Materials Planning and Inventory Manager

Production Facilities • Dallas, TX

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About The Position

Materials Planning and Inventory Manager – MPI Manager POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES Responsible for learning how to read and reading production schedules specific to OM Partners and inventory reports to determine availability of inventory needed, quantity, and priority. Directly responsible for accuracy of on hand inventory. Must manage the Open Purchase Order (PO) report and responsible for pushing and pulling POs in their plant. Confers with Warehouse manager to determined status of daily inbounds and informs necessary management of inbound status. Prepare and place POs for replenishment of inventory. Work with vendors to expedite shipments and resolve shipping issues. Work with freight carriers to assure on-time delivery and resolve invoice discrepancies. Responsible for managing Supplier Corrective Action Reports (SCARs) within their plant and obtaining root causes , corrective actions, credit for nonconforming inventory, and dispositions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 3 to 5 years purchasing experience
• Retail, Packaging, or Industrial Distribution inventory management experience
• Detailed-oriented with an ability to analyze and understand large volumes of data
• Must be able to multi-task and work well under pressure
• Proficient with Excel spreadsheets.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as sales reports, operating instructions, and training and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measure.
• Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, costs, proportions, and volumes.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram (graphic) form.
• Ability to solve a variety of problems and deal with a variety of situations where only limited information or standardization exists.
• Employee is regularly required to walk and talk and hear, stand, and sit.
• Vision requirements include: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Application knowledge and skill for computer data entry
• Application knowledge of products and production processes
• Warehouse Experience
• Scheduling Experience
• Microsoft Excel

Nice To Haves

• Proven AS400 experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Learning how to read production schedules specific to OM Partners
• Reading inventory reports to determine availability of inventory needed, quantity, and priority
• Accuracy of on hand inventory
• Manage the Open Purchase Order (PO) report
• Pushing and pulling POs in their plant
• Confer with Warehouse manager to determined status of daily inbounds and informs necessary management of inbound status
• Prepare and place POs for replenishment of inventory
• Work with vendors to expedite shipments and resolve shipping issues
• Work with freight carriers to assure on-time delivery and resolve invoice discrepancies
• Managing Supplier Corrective Action Reports (SCARs) within their plant and obtaining root causes , corrective actions, credit for nonconforming inventory, and dispositions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees