Materials Planner

Responsibilities

• Follow all safety and quality procedures and observe the operations to ensure a safe environment.
• Ensuring the compliance of “Food Product Safety” & “Product Quality” of the molded product, to meet the expectation of our customers.
• Follow all safety procedure, Food safety programs and GMPs.
• Manages the purchasing of raw material and packing materials for operations.
• Contact vendors to order supplies and ensure material required for a job will arrive on time and when needed
• Handle any potential delivery issues, including finding other options to get the job done on time.
• Communicate with other departments to provide status of materials being shipped to the site.
• Track and communicate status of overdue materials; seek out substitutions when needed.
• Work with warehouse team to conduct the inventory counts to ensure that all inventory is properly recorded in SAP system.
• Ensure inventory is accurate and organize at all items by maintaining inventory levels, supervising physical counts and updating adjustments according to policies.
• Participates in vendor selection and purchasing of the most critical items.
• Oversee the maintenance of records of purchasing, delivery dates, vendors, cost and other resources.
• Support production Planner/Warehouse manager and production system set up on SAP.
• Creates require reports to Corporate, i.e. Packaging, Resin inventory, SLOB, inventory, etc.
• Creates requisitions.
• Create and adjust Purchase Orders as needed.
• Create and maintain spreadsheets report such as resin, supplies spending, inventory, raw material, requisitions, purchasing orders, etc.
• Manage the movement of raw materials and work in process materials from point of origin to point of consumption
• Develop and maintain supplier performance measures
• Participate in and provide data for evaluation of supplier service performance and work with sourcing and suppliers to improve performance
• Tracking production volume and monitoring customer demand patterns and purchasing trends.
• Managing inventory issues, schedule changes, and cancellations.
• Responsible for the administration of procurement activities and day-to-day supplier management for assigned commodities and products
• Understands and follows Hazard Materials Regulations

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and four years of experience preferably in Supply Chain or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum of four years of procurement, inventory, production planning/scheduling, expediting or related experience
• Attention to detail is critical.
• Solid detail orientation and high organizational skills. Ability to manage several production lines at the same time
• Must have strong communications skills to manage vendor relations as well as internal customers.
• Strong computer skills required
• SAP experience preferred related to planning, scheduling and order management transactions
• Highly proficient in Excel and other Microsoft applications
• Demonstrated basic mathematical aptitude, skills in basic mathematical calculations.
• Strong analytical skills, excellent at managing data at a detailed level
• Ability to multi-task and work in a busy environment.
• Must be solutions and process-oriented team player, working to help improve the processes.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing activities including purchasing materials, inventory, quality engineering basics and production processes

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and climb or balance. The employee frequently is required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.