Specialist, Materials Planning/Sched

Yazaki International Corporation•La Vergne, TN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Manage pipeline inventory to support customer requirements through analysis, planning, ordering, continual monitoring and occasional intervention while minimizing any extraordinary expenses associated with these steps.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Supply Chain Management, or related field or equivalent experience preferred.
APICS classes or certification preferred.
Required minimum years of experience in Supply Chain or related field: None.
Preferred years of experience in Supply chain and project management or related field: 0 – 3 years.
Both domestic and international travel could be required between Yazaki facilities and to customer and manufacturing sites.
English is required for all Material Planners. Spanish is required if a planner directly interacts with customers in Mexico.
SAP, Success Factors and Microsoft Suite.
During customer production hours including overtime, weekend hours and holidays. Extended work hours occasionally required to meet with parties in different time zones.
Office position – primarily sedentary.

Responsibilities

Manage Inventory Pipeline: Issue timely orders to manufacturing in the approved format with approved ordering parameters, Order and maintain inventory at target to reduce inventory cost, Strive for 100% delivery to the customer: with input from multiple internal departments, manufacturing and the customer, ensure customer coverage with the lowest cost option initiating management-approved premium freight if essential, Coordinate incoming timing with internal departments, Analyze and report delivery performance.
Manage Premium Freight Order: Utilize appropriate processes and systems to log and order premium freight, Coordinate transportation requirements between multiple Yazaki groups and the customer, Determine cost responsibility based on agreements or negotiations with manufacturing or the customer.
Manage Obsolescence / Balance Out: Order for zero obsolescence, Keep manufacturing on-point for minimal obsolescence as customer demand changes, Determine cost responsibility based on agreements or negotiations with manufacturing or the customer, Process customer claims and scrap quickly to minimize obsolescence and carrying costs.
Act as the liaison for both the customer and manufacturing: Ensure timely responses to their communication, Assist customer with delivery issues, Support engineering changes with manufacturing and the customer.
Inform customer of any impact to delivery or their build in a timely manner including support plans, commitment timing, recovery timing and root cause as required.
Manage part registration in applicable system ensuring the system is ready to receive EDI and transmit orders to manufacturing.
Manage late requests from the customer.
Represent Production Control at customer and manufacturing meetings.
Utilize customer systems as necessary.
Complete required reports and metrics.
Understand when escalation is required and appropriately initiate it.
May monitor manufacturing’s output to plan for each Trial Event, updating the carline team on order status.
May support specific prototype / preproduction meetings (e.g. component procurement / shortage and Supplier Readiness).
May coordinate shipment timing and special requirements with Distribution.
May coordinate component consignments with manufacturing and the supplier.
May process customer orders in applicable system as necessary.
Support long-range and short-term group forecasts, goals, objectives, and priorities.
Support other projects, tasks, and/or duties as assigned.