Material Planning Analyst

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Roles and Responsibilities

Ensuring the timely delivery of materials to the facility, collaborating with suppliers to coordinate deliveries, shipping schedules and work schedules to meet facility production plans
* Using supplier collaboration technologies, collaborating with suppliers and operations to plan delivery of material for production
* Collaborating with suppliers to perform root cause corrective actions to resolve quality and supplier performance issues
* Planning for alternate manufacturing methods, and requiring the ability to communicate effectively across multiple functions both in- and outside of the company
* Analyzing established parts schedules and production requirements, converting requirements into appropriate piece parts, requisitioning the materials, regulating inventory levels and issuing work orders
* Working closely with facility supply chain planning resources to proactively address material requirements changes resulting from new product introduction and engineering / product change control
* Analyzing engineering releases for changes and/or new releases and coordinates effective release dates to provide an efficient depletion of related existing stock items
* Managing/performing supplier scheduling and implementation of engineering changes for the efficient manufacture of products and components
* Working with facility supply chain performance resources to implement supplier improvements based on supplier performance metrics
* Performing work to improve point of use material availability, providing leadership and guidance to teams applying root cause analysis and corrective actions to improve material availability and point of use availability
* Providing Material Planning expertise to facility functions in support of improving demand variability, forecast credibility and usability for production planning, and actively supports facility Sales and Operations Planning

Desired Candidate Profile

* Previous experience as a Material planning Analyst or Engineer
* A background in Supply Chain, Manufacturing / Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Inventory Management, Material Requirements Planning, Demand Management and/or Logistics

College or university degree, preferably in Supply Chain and/or Logistics Management or Industrial Engineering
* Experience with the CPS RIW and Value Stream Transformation process
* Minimum of five to seven years of progressively responsible supply chain job experience
* Experience in the development and deployment of Supply Chain processes
* Experience and knowledge of complex lean concepts and tools
* Experience and knowledge about CPS supply chain principles, specifically those applied to pull replenishment using material replenishment tools and processes, Supply Chain Planning analytical tools, material flow and throughput efficiency
* Strong understanding of common supply chain systems
* Knowledge of and / or experience deploying using 6 Sigma Project Management principles
* Leadership skills to effectively lead supply chain improvements making the best use of available resources, while maintaining strong people focus and fulfilling the responsibilities for leading people
* Strong collaborative, interpersonal and negotiation skills in order to drive common supply chain processes across multiple departments within a business division
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to creatively solve complex problems
* Thorough understanding of company policies and procedures and solid product knowledge
* Ability to design and deploy lean systems in a highly productive environment with minimal disruption to daily requirements
* Qualification as a CPS Support Team Leader
* CPS Functional Job Role Qualified
* APICS CPIM or CSPC National Certification

Perks and Benefits