Material Planning Analyst - Electronics Manufactcuring

Flex•Austin, TX

About The Position

Flex is seeking a Material Planning Analyst to maintain materials and purchasing data, provide supply data and information to production departments, coordinate contracts, maintain supplier Certificates of Conformance, and create and maintain outsourced-parts schedules. The role supports data accuracy and integrity, reporting, materials financial performance, purchasing, material planning, and supply-chain activities within a manufacturing environment. The analyst collects, compiles, audits, and presents data from multiple sources; prepares reports, spreadsheets, and charts; identifies and escalates potential metric issues; and recommends process or communication improvements where applicable. The position also supports inventory control, supply-chain management, material planning and scheduling, supplier scorecards, NPI transfer and risk management, PPV tracking, and production-order maintenance.

Requirements

Typically requires a bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
Typically requires at least 3 years of experience in materials or a related field.
Experience must be from manufacturing companies.
Excellent analytical experience with supply and demand reports.
Experience with work-order consumption.
Proficiency in Excel, including VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, and SUMIFs.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

Nice To Haves

Background in electronics manufacturing is desired.

Responsibilities

Maintain materials and purchasing data and provide supply data and information to production departments.
Coordinate contracts, maintain Certificates of Conformance for suppliers, and create and maintain outsourced-parts schedules.
Audit data for accuracy and resolve data-integrity issues, including issues related to quotations.
Collect, compile, and present data from multiple sources, and prepare summary reports, spreadsheets, graphics, and charts.
Assist in preparing recommendations to management based on data research.
Create and/or maintain databases supporting data collection.
Identify and escalate potential issues related to metrics and suggest process or communication improvements for metric tracking.
Track materials financial performance and initiate corrective actions when required.
Review RMA transactions daily.
Create weekly purchase orders, including all client parts.
Enter data for clients and update content lists and item masters.
Serve as a point of contact for client consigned-material supply and client bulk RMA service.
Support inventory control, supply-chain management, material planning, and scheduling as required.
Research bills of materials by site and perform reporting and supplier scorecard activities.
Assist with supply-chain transfer and risk management for NPI.
Support PPV targeting and tracking and asset velocity.
Design, manage, and control data research tools.
Create and maintain production orders based on deviations.