Materials Planner

Cynet Systems•Sunnyvale, CA

About The Position

The Materials Planner is responsible for coordinating the release of Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) to minimize impact on cutover and Engineering/Obsolescence (E&O) risk. This role involves financial accountability for material planning across multiple Business Units (BUs), managing Material Change Forms (MCFs) in the MSRB forum, and ensuring Material Master settings align with BU Demand, Operations, and Production (DOP) and specifications. The planner will also focus on MRP stability, weekly MRP churns and cleanups, and allocating shared component materials across factories based on changing demand and supply priorities. A key aspect of this role is ensuring component-level material resource availability aligns with production schedules through what-if simulations. Additionally, the Materials Planner will coordinate with warehouse staff on storage, Kanban bin sizing, material presentation, and protection, as well as collaborate with other departments on APM management. This position serves as the single point of contact for their business unit, representing the planning function in Integrated Product Reviews (IPR) and Change Control Board (CCB) meetings. They will also coordinate with the Project Management Office (PMO), Research & Development (R&D), and Manufacturing Engineering (ME) on new material introductions and material planning for part revision changes. Management of SAP PPDS/MDG configuration through the ERP change record process, SIOP (Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning) and related material scenario planning to identify supply constraints, and root cause identification for systemic issues affecting material inventory health are also critical functions. Finally, the role includes auditing and governance of yield and scrap settings for finished goods and raw materials.

Requirements

Experience with MRP and SAP software.
Strong negotiation and forecasting/analytics skills.
Understanding of Change Control process.
Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects successfully.
Minimum 10 years of experience in a progressive manufacturing environment.
4-year degree preferred in Business Management, Logistics or Engineering.

Nice To Haves

APICS & Six Sigma certifications a plus.

Responsibilities

Coordinate release of ECOs to ensure minimal impact on cutover, E&O risk avoidance, financial accountability for material planning across multiple BUs.
Manage MCFs in the MSRB forum into the SOE.
Audit Material Master settings to ensure aligned to set parameters as needed to maintain alignment to BU DOP and specs.
Ensuring MRP Stability and weekly MRP churns and cleanups.
Allocation of shared component material across factories based off changing demand and supply priorities.
Ensure that component level material resource availabilities are consistent with production schedules – running what-if simulations.
Coordinating with warehouse staff to ensure proper storage, Kanban bin sizing, material presentation to the line and material protection.
Coordinating with other departments regarding APM management across all use cases.
Single point of contact for their business unit, representing planning function at IPR and CCB meetings, coordinate with PMO, R&D and ME on introduction of new materials, material planning for part revision changes.
Manage SAP PPDS/MDG configuration by working with appropriate SMEs and stakeholders through ERP change record process.
SIOP and amend related material scenario planning to proactively identify supply constraints.
Root cause identification, implementation of corrective actions for systemic issues that affect material inventory health and cause it to enter exception zone (below LCL, SS etc).
Audit and governance of yield and scrap settings for FG and raw materials.