Material Planner

As a Material Planner, you will ensure the reliable supply of new and existing materials needed to support production and laboratory operations. You will partner across Supply Chain, Warehouse, Quality, QC, Procurement, and other functions to maintain appropriate inventory levels, identify supply risks, and support continuity of operations.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain updates of key SAP material planning data to best utilize the planning system and ensure purchase orders are placed on time and monitored to maintain appropriate inventory levels
• Execute and improve standard processes around material expiry, re-evaluation, and cycle counting
• Support improvements to the execution of site key business processes within the scope of raw materials, such as financial budgeting, forecasting, expiry, and site impact assessments for new products
• Collaborate with site scheduling, warehouse, quality, and QC to resolve issues and implement process improvements around raw materials to drive time and cost savings
• Establish and maintain KPIs utilizing supply chain best practices to monitor plant raw material inventory and supplier performance
• Identify potential raw material supply risks impacting the ability to maintain the production schedule, inventory targets, or supply chain policies, and take appropriate actions to resolve issues by collaborating cross-functionally
• Troubleshoot SAP-related issues and/or develop as an SAP Super user
• Implement recommendations from global procurement to align with sourcing strategies, drive cost and inventory savings, while ensuring alignment with technical and quality requirements
• Develop relationships with suppliers, including providing vendor forecasts
• Execute vendor change notifications and change controls related to materials, including alternative sources

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• 1+ years of experience in manufacturing, supply chain, material planning, production, laboratory operations, or a related field

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of related manufacturing experience in a Supply Chain, Technical, Material Planning, Production, or Lab Supervision-related role
• Project Management and change control ownership experience
• Financial acumen, problem-solving, negotiating, and presentation skills
• Proficiency in systems and software such as SAP, Excel, and AI tools
• APICS certification or equivalent or willingness to become certified
• Written and oral communication skills with particular attention to detail
• Proficient in the SAP Production Planning System in raw material planning and/or MRP buying and planning knowledge in a manufacturing environment
• Ability to work effectively on cross-functional teams, including leading problem-solving and clearly communicating escalations