Material Planner
Location: Arden, NC
Employment Type: Full-Time
Key Skills
Material Planning | Supply Planning | MRP/ERP | SAP | Inventory Management | Supplier Management | Production Scheduling | EDI | Supply Chain | Supplier OTD | Manufacturing | Excel
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain long-term supply plans and supplier schedules based on production demand.
- Monitor and resolve material shortages, supplier backlogs, and schedule interruptions.
- Coordinate with suppliers on recovery plans, delivery schedules, ETAs, and critical material needs.
- Use SAP to manage supplier schedules, delivery dates, inventory, and scheduling agreements.
- Track inbound/outbound shipments, supplier OTD, backlogs, and material ETAs.
- Monitor raw material inventory and optimize stock levels to minimize shortages and excess inventory.
- Manage EDI releases, exception messages, supplier portals, and delivery reports.
- Prepare and analyze supply-chain reports, inventory forecasts, and supplier performance KPIs.
- Support expedited freight, engineering changes, new product launches, consignment reporting, and tariff reporting.
- Work closely with Purchasing, Supplier Quality, Production Scheduling, Customer Service, and vendors.
- Perform root-cause analysis and develop solutions to improve material availability and on-time delivery.
Required Qualifications
- Associate degree or equivalent work experience.
- Experience in a manufacturing / supply chain environment preferred.
- Experience with material planning, production planning, scheduling, and inventory management.
- SAP experience strongly preferred.
- Working knowledge of MRP/ERP systems and planning tools.
- Strong Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint skills.
- Strong communication, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Tekshapers is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any characteristic protected by law.
Pay: $65,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
