# Senior Materials Planner

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: Dallas
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $78,000 - $118,000 a year
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/fca36368-be91-4f0d-80b4-e4c18564b1ea
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## Description

We are seeking an experienced Material Planner to enhance our materials planning and procurement processes. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in optimizing material usage, driving efficiency, and ensuring seamless collaboration across teams to support operational success.

### Responsibilities:

Leadership and Execution (Individual Contributor):

- Own the material planning function and ensure day-to-day processes align with company objectives.

- Develop and execute strategies to optimize material usage and enhance procurement efficiency.

- Demonstrate subject-matter expertise and provide informal knowledge sharing and best-practice guidance to peers.

Materials Analysis and Planning:

- Analyze material usage and consumption versus planned metrics and deliver actionable insights to stakeholders.

- Identify trends and recommend improvements to materials planning parameters to generate accurate procurement signals.

- Ensure materials planning activities align with operational and production requirements.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

- Partner closely with engineering to integrate new products and materials into planning systems seamlessly.

- Serve as a primary point of contact to facilitate clear communication between engineering and procurement functions.

- Adapt materials planning approaches to accommodate product changes and engineering feedback in a timely manner.

System Improvements:

- Recommend and implement enhancements to materials planning systems to streamline procurement processes.

- Leverage advanced tools, analytics, and data-driven methodologies to improve planning efficiency.

- Monitor outcomes and continuously refine system configurations to support sustained performance.

Supply Chain Performance Enhancement:

- Contribute to supply chain performance improvements through effective use of MRP (Material Requirements Planning) tools and techniques.

- Initiate and support process improvement efforts aimed at increasing efficiency and achieving key performance indicators.

- Stay current on industry best practices and emerging trends to continuously strengthen supply chain planning capabilities.

### Qualifications:

- Proven experience in materials planning, procurement, or supply chain management, with leadership experience preferred.

- Expertise in MRP systems and a strong understanding of materials planning and supply chain principles.

- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively across teams and departments.

- Experience in implementing system enhancements and leveraging tools to drive efficiency.

- Demonstrated ability to lead cross functional alignment in a fast-paced environment.

### Salary:

$78,000 - $118,000 a year

## Skills

### Required
- materials planning
- procurement
- supply chain management
- MRP systems
- materials planning and supply chain principles
- analytical skills
- problem-solving skills
- decision-making skills
- communication skills
- interpersonal skills

### Nice to have
- leadership experience
- Excel
- data analysis tools