Supply Planning

Tenneco • Van Wert, OH

17h

About The Position

The Supply Planning role owns the plant system that converts production demand into reliable supplier requirements, material availability, and controlled raw-material inventory. The role establishes disciplined MRP execution, resolves exceptions before they disrupt production, coordinates inbound schedules, and leads supplier recovery using P3 Integrated Supply Chain standards. It connects Planning, Procurement, Logistics, Customs, Production, and Finance through a visible operating rhythm.

The role is responsible for translating demand into executable supplier requirements using MRP and governed ERP parameters; maintaining fact-based visibility into shortages and critical-material risks; balancing service, risk, and working capital; and establishing supplier-execution routines. It uses MRP exceptions, inventory coverage, supplier performance, schedule adherence, and premium-freight signals to identify root causes and drive lasting countermeasures.

Success means early identification and ownership of shortages, MRP as the operating standard, healthy raw-material inventory, accountable supplier performance, and readiness for P3 certification through documented routines, standards, KPI reviews, corrective actions, trained backups, and sustained execution.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with supplier scheduling, MRP, parameter governance, exception management, shortages, and recovery planning in a manufacturing environment.
• Proven ability to manage inventory coverage, safety stock, minimum order quantities, lot size, lead time, excess, obsolescence, and working-capital tradeoffs.
• Experience managing supplier commitments, capacity, OTD/OTIF, corrective actions, and escalation across external and intercompany suppliers.
• Demonstrated ability to align Production, Procurement, Logistics, Customs, Finance, and Customer Planning around one material plan.
• Experience using root cause analysis, standard work, visual management, and KPI routines to improve planning reliability.
• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, operations, engineering, business, or a related field.
• Strong working knowledge of ERP/MRP, Excel, and planning or BI tools.
• Ability to communicate risk clearly, make fact-based decisions, and drive action under pressure.
• Fluent in English and the local plant language, as required.

Nice To Haves

• APICS CPIM or CSCP certification.
• Lean certification.
• Six Sigma certification.

Responsibilities

• Translate production demand into executable supplier requirements using MRP, governed ERP parameters, lead times, minimum order quantities, safety stock, coverage, and supplier schedules.
• Maintain fact-based visibility into shortages and critical-material risks; identify constraints early, define containment and recovery actions, assign owners and due dates, and escalate before production or delivery is affected.
• Balance service, supply risk, and cash by setting and challenging raw-material targets, optimizing safety stock and order policies, reducing excess and obsolete inventory, and avoiding reductions that create supply exposure.
• Establish supplier cadence for capacity, commitments, ASN discipline, OTD/OTIF, corrective actions, and recovery across external and intercompany suppliers.
• Use MRP exceptions, inventory coverage, supplier performance, schedule adherence, and premium-freight signals to identify root causes and drive permanent countermeasures.
• Provide Production and Customer Planning with a credible material plan, clear shortage visibility, and recovery decisions aligned to production schedules and customer priorities.
• Provide Procurement and Supplier Development with accurate supplier requirements, performance evidence, capacity risks, and structured escalation.
• Align pickup schedules, carrier capacity, routes, documentation, and clearance priorities with Transportation and Customs to protect inbound material flow.
• Deliver transparent inventory, risk, and recovery information to Finance and Plant Leadership to support working-capital and operational decisions.
• Provide suppliers with stable schedules, clear expectations, timely escalation, and disciplined follow-through.
• Govern planning parameters, run MRP on cadence, close exceptions daily, and use system outputs to drive action.
• Support P3 certification readiness with evidence of planning routines, standards, KPI reviews, corrective actions, trained backups, and sustained execution.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package designed to support well-being.
• Opportunity to work and learn in a fast-paced manufacturing environment while shaping the P3 Integrated Supply Chain operating system.
• Hands-on exposure to Lean, ERP, analytics, cross-functional problem solving, and plant transformation.
• Culture committed to operational excellence, simplicity, accountability, and becoming best-in-class.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time