Position: Material And Inventory Planner
Location: Seguin, TX 78155 (Hybrid)
Duration: 12 Months contract
Client Industry: Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
Pay Rate: $29/hour
Job Description:
Position's Contributions to Work Group:
- This position collaborates with suppliers to ensure execution to planned orders and schedules and resolves issues with suppliers to ensure material availability for facility production.
- The incumbent works with the facility production schedulers and operations personnel to support facility production and point of use material availability.
- Ensures alignment of facility inventory accuracy and inventory systems planning parameters with the plan for every part to maintain planning integrity.
Typical task breakdown:
- Incumbent ensures the timely delivery of materials to the facility, collaborating with suppliers to coordinate deliveries, shipping schedules and work schedules to meet facility production plans.
- Using supplier collaboration technologies, collaborates with suppliers and operations to plan delivery of material for production.
- Actively collaborates with suppliers to perform root cause corrective actions to resolve quality and supplier performance issues.
- This work may require planning for alternate manufacturing methods.
- This position analyzes established parts schedules and production requirements, converting requirements into appropriate piece parts, requisitioning the materials, regulating inventory levels and issuing work orders.
- Incumbent manages and performs supplier scheduling and implementation of engineering changes for the efficient manufacture of products and components.
- This position supports supply chain performance efforts by monitoring and tracking supplier performance metrics.
- Incumbent performs work to improve point of use material availability, applying root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Provides Material Planning expertise to facility functions in support of improving demand variability, forecast credibility and usability for production planning.
Interaction with team:
- Interaction with the team daily, collaborative environment
Work environment:
- Office environment adjacent to production floor
Education & Experience Required:
- Associate's, Bachelor's or Master's degree in Supply Chain and/or Logistics Management or Industrial Engineering is required
- 5 or more years of related experience
- No Cap on experience
Technical Skills
(Required)
- Microsoft office (excel), MRP experience General knowledge of production scheduling and capacity management
(Desired)
- Knowledge and/or experience in material control, purchasing, parts distribution, inventory control, manufacturing engineering, operations and transportation or logistics desired
- Ability to use and troubleshoot the MRP, Lognet and MTS systems
Soft Skills
(Required)
- Communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent interpersonal, teamwork, organization, and communication skills
Disqualifiers/Red Flags:
- Looking for the serious candidates that will stay on the assignment for the full duration
- Will not consider candidates with only a HS Diploma or GED