Materials - Materials Planner Intermediate

Materials - Materials Planner Intermediate

Our client, a Material Engineering company, is looking for a Materials - Materials Planner Intermediate for their Austin, TX location.

Responsibilities:

• Employees may specialize in planning activities involving production control, inventory control, process control, or shop floor control / Material Resources Planning (MRP) integrity
• Maintains Oracle work order release schedule that provides material on-time to manufacturing and engineering. Reschedules and/or completes no-charge, all discrete jobs as required.
• Increases component availability at time of release by performing pre-shortage analysis. Performs work order variance analysis.
• Reviews MRP execution and ensures accuracy of information; reconciles supply and demand; validates master scheduling and/or PDS requirements. Reviews and ensures proper disposition of Engineering Change Orders (ECO's). Performs regular system maintenance and audits to ensure system accuracy. Prepares status reports of all ECOs and ECRs in process
• Participates in floor audits with Finance and resolves WIP issues. Attends production meetings and provides status on material shortage commit dates
• Changes "make" level lead times in accordance with reality on the manufacturing floor
• Works with engineers to manage materials for special engineering projects. May work with work centers on shop floor control activities.
• Inventory Control Analyzes usage data and stock levels to order parts to satisfy service levels; maintains inventory levels per plan and expedites shortages; may forecast spare parts needs. Examines material variances, resolves problems where possible, and/or communicates more difficult problems to management. Assists in setting up new inventory systems or modifying existing systems, when necessary; assigns appropriate expediting duties to expediters. May manage obsolete inventories.
• Process Control Participates in identifying root cause and corrective action from PCI reporting and metrics, drives cycle counting.

Requirements:

• Employees may specialize in planning activities involving production control, inventory control, process control, or shop floor control / Material Resources Planning (MRP) integrity.
• Need to be very familiar with SAP
• Release orders in time (MRP) if not able provide reasons
• Provide support to manufacturing. Shortages, unplans, tracking back orders
• Track, consolidate material variances. Lead investigations to reduce variance. Reduce RTS aging inventory (SLOC Management)
• CRF management
• QN closure Y8 and Y7
• Timely Kit delivery and audit analysis
• Ensure all production orders are TECO in a timely manner with minimal variance
• Escalate to management immediately to any critical parts affecting production (part commits, missing, lost)

Why Should You Apply?

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities