Sr Material Planner

DPDHL•Livonia, MI

4d•Onsite

About The Position

DHL Supply Chain is seeking a forward-thinking Sr. Material Planner who can prioritize, plan, and balance production goals to ensure customer success. This role involves identifying and resolving issues to meet on-time and on-budget delivery targets, and requires creative thinking and cross-functional collaboration. The Sr. Material Planner will plan, control, and direct the materials supply base, including vendor qualification, management, KPI tracking, and inventory monitoring for a network of manufacturing facilities. This role is also responsible for negotiating material costs to support client project quotations and ensuring material availability for co-packing and customer requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, or related discipline, required
Experience in packaging & POP display including packaging design, manufacturing, logistics or merchandising, required
1-3 years experience managing inventory levels, required

Nice To Haves

Certifications in APICS and/or LEAN Six Sigma, preferred

Responsibilities

Analyzes customer production forecasts and purchases/procures raw materials to meet demands, ensuring appropriate inventory levels and savings targets are met, and expediting as needed.
Manages the maintenance of data in applicable systems to ensure precise creation of customers’ products by Production.
Partners with customers to obtain specifications, determine required materials, and schedule production to meet order requirements.
Utilizes planning software to determine replenishment levels and orders raw materials accordingly, ensuring sufficient materials for current and forecasted production levels.
Supports one or more sites/customers.
Provides direct or indirect mentorship of junior Material Buyer/Planners.
Tracks supply markets, meets with key vendors to evaluate supplies, and presents changes/recommendations to customers.
Addresses issues with raw materials with vendors, including quality, quantity, and scheduling, to ensure inbound service and quality levels are met.
Achieves annual improvement objectives in total supply chain savings, including direct material cost, transportation, co-pack efficiency, service level improvements, process efficiency gains, or other areas yielding improved total results.
Investigates and resolves inventory discrepancies for assigned customers.
Develops reports and interprets key performance metrics, creating and implementing solutions to improve these metrics, including providing customer savings, meeting service objectives, reducing working capital, and minimizing risk of obsolescence.
Resolves supplier inbound issues requiring escalation from sites.
Develops, implements, and maintains departmental reporting as required by Management or customer utilizing appropriate systems and developed worksheets.