Material Planner

Role: Associate Material Planner

Duration: Holland, MI (Onsite)

Location: 6 Months Contract Extendable

Job Summary:

Manage the inbound movement of materials from suppliers, ensuring on-time delivery and optimal inventory levels. Collaborate with purchasing, production, master scheduling, customer service and engineering teams to coordinate material requirements and resolve any supply chain disruptions.

Responsibilities:

• Manage Inventory: Manage inventory levels for assigned parts or materials, ensuring availability to meet production demands while minimizing excess and obsolete inventory.

• Support Production Scheduling and End Customer: Support production scheduling and end customers by managing the flow of incoming material and identifying and communicating potential bottlenecks in supply.

• Resolve Material Shortages: Resolve material shortages by exhausting all options such as substitutes, partial shipments to avoid additional cost including break in fees and expidites.

• Utilize Material Planning Systems: Learn and utilize ***'s material planning systems and tools to plan and track inventory, generate reports, and support decision-making.

• Participate in Continuous Improvement Initiatives: Participate in supply chain continuous improvement initiatives by identifying and implementing process improvements to reduce waste and enhance efficiency.

• Analyze Supply Chain Data: Analyze supply chain data related to planning, inventory, and production to identify trends and support decision-making.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent OR Associate's Degree plus 2 years related experience OR 4 years related experience if no post-secondary education

Skills and Abilities:

• Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

• Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.

• Troubleshooting: Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

• Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

• Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

• Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

• Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture / distribution of goods.

Competencies:

• Attentive Listening

• Communicating Effectively

• Delivering High Quality Work

• Displaying Technical Expertise

• Acquiring Information

• Utilizing Feedback