Material Planner

New Flyer • Jamestown, NY

13d • $58,000 - $62,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Support all manufacturing engineering activities within assigned manufacturing cell(s) including implementing and facilitating lean manufacturing initiatives, implementing ECN’s, assigning inventory locations, conducting contract reviews, creating shop floor instructions, evaluating standards and completing capital and facility upgrades.

Requirements

• Proven experience in materials planning or a related field.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and make informed decisions.
• Proficiency in Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Capability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Familiarity with ISO procedures and continuous improvement methodologies.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with lean manufacturing principles is a plus.
• A degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate planning for materials department
• Coordination for processing materials to POU location by requirement date.
• Responsible for inventory accuracy and achieving inventory goals.
• Responsible for MRP; work MRP messages and monitor daily OAS (order action summary)
• Ensure all aspects of the MRB processes are followed.
• Monitor measure and meet all materials measurements.
• Drive the reduction of inventory adjustments.
• Ensure accurate implementation of Engineering Change Orders to released jobs.
• Responsible for discrete job accuracy; maintaining accuracy of 500 series requirements and accuracy of reject requirements.
• Assist in reducing obsolete inventory.
• Responsible for work orders being released to manufacturing on a timely basis; ensure release planned orders to release dates.
• Responsible for maintaining sub-inventories.
• Coordinate kitting activities from New Flyer to identified suppliers; update daily kitting reports and lists.
• Work with capacity planning to find under/over loads to determine if outsourcing or level loading is required; update weekly capacity charts.
• Ensure materials planning in the following key areas: responsible for make IR process, communication to other plants, monitor and reduce obsolete to zero, ensure gateways and bowling alleys are empty at the end of each shift, monitor and reduce past due demand to zero, reduce negatives to zero, new work order package are delivered daily, shop orders are released to start date, review daily dispatch list, release planned orders to release date, correct materials in shop order BOM as required, adjust shop order quantities increase/decreases as required, ensure closed jobs are auctioned daily, work shop order process to completion stages
• Work with Mfg Engineering to keep routing update

Benefits

• Competitive Wages and comprehensive benefit package with Immediate benefit eligibility
• Paid holidays and vacation
• 401K with generous company match
• On-the-job training in a continuous learning environment (we invested $15.9 million in 2024)
• Advancement opportunities within our family of companies

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree