Material Planning Analyst - Electronics Manufactcuring

Flex•Austin, TX

About The Position

Flex is seeking a Material Planning Analyst to maintain materials and purchasing data, supply information to production departments, coordinate contracts, maintain supplier Certificates of Conformance, and create and maintain schedules for outsourced parts. The role supports data accuracy, reporting, materials financial performance, purchasing, client material supply, and supply-chain activities in an electronics manufacturing environment. The analyst collects, compiles, audits, and presents data from multiple sources; prepares reports, spreadsheets, graphics, and charts; resolves data-integrity issues; and flags potential metric-related issues. The position also involves reviewing RMA transactions, creating weekly purchase orders, entering client data, updating content lists and item masters, and serving as a contact for client consigned materials and bulk RMA service. Depending on the position, duties may also include inventory control, material planning and scheduling, supplier scorecards, NPI supply-chain transfer and risk management, PPV tracking, production orders, and management of data-research tools.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
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 supplier Certificates of Conformance, and create and maintain outsourced-parts schedules.
Audit data for accuracy; collect, compile, and present data from multiple sources.
Prepare summary reports, spreadsheets, graphics, and charts, including reports relating to customer bills of material, staff metrics, PPV metrics, and PPV form tracking.
Assist with management recommendations based on research and identify and escalate potential issues related to metrics.
Create and maintain databases and data-research tools to support data collection, where applicable.
Resolve data-integrity issues, including issues related to quotations, 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 client data; and update content lists and item masters.
Act as a point of contact for client consigned-material supply and client bulk RMA service.
As applicable, support inventory control, supply-chain management, material planning and scheduling.
Research bills of materials by site and provide general reporting and supplier scorecarding activities.
As applicable, assist with supply-chain transfers and risk management for NPI, provide PPV targeting and tracking and asset-velocity support, and create or maintain production orders based on deviations.