Raw Material Planner

Avery Dennison•Greenfield, IN

1d•$68 - $88

About The Position

The Raw Material Planner reports to the Master Production Scheduler and prepares business related analyses and research for Supply Chain, Materials Management, and/or Logistics. This role focuses on activities related to Buying, Planning, Scheduling, and Inventory / Material Control. This role also focuses on improvements to processes and preparing reports, graphs and charts of data and/or ensuring efficiency.

Requirements

Must have permanent US work authorization
High school diploma or equivalent required
2+ years previous scheduling, planning, or supply chain experience within the manufacturing industry
Detail oriented and excellent analytical, mathematical, organizational, verbal and written communication skills
Results oriented focus and ability to take ownership to resolve issues.
Flexibility and willingness to initiate change and lead change.
High customer focus: ability to proactively identify and meet customer needs.
Ability to interface with cross-functional groups to define and execute overall requirements.
Ability to use enterprise lean sigma (ELS) problem solving tools to identify root cause, including A3 Thinking, or other lean methodology.
Ability to work well with all levels of management and employees.
Familiarity in process documentation and improvement.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree in supply chain/business
APICS certification
ERP & BI systems experience

Responsibilities

Manage and improve raw material planning and ordering processes: conduct daily planning / ordering for all web stock raw materials; analyze raw material usage in response to demand or supply changes; improve and standardize daily planning processes.
Maintain and improve vendor management process involved in forecasting and ordering
Manage site raw material inventory to achieve service and inventory objectives. Oversee site inventory management processes for raws (cycle counts, loss reduction projects, and SLOB inventory).
Identify and lead projects to improve raw planning, inventory management, and service.
Provide support for new product introduction or transitions
Resolves all invoice exceptions by working with finance, accounts payable, material handling, and other raw buyer(s)
Coordinates all international orders by working with customer service, scheduling, transportation, and shipping
Helps with sales order management by monitoring customer service requests and communicating with the appropriate schedulers to see if improvements can be made on hot orders
Assists with key inventory initiatives across the site, including SLOB analysis and management, zone roll consumption, and physical inventory preparation
Manage the daily editor schedule by working with the operations, scheduling and engineering, to prioritize items
Additional responsibilities as assigned