Material Specialist

John Deere • Waterloo, IA

99d • $56,688 - $85,032

About The Position

As a Material Specialist for JD Waterloo Works located in Waterloo, IA, you will coordinate the procuring, expediting, producing and delivering of material on time. You will leverage the critical shortage reports to ensure part availability and schedule production parts leveraging factory capacity and line constraints. Understanding the base machine routings for a specific department along with the lead times to the consuming department is essential. You will participate in ensuring operations can maintain a sequence percentage of above 95% and work to drive root cause corrective action on all sequence hits. Additionally, you will oversee and ensure inventory accuracy, provide support to meet all production schedules including complete goods, inter-factory, and service parts, and work with material flow teams in establishing root cause for material shortages along with proposing corrective actions. You will also coordinate and communicate the implementation of engineering and material changes, assist the production department in manpower planning relative to upcoming demand requirements, and communicate and interface with manufacturing management, manufacturing engineering, wage workforce and material flow support team.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple and competing priorities effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Experience in an operations/material flow/production planning role in a manufacturing environment
• SAP experience with production planning and/or Materials Management
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Available to work off hours or weekends occasionally based on business needs
• Strong data analysis skills
• Experience with Excel

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in a Business/Management, Engineering/Technology, Supply Management, Accounting/Finance discipline or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated ability to develop and improve internal processes
• Experience with scheduling and sequencing production
• Ability to work effectively across multiple Waterloo factories and departments
• Ability to communicate with all organizational levels from production employees through middle managers

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the procuring, expediting, producing and delivering of material on time
• Leverage the critical shortage reports to ensure part availability
• Schedule production parts leveraging factory capacity and line constraints
• Understand the base machine routings for a specific department along with the lead times to the consuming department
• Participate in ensuring operations can maintain a sequence percentage of above 95% and work to drive root cause corrective action on all sequence hits
• Oversee and ensure inventory accuracy
• Provide support to meet all production schedules including complete goods, inter-factory, and service parts
• Work with material flow teams in establishing root cause for material shortages along with proposing corrective actions
• Coordinate and communicate the implementation of engineering and material changes
• Assist the production department in manpower planning relative to upcoming demand requirements
• Communicate and interface with manufacturing management, manufacturing engineering, wage workforce and material flow support team

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements
• Highly competitive base pay and performance bonuses
• Savings & Retirement benefits (401K and Defined Contribution)
• Healthcare benefits with a generous company contribution in the Health Savings Account
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Tuition assistance
• Fitness subsidies and on-site gyms at specific Deere locations
• Charitable contribution match
• Employee Purchase Plan & numerous discount programs for personal use

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Machinery Manufacturing
• Education Level: High school or GED