Materials Specialist, 1st Shift (BSA1-Montgomery, AL)

MOBIS•Montgomery, AL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Materials Specialist performs inventory control and procurement functions for the MNAe BSA Montgomery plant. The role plans and analyzes materials, components, supplies, and services to achieve favorable costs and terms consistent with company quality and manufacturing standards. Responsibilities include materials planning and monitoring, inventory accuracy and optimization, parts and container management, purchasing and receiving support, reporting, and coordination with customers, suppliers, and internal teams. The position may also perform special assignments delegated by management. The job description may be updated upon the manager’s request.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent industry-specific experience.
At least 2 years of experience in Just in Sequence production control in the automotive industry, including production planning, BOM, and engineering order change control.
Working experience with Hyundai, Kia, or MOBIS.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
Experience in automotive assembly or manufacturing.
Experience with SAP PP/MM/SD modules and MES.
Strong sense of responsibility.
Comprehensive problem-solving skills across the plant.
Effective oral and written communication skills.
Computer proficiency and attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

Prior MS Office experience.
Prior SAP, MNAe, or Hyundai portal experience.

Responsibilities

Monitor and analyze daily production materials and event parts, and help prevent shortages of local Hyundai customer parts and containers.
Initialize, verify, and monitor daily hot parts.
Monitor EDI and SAP orders, analyze system errors, and provide feedback.
Monitor, analyze, and report on the material master list, including usage and BOM information.
Monitor model-year changes, reversion-level changes, product launches, and build-outs.
Use the MNAe Purchasing portal (e-Supplier Connect) and Web CN access for daily monitoring.
Analyze materials and optimize stock using Min/Max analysis.
Control obsolete parts and manage claims.
Maintain relationships and communications with customers, suppliers, and internal teams.
Manage incoming parts and containers and stock transfers.
Perform daily or weekly goods-receipt verification, including analysis and reporting of pending ASNs and goods-receipt errors.
Prepare DMR/RMA reports and packing slips.
Follow up on and report OS&D processes, including material-handler and logistics issues.
Supervise clerical procedures for purchase orders, delivery packing slips and PODs, records, files, and vendor information.
Communicate with receiving clerks, supervisors, and other teams to solve problems.
Analyze and monitor 3PR cost estimates and manpower calculations.
Verify incoming parts by counting, inspecting, or sorting them when necessary.
Maintain inventory accuracy through cycle counting and related actions, including unpacking and repacking.
Analyze and report root causes of daily cycle-count variances and regular or irregular physical-inventory discrepancies.
Perform PDA cycle counting and verification.
Monitor FIFO inventory and high-rack inventory accuracy.
Manage the production-feeding process and incoming materials, including LP and CKD suppliers.
Manage outsourcing warehouse inventory when necessary.
Report weekly or monthly inventory turnover days and amounts.
Monitor ASN, goods receipts, backlog, hot parts, and parts transfers daily.
Monitor and verify daily or weekly goods-receipt verification, including payment when needed.
Create and issue DMRs and maintain RMA logs daily.
Review extra, expedited, and canceled load frequency monthly.
Optimize truckload and utilization per shipment.
Comply with customer- and department-specific documentation requirements on K: Drive.
Perform special assignments as delegated.