material flow and production support through strategic planning and coordination. It involves coordinating supply chain activities, maintaining inventory alignment with company policies, and resolving issues to keep production running smoothly and efficiently. While also contributing to the training and development of new planners.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED, technical certification preferred
• 1-3 years of relevant experience in supply chain, procurement, demand planning, or warehousing.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills for working with internal and external customers
• Exceptional critical thinking skills
• Strong computer skills including MS office products and ability to learn ERP systems
• Strong organizational skills
• Attention to detail
• Demonstrated self-initiative
• Strong interpersonal skills in working with a variety of cross-functional teams.
• Strong understanding of safety regulations and compliance standards.
• Work with a sense of urgency and ability to prioritize tasks as needed

Nice To Haves

• A bachelor’s degree in a related field is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Participate in daily Tier meetings to communicate material status
• Coordinate with engineering, quality and internal materials teams
• Report supply chain problems in a timely manner and work with suppliers to resolve issues
• Assists in the issuance of lines down reports
• Develop the material requirements for assigned commodities using all Toro SAP information, planned order and buy information
• Participate in critical need activities to support Production Planning
• Plan purchase orders and JIT materials within inventory, freight costs
• Firm release specifying quantities and delivery dates utilizing the desired inventory level policies.
• Maintain the A, B, and C policies as prescribed for planning buckets
• Ensure material is available to meet production needs
• Collaborate with the buyer and vendor to resolve all supply issues and ensure timely delivery
• Coordinate all transportation activities for assigned commodities, keeping the overall costs within the optimum cost and time parameters.
• Follow the Tomah/Toro freight policies
• Onboards and trains new planners, sharing knowledge, and best practices to support team development

Benefits

• competitive salary
• an affordable and top tier medical/dental/vision plan
• 401k

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED