Procurement Specialist, Material Planner

DSV • Lithia Springs, GA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for being a liaison between the direct fulfillment program manager, demand planners, and the DSV fulfillment site. This role involves managing commitments, resolving delays, and ensuring material availability within agreed-upon lead times. The individual will manage purchase order lead times, expedite POs as needed, and review backlog reports. They will also review supplier build/ship plans to ensure they meet commitments and monitor potential on-time shipment issues. The role requires manually scheduling orders falling outside lead times and identifying reasons for delays, while also monitoring PO lead times to ensure timely shipment and reporting on lead time commitment attainment.

Requirements

• Must be able to pass any federal/state/local government, airport, or company-required background checks, clearances, and/or drug and alcohol tests.
• Exceptional interpersonal and analytical skills required.
• High school diploma program or equivalent required.
• Generally prefer 2-4 years of related experience.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent preferred

Responsibilities

• Ensure that all commitments from the various demand planning groups are within the agreed upon product lead times
• Resolve delays in providing the needed material within the agreed upon timeline
• Manage the lead times of all POs placed on behalf of the customer and report on agreed upon lead times
• Expedite PO’s as needed
• Ensure the recommit process is followed as needed
• Review the back log report and coordinate any exculations with the supplier and review these recommits and any rejected expedited requests
• Review the suppliers build/ship plans ensuring the plan will meet the commitments based on the PO commit dates.
• Review potential on time shipment, OTS, issues to eliminate any orders shipping after the scheduled date or OTS, and document the issues and report on these issues weekly.
• Manually scheduling of orders falling outside of the product's scheduled lead time with the supplier and identify reasons why product is not schedule within lead time
• Monitor lead time of all POs ensuring the POs are shipped within lead time and reporting on the lead time commitment obtainment and manage the process why the lead time was not obtained to correct any issues.

Benefits

• Information regarding DSV’s benefits offerings, including eligibility, coverage options, and plan details, is available through the DSV Benefits Showcase.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED