Material Planning Analyst 1

Flex•Salt Lake City, UT

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary. The Material Planning Analyst will be based in a specified location and will be responsible for maintaining materials/purchasing data, supplying data and information to other production departments, coordinating contracts, maintaining Certificates of Conformance for all suppliers, and creating and maintaining outsourced parts schedules. Through the collective strength of 140,000 team members across 30 countries and responsible, sustainable operations, Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career with Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference, invest in your growth, and build great products for our customers that improve people’s lives. Together, let’s create the extraordinary! Join our talent community to learn more about job opportunities, company news and events.

Requirements

Typically requires a Bachelor degree in related field or equivalent experience.
A minimum of 1 year of experience in materials or related field.

Nice To Haves

A background in electronics manufacturing is desired.

Responsibilities

Assists in auditing data for accuracy and preparing summary reports, spreadsheets, graphics and charts based on the research of data.
May assist in the preparation of recommendations to management based on the research of data.
Collects, compiles, and presents various types of data.
Prepares summary reports, spreadsheets, and charts based on research of data from multiple sources, which may include but will not be limited to customer bills of material reports, staff metrics, PPV metrics, and PPV form tracking.
May create and/or maintain databases in help of data collection.
Audits data.
Resolves data integrity issues, including but not limited to quotations.
Proactively identifies and escalates potential issues related to metrics.
Where applicable, suggest process/communication improvements relative to metric tracking activities.
Tracks materials financial performance and initiate corrective actions when required.
Daily review of RMA transactions.
Create weekly purchase orders including all client parts.
Receive data entry for clients.
Update content list and item master.
Prepare DPT packing list for LCAD repairing.
Window to client material (consigned parts) supply.
Window to client bulk RMA service.
May hold up inventory control, supply chain management, material planning and scheduling.
Develop commodity spend profiles/breaks-downs: guide time profiling, inventory positioning, and site execution to price.
Establish common pricing research tools.
Provide detailed bill of materials research by site.
Perform general reporting and activities for score carding of suppliers.
Validate site pricing through implementation of a common cost review and pricing process.
Assist in the supply chain transfer and risk management for NPI.
Provide PPV targeting, tracking and asset velocity.
Design, manage and control all data research tools.