Material Planner Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or equivalent experience.
• Excellent administration skills, including the ability to write and implement procedures where required.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, Microsoft applications, and Outlook.
• IT literacy and exposure to and understanding of ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or Baan.
• Excellent mathematics skills, including statistics and college-level business management math.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and demonstrate understanding of best practices, including Lean philosophy.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual in English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Ensure efficient and cost-effective raw material purchasing and inventory control.
• Respond to changing events using tracking signals and bias measurements while analyzing demand.
• Participate in forecasting and coordinate with the finished-goods planner to ensure raw material requirements meet scheduling demands.
• Monitor supplier performance and work to improve supplier relations.
• Monitor shipments for delivery accuracy and timeliness.
• Place purchase orders to meet requirements, including orders from third-party vendors, MRO suppliers, and other Hempel offices for imports and exports.
• Monitor raw material consumption and ensure materials are available for finished-goods production.
• Assist with raw material inventories and cycle counts as needed.
• Manage all consigned raw materials.
• Purchase all finished-goods buyouts and packaging units.
• Work with the Procurement team on raw material availability and forecasting.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage options beginning on the first day of employment.
• Flexible HSA and FSA options for healthcare and dependent care expenses.
• 12 paid holidays.
• 15 vacation days to start.
• 6 personal days.
• Paid leave for jury duty and bereavement.
• 401(k) plan options with immediate company match and full vesting from day one.
• Basic life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• 16 weeks of fully paid maternity leave.
• 4 weeks of paid paternity leave.
• A flexibility policy intended to support work and private life.
• Development opportunities in a growing global company.