Materials Planner

Mauser Packaging Solutions

About The Position

The Materials Planner is responsible for managing the purchasing of raw and packing materials for operations, ensuring timely delivery, and maintaining accurate inventory records. This role involves close communication with vendors and internal departments, tracking material status, and supporting production planning. The position also requires adherence to safety and quality procedures, particularly concerning food product safety and quality.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree and four years of experience preferably in Supply Chain or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Minimum of four years of procurement, inventory, production planning/scheduling, expediting or related experience.
Attention to detail is critical.
Solid detail orientation and high organizational skills.
Ability to manage several production lines at the same time.
Must have strong communications skills to manage vendor relations as well as internal customers.
Strong computer skills required.
SAP experience preferred related to planning, scheduling and order management transactions.
Highly proficient in Excel and other Microsoft applications.
Demonstrated basic mathematical aptitude, skills in basic mathematical calculations.
Strong analytical skills, excellent at managing data at a detailed level.
Ability to multi-task and work in a busy environment.
Must be solutions and process-oriented team player, working to help improve the processes.
Working knowledge of manufacturing activities including purchasing materials, inventory, quality engineering basics and production processes.

Responsibilities

Follow all safety and quality procedures and observe the operations to ensure a safe environment.
Ensuring the compliance of “Food Product Safety” & “Product Quality” of the molded product, to meet the expectation of our customers.
Follow all safety procedure, Food safety programs and GMPs.
Manages the purchasing of raw material and packing materials for operations.
Contact vendors to order supplies and ensure material required for a job will arrive on time and when needed.
Handle any potential delivery issues, including finding other options to get the job done on time.
Communicate with other departments to provide status of materials being shipped to the site.
Track and communicate status of overdue materials; seek out substitutions when needed.
Work with warehouse team to conduct the inventory counts to ensure that all inventory is properly recorded in SAP system.
Ensure inventory is accurate and organize at all items by maintaining inventory levels, supervising physical counts and updating adjustments according to policies.
Participates in vendor selection and purchasing of the most critical items.
Oversee the maintenance of records of purchasing, delivery dates, vendors, cost and other resources.
Support production Planner/Warehouse manager and production system set up on SAP.
Creates require reports to Corporate, i.e. Packaging, Resin inventory, SLOB, inventory, etc.
Creates requisitions.
Create and adjust Purchase Orders as needed.
Create and maintain spreadsheets report such as resin, supplies spending, inventory, raw material, requisitions, purchasing orders, etc.
Manage the movement of raw materials and work in process materials from point of origin to point of consumption.
Develop and maintain supplier performance measures.
Participate in and provide data for evaluation of supplier service performance and work with sourcing and suppliers to improve performance.
Tracking production volume and monitoring customer demand patterns and purchasing trends.
Managing inventory issues, schedule changes, and cancellations.
Responsible for the administration of procurement activities and day-to-day supplier management for assigned commodities and products.
Understands and follows Hazard Materials Regulations.