[Hiring] Material Planner @Core Health & Fitness, LLC

Role Description

The Material Planner I is an active team member in planning and scheduling the delivery of material from suppliers to each of our global warehouses. This highly tactical position is responsible for monitoring the flow of buy and assembly items, guaranteeing availability of components to avoid material shortages, and assisting with the management of inventory levels to meet our customer service and inventory targets.

Essential Functions / Major Responsibilities

• Perform timely, cost-conscious procurement of production/inventory/MRO items.
• Receive and analyze requisitions to determine quantity, specifications, and delivery requirements.
• Assist with analysis when actuals deviate from established plan, including root cause and respective action(s) to correct and/or sustain.
• Provide supply forecasts to suppliers and internal customers.
• Ensure optimal inventory and safety stock levels are maintained for assigned items.
• Maintain proactive shortage identification and management - help flag root causes and corrective actions.
• Expedite deliveries to meet and exceed scheduled critical requirements.
• Maintain material plan at the time fence to ensure continuity of supply.
• Coordinate cross-functionally for solutions when parts cannot be delivered as promised.
• Analyze material and capacity availability to provide customer promise dates for sales orders.
• Maintain item master lead time information, total current demand by product family and priorities for assigned items.
• Interface with required functional groups to resolve challenging delivery requirements.
• Communicate forecasts and replenishment plans to organizational buyers.
• Consistently review open requirements, monitor vendor performance, and escalate when necessary.
• Communicate problems relating to delivery, quality, or to stakeholders and resolve in a timely manner.
• Ensure up-to-date ABC classification is maintained for planning, and other key inputs into ERP.

Specific Job Requirements

• Maintain product knowledge in terms of options, substitutions, critical functions/components, etc.
• Broad working knowledge and experience with ISO procedures.
• Maintain basic knowledge of supplier processes and capabilities.
• Possess strong customer service orientation and must provide dedicated support of internal and external customer requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate to various audiences effectively.
• Team-oriented and have the ability to work cohesively with others.
• Strong attention to detail.

Education and Experience Requirements

• 1-2 years of buying/planning experience.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• APICS (CPIM) or equivalent certification a plus.
• Oracle or relevant ERP software experience preferred.
• Basic knowledge of supplier processes and capabilities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications required.
• Experience in operations, inventory management, MRP, and lean manufacturing processes preferred.
• Understanding of Kanban and Min/Max systems preferred.

Job Specific Competencies

• Negotiation Skills - Conducts positive negotiations, ability to compromise, handles conflict, seeks common ground, articulates own and others' goals, stays focused on positive outcome.
• Sense of Urgency - Prioritizes well, shows energy, reacts to opportunities, instills urgency in others, meets deadlines.
• Problem Solving/Analysis - Breaks down problems into smaller components, understands underlying issues, can simplify and process complex issues, understands the difference between critical details and unimportant facts.
• Planning - Develops realistic plans, sets goals, aligns plans with company goals, plans for and manages resources, creates contingency plans, coordinates/cooperates with others.
• Quality - Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems.

Working Conditions

• Bending, stooping, reaching, twisting, lifting, pushing, pulling and moving items - The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Requires the ability to move around and maneuver products when necessary. Occasionally lifts and carries items weighing up to 15 pounds.
• Walking and Standing - Requires moving around.
• Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
• Requires working under stressful conditions or working irregular hours.

Work Environment

• Work performed in an office environment.
• Involves frequent interaction with internal and external customers.

Position Status

• Level: Staff
• FLSA: Exempt
• Supervises: N/A