Material Planner

Cummins•Morristown, TN

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About The Position

Cummins is seeking a Material Planner specializing in Supply Chain Planning at its Cummins Drivetrain and Braking System Facility in Morristown, Tennessee. The role manages end-to-end material planning and execution for assigned product families, ensuring materials are available to support production and customer demand. It balances supply with customer requirements, inventory strategies, production schedules, and operational needs, while monitoring demand, inventory, work-in-process, capacity, and outside processing to identify and manage risks. The Material Planner develops recovery plans for shortages, supplier delays, capacity constraints, and other disruptions; communicates potential supply and delivery risks to customers and internal stakeholders; and collaborates with production, purchasing, supply continuity, logistics, quality, customer service, suppliers, and planning teams. The role also maintains supplier schedules and commitments, supports constrained-supply allocation, monitors supplier performance, and identifies opportunities to improve material flow, inventory visibility, planning accuracy, supplier performance, and operational metrics in support of safety, quality, delivery, cost, and inventory objectives.

Requirements

College, university, or equivalent degree required.
Bachelor’s degree required.
Minimal to intermediate level of experience required.
Strong analytical skills, including the ability to interpret large datasets, identify trends, evaluate risks, and translate data into actionable priorities and recovery plans.
Strong understanding of inventory management, WIP control, production planning, material flow, and materials planning systems.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including PivotTables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, formulas, reporting, and data analysis, as well as planning systems.
Effective communication and collaboration skills for conveying shortages, constraints, recovery actions, and delivery expectations across functions and with suppliers and stakeholders.
Ownership, accountability, organization, follow-through, and ability to drive issues to resolution.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree, particularly in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, Logistics, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Manage end-to-end material planning and execution for assigned product families to ensure materials are available for production and customer demand.
Align material supply with customer requirements, inventory strategies, production schedules, and operational needs.
Track customer demand, inventory levels, work-in-process, capacity, and outside processing activities to identify and address potential risks.
Develop and drive recovery plans for material shortages, supplier delays, capacity constraints, and other disruptions.
Identify and communicate supply and delivery risks to customers and internal stakeholders before commitments are affected.
Partner with Production, Purchasing, Supply Continuity, Logistics, Quality, Customer Service, suppliers, and planning teams to adjust material plans and resolve issues.
Maintain supplier schedules and commitments, support constrained-supply allocation, monitor supplier performance, and escalate risks.
Identify opportunities to improve material flow, inventory visibility, planning accuracy, supplier performance, and operational metrics.
Use data analysis to identify trends, evaluate risks, and establish actionable priorities and recovery plans.
Manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, follow through, stay organized, and independently drive issues to resolution.