Inventory Planner

6 days ago

Livonia, Michigan, United States Global Technology Associates Full time
Job Summary

Global Technology Associates is seeking a skilled Material Planner to join our team. As a Material Planner, you will play a critical role in ensuring the smooth operation of our supply chain by coordinating with suppliers and operations teams to deliver materials on time and in the right quantities.

Key Responsibilities
  • Material Planning: Utilize the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to ensure continuous production by forecasting and managing material requirements.
  • Supplier Coordination: Communicate and coordinate with suppliers to ensure they receive planning-generated purchase orders or releases, as well as forecasts.
  • Issue Resolution: Escalate and resolve any issues or discrepancies found during the planning process to the appropriate cross-functional team members.
  • Inventory Management: Effectively manage material requirement changes resulting from Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and forecast changes.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with the operations team to ensure any changes in the schedule are covered and can be achieved.
  • Program Management: Participate in program end-of-life balance-out meetings.
  • Supply Chain Visibility: Follow up and track the delivery of material to meet the schedule, and report supplier shipments and other duties as required.
  • Expedited Requests: Analyze expedited requests as needed.
Requirements
  • Education: High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Experience: Minimum of 3 to 5 years of supply chain experience.
  • Skills: Expertise in MS Office – Word, Excel (advanced formulas, pivots, if/then), Outlook.
Preferred Skills
  • Supply Chain Knowledge: Basic understanding of how a supply chain flows from the supplier's supplier to our customer's customer as well as general business practices.
  • Problem-Solving: Proven ability to solve complex issues by triaging for short-term recovery as well as identifying root causes.
  • Inventory Management: Solid understanding of materials flow and inventory triggers.
  • Process Improvement: Self-starter who seeks out ways to improve processes before being asked.
  • Certification: Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) certification.
  • Education: Associate's degree.

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