Planner I

Applied Materials•Austin, TX

About The Position

Applied Materials is hiring a Planner I to support planning activities involving production control, inventory control, process control, or shop floor control and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) integrity. The role maintains Oracle work order release schedules to ensure materials are available on time for manufacturing and engineering, analyzes shortages and work order variances, and reviews MRP execution to ensure accurate supply, demand, master scheduling, and product data requirements. The Planner I also supports Engineering Change Order (ECO) and Engineering Change Request (ECR) tracking, system maintenance and audits, work-in-process issue resolution, and material status reporting. Depending on the area of specialization, the role may manage inventory levels and shortages, forecast spare parts needs, support inventory systems, handle obsolete inventory, or participate in root-cause analysis and corrective actions. The position provides informal guidance to new team members and works within established guidelines and policies.

Responsibilities

Maintain the Oracle work order release schedule to provide materials on time to manufacturing and engineering.
Reschedule and/or complete no-charge, all discrete jobs as required.
Perform pre-shortage analysis to increase component availability at the time of release.
Perform work order variance analysis.
Review MRP execution, ensure information accuracy, reconcile supply and demand, and validate master scheduling and/or PDS requirements.
Review and ensure proper disposition of Engineering Change Orders (ECOs).
Perform regular system maintenance and audits to ensure system accuracy.
Prepare status reports for ECOs and ECRs in process.
Participate in floor audits with Finance and resolve work-in-process issues.
Attend production meetings and provide status updates on material-shortage commit dates.
Change manufacturing lead times to reflect conditions on the manufacturing floor.
Work with engineers to manage materials for special engineering projects.
May work with shop-floor work centers on shop floor control activities.
Analyze usage data and stock levels to order parts that satisfy service levels; maintain inventory levels according to plan and expedite shortages.
May forecast spare parts needs.
Examine material variances, resolve problems where possible, and communicate more difficult problems to management.
Assist in setting up new inventory systems or modifying existing systems when necessary.
Assign appropriate expediting duties to expediters.
May manage obsolete inventories.
Participate in identifying root causes and corrective actions from PCI reporting and metrics, and drive cycle counting.