Materials Planner

Dana is a global leader in the supply of highly engineered driveline, sealing, and thermal-management technologies that improve the efficiency and performance of vehicles with both conventional and alternative-energy powertrains. Serving three primary markets – passenger vehicle, commercial truck, and off-highway equipment – Dana provides the world's original-equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket with local product and service support through a network of nearly 100 engineering, manufacturing, and distribution facilities.

Material planners determine the materials needed for the production process and ensure the company has adequate manufacturing materials by surveying inventory.

Responsibilities

•    Analyze material requirements and initiate appropriate vendor material release schedules
•    Responsible for maintaining inventory levels to ensure an uninterrupted supply of material while at the same time, operating within established ordering rule constraints
•    Maintain inventory to hit established inventory targets, and fill rates.
•    Monitor Customer past dues to ensure the best Customer Service.
•    Analyze and report significant vendor delivery problems to department manager and DGP.
•    Establish and maintain a professional working relationship with supplier contacts through frequent phone contact and plant visitations
•    Continuously monitor ongoing material requirements versus availability, supplier delivery to schedule, net changes and material rejection or loss
•    Coordinate shipments from suppliers to minimize freight cost.
•    Communicate material availability information as required to master Customer Service, sales and plant production
•    Maintain records of material at outside subcontractors or obligation material at vendors
•    Develop, review, and update inventory standards, ordering rules, vendor information and lead times to most efficiently order and manage inventory and measure supplier performance
•    Review excess and obsolete inventories and provide to management recommendations for disposition
•    Participate in implementation of engineering changes and new model introductions.  Monitor the status of new part PPAP
•    Identify quantity and plan any special banks for vendor protection, new model phase-in, special safety stocks, etc.
•    Initiate purchase order requests
•    Communicate material shortages and requirements to internal Dana customers and suppliers as required.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience
•    High School Diploma/GED  
•    APICS certification preferred, but actual work experience can be sufficient
•    2 - 4 years materials planning experience
•    ERP experience and APICS training a plus
•    Good working knowledge of material flow and inventory control
•    Knowledge of ERP, MRP theories and procedures, and Lean Manufacturing preferred
•    Knowledge of concepts and application of materials requirements and inventory planning
•    General understanding of manufacturing activities and shop floor control
•    Must have excellent computer skills and thorough knowledge of MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook.
•    Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and must be capable of professionally interacting with an international customer base.
•    Must be proactive, detail oriented and have excellent organization, planning and follow-through skills.
•    Committed to tasks and skilled at identifying and solving a variety of problems of broad scope and complexity with little to no supervision
•    Have regular attendance at the plant to be engaged and successfully perform job functions
•    Be willing to work daily overtime and weekend overtime as necessary to support production needs
•    Must demonstrate a sense of urgency.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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