Materials Planner

Baker Hughes • Broussard, LA

4d

About The Position

The Materials Planner plans and schedules the materials needed to execute the business. The role works with sales and commercial teams, regional personnel, AMO, and supply chain to convert forecasts, sales orders, and planned orders across multiple time horizons into physical orders and ensure delivery to customer requirements. The planner analyzes demand, schedules orders to balance customer needs with inventory and shipping costs, manages inventory and stocking strategies, and coordinates with relevant teams to capture asset and spare-parts demand in the Sales & Operations Planning process. The position also assists with continuous improvement projects.

Requirements

• Associate's degree in supply chain or a related field, or equivalent experience (2+ years).
• Experience in order management, inventory optimization and management, and asset utilization and management.
• Basic understanding of SAP and MRP functionality.
• Ability to work with and influence stakeholders.
• Tactical execution with a sense of urgency.

Nice To Haves

• APICS certification.

Responsibilities

• Work with sales and operations teams to convert demand plans into physical orders.
• Understand business trends and opportunities and assess their impact on demand forecasts.
• Analyze incoming demand, identify order exceptions and misalignment with product rationalization strategy, and identify opportunities to use existing inventory.
• Plan and schedule order timelines to meet customer requirements while minimizing inventory and shipping costs.
• Work with Product Line, Sales, and Service Delivery to prioritize delivery dates, including push-outs and pull-ins.
• Perform material management analyses, including statistical material consumption and forecasts, aged inventory, aged purchase orders, in-transit material, and safety stock.
• Implement inventory stocking strategies.
• Monitor safety stock, global inventory, and aging inventory, and work with regions and manufacturing plants to address issues.
• Work with the AMO organization to ensure spare-parts and asset demand is captured.
• Ensure new assets, repaired assets, and spares are captured in the Sales & Operations Planning process.
• Assist with continuous improvement projects to maximize value.

Benefits

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities.
• Comprehensive private medical care options.
• Life insurance and disability programs.
• Tailored financial programs.
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits.
• Participation in Company-sponsored health and welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k), with coverage options and contribution amounts depending on benefit elections, base salary level, and plan requirements.
• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package.
• Potential additional compensation, such as bonuses, subject to applicable benefit plans or policies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree