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Summary:
The Material Planner is responsible for ensuring an adequate inventory of materials and supplies to support the production schedule. They will help control materials by studying inventory, and manufacturing schedules; conferring with production teams; developing inventory plans and priorities; monitoring inventory levels, lead times, and run sizes, evaluating planned and proposed material/process changes; and identifying and resolving supplier problems. They will work closely with Production and Purchasing to ensure all items are ordered from approved suppliers and meet all Bilstein specifications and QA requirements.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Analyze and order all incoming non-inventory packaging materials, supplies, and other items as needed by the plant directly.
- Completes purchase orders for all purchases made by the material planner, approves invoices for payment, verifying quantities and pricing.
- Works with production scheduler to reduce customer backorder value by ordering finished goods shocks from other plants.
- Maintains demand planning and forecast to ensure adequate inventories of materials and supplies by developing and using a comprehensive understanding of Plant operational requirements and supplier lead times.
- Performs activities that determine quantities of and delivery schedules for raw materials, parts, and assemblies required to meet scheduled production, including the use of SAP to schedule and balance inventories; ensures inventory is not excessive.
- Creates and analyzes various reports including outstanding delivery report, a proactive material shortage report in process, on-time delivery report, and material availability metrics.
- Collaborates with Quality Assurance, Production, and Purchasing to ensure suppliers are qualified and approved from a quality standpoint.
- Collaborate with supplier quality engineers to review supplier ratings and provide input.
- Seeks out and implements inventory best practices as appropriate.
- Exercises independent judgement and discretion in connection with exercising job duties.
- Ensures compliance and safety of all activities within the organization's standards and policies.
- Performs all other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
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Qualifications & Experience
- Maintains a safe working environment by complying with all safety and environmental policies in the workplace. Advocates for and promotes a safe work environment by reporting Near Misses and/or other safety and environmental hazards, wearing all required PPE and encouraging others to do the same.
- Experience working with large ERP systems (SAP preferred) with strong understanding of Material Requirements Planning (MRP).
- Demonstrated knowledge of principles and practices of inventory control, central warehousing, and distribution operations.
- Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Proven experience identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Demonstrated ability to estimate sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
- Proven experience monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Demonstrated ability to identity and respond to complex vendor problems, issues and situations that require the use of knowledge of existing processes/procedures/precedents, sounds judgment, creativity, resourcefulness, adaptability and flexibility.
- Independent & organized work style with the ability to effectively manage time, prioritize work responsibilities, assume and manage multiple tasks without close supervision, and meet deadlines.
- Strong analytical capabilities and initiative to take action as appropriate and necessary.
- Highly organized with ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Preferred certifications include Certified in Planning and Inventory Management (CPIM)
Amit ajánlunk Neked
Bilstein has great benefits to offer!
- A state-of-the-art OE manufacturing plant with a strong focus on safety and cleanliness.
- Multiple competitive Health, Dental & Vision Coverage options.
- 401K matching program.
- Paid time off + 13 paid holidays.
- Paid volunteer hours.
- Tuition reimbursement program.
- Gym reimbursement.
- Company-paid short-term disability and life insurance.
- Internal growth opportunities.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Discounted BILSTEIN products.
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