Material Planning Agent

MillerKnoll•Hildebran, NC

About The Position

Responsible for the planning, delivery, quality, and inventory investments of all raw material and purchased products to support manufacturing needs and customer on time shipments relative to suppliers. Geiger designs play an important role in creating environments where people want to be—spaces that stimulate creative and analytical thinking, strengthen organizational culture, and communicate trust to clients and visitors. Our purpose is design for the good of humankind. It’s the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of Geiger means being a part of something larger than your work team, or even your brand. We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows Geiger to support causes that align with our values, so we can build a more sustainable, equitable, and beautiful future for everyone.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business or related field or equivalent and/or three to five years proven material planning experience.
Demonstrated ability to work in an environment with frequently changing priorities, and with different tasks, responsibilities and people.
Demonstrated ability to build networks and relationships both within and outside the organization.
Demonstrated communication skills that can successfully explore alternatives and points of view to reach an agreement that all parties support and accept.
A team player that can motivate and lead others to accomplish similar goals yet be able to work independently.
Must possess a good understanding of manufacturing, production, scheduling processes as well as overall business capabilities for both MillerKnoll and suppliers.
Must have demonstrated a strong technical knowledge of material requirements planning, scheduling and lean initiatives.
Ability to handle confidential information.
Demonstrated leadership and project management skills.
Must be able to perform all essential functions of the position with or without accommodations.

Responsibilities

Ability to travel to suppliers when required.
Acts as a resource for decision-making and problem solving.
Assure raw material flow to manufacturing areas by coordinating with and communicating with suppliers, inventory control, production, engineering, etc.
Communicate with Accounting, Purchasing, and Finance to resolve pricing, transportation, set up charges or other supplier related invoicing issues.
Develop and control inventory strategies and investments to support manufacturing needs while ensuring the best possible utilization of inventory space and dollars, as well as inventory accuracy.
Initiates and leads the development and implementation of new strategies relative to materials management processes.
Perform additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.
Provides training and act as a mentor to the Material Planning Team.
Work with New Product Engineers and New Product Development to represent material strategies, manufacturing needs, and supplier development in new product development and implementation as well as identifying opportunities to reduce total material cost. (ie part consolidation, part design).
Work with quality engineers to resolve quality related issues as needed.
Responsible for resolution and communication of these issues with suppliers utilizing the NCM system and other resources as needed.
Work with, support, and initiate communication with Supplier Development Managers and Supplier Commodity Managers to ensure effective communication with and continued development of the supplier base, which includes training, communicating business needs, and articulating overall business capabilities.
Performs additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.