Materials Planner

MEKRA Lang North America, LLC•Ridgeway, SC

10d

About The Position

The Materials Planner provides international and domestic suppliers with consistent shipping information and advanced demand profiles to support the goal of just-in-time supplier deliveries. This role is responsible for ensuring supplier deliveries meet production schedules to ensure customer demand is met. The position also includes part monitoring to meet inventory days on hand and make appropriate adjustments to manage volumes to market conditions.

Requirements

Minimum 2 -3 years progressive experience in Material Scheduling in an automotive industry with shop floor experience
Thorough knowledge of MS 9000, IATF 16949 and ISO 14001 requirements
SAP Sale & Distribution (SAP SD), SAP Production Planning (SAP PP), SAP Materials Requirement Planning (SAP MRP), SAP MCP, and other relevant SAP Supply Chain Applications
Lean Manufacturing Continuous Improvement
5 years Automotive
Strong working knowledge of Supply Chain Activities
Strong Analytic Skills
5 plus years SAP

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Finance, Science
5 years recommended experience

Responsibilities

Control planned independent requirements and final responsibility and definition of demands to suppliers (internal and external)
Create, maintain of cancel schedule agreements based on MRP requirements
Verify planning, safety stocks, and active amendment of exceptional demands with planning manager
Properly maintains MRP Master Data for assigned components
Review current inventories in all plants, transfer products with SAP plants for best utilization of all inventories
Expedite and recovery plans for critical and past due products with pre-alert review of past dues. Coordinate communications of production and delivery information between vendors and customer service
Coordinates supplier material order release with customer orders. Manages releases systems to ensure accuracy of direct material availability
Prepares cost estimates and performance reports
Maintains contracts with third party transportation providers and freight carriers to ensure proper handling of all shipments
Proactively resolves daily order issues which might impact production and customer deliveries
Maintains the most cost-effective shipping modes and schedules
Coordinates with other departments regarding production goals, timelines, supplier payments, etc.
Work closely with quality control to track and resolve supplier charge backs due to poor quality and communicate these to the supplier
Use internal processes and procedures to track and resolve supplier expenses due to past due events
Resolve pricing/invoicing issues with Accounts Payable
Work closely with Project Purchasing on pre-release
Manages the resolution of supplier pricing and delivery issues
Reconciles Invoice to scheduling agreements and receipt of goods
Liaise with subcontractors and suppliers to ensure timely delivery of materials, negotiating terms and contracts when necessary