Material Planner II Job Listing at Roush Industries in Livonia, MI (Job ID nMq6SnnSrj)

Description

We work alongside the best and brightest to do incredibly cool things you wouldn't believe. At Roush, you're part of building the future. Are you someone that has a passion for providing innovated solutions to complex challenges? Do you want to work someplace where creativity and new ideas are encouraged? If so, then keep reading.

We fuse technology and engineering to provide product development solutions to customers in a diverse range of industries. Widely recognized for providing engineering, testing, prototype, and manufacturing services to the transportation industry, Roush also provides significant support to the aerospace, defense and theme park industries. With over 2,400 employees in facilities throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America, our unique combination of creativity and tenacity activates big ideas on a global stage.

The Material Planner II will work with suppliers to deliver the right material at the correct quantity and at the right time to meet production schedules. The role will communicate with suppliers, purchasing and the production scheduling team.

As a Material Planner II, you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring continuous production by utilizing the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system's material and production requirements, with a focus on forecast and dependent demand
• Communicating and coordinating with suppliers to ensure they receive planning generated purchase orders or releases, as well as forecasts
• Developing recovery plans with suppliers and operations to resolve supply shortfalls
• Developing and leveraging relationships with suppliers and operations to identify potential future problems to avoid production disruptions
• Escalating and resolving any issues or discrepancies found during the planning process to the appropriate cross-functional team members
• Effectively managing material requirement changes resulting from Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and forecast changes
• Working closely with the operations team to ensure any changes in the schedule are covered and can be achieved
• Participating in program end of life balance out meetings
• Following up and tracking the delivery of material to meet the schedule. The planner is responsible for tracking down and reporting supplier shipments and other duties as required
• Analyzing expedite requests as needed
• Maintaining compliance with all company policies and procedures

To be considered as a Material Planner II, you will need:

• High school diploma or equivalent with 5 years of experience or a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or related field with no experience
• Ability to be effective in a fast paced, dynamic team environment, handling multiple tasks
• Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude
• Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices
• Ability to be flexible and adjust to changing workload
• Good professional judgment, excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent computer skills including MS Office – Word, Excel (advanced formulas, pivots, if/then), Outlook
• Ability to travel locally 5% of the time

A successful candidate may also have:

• 3 year of supply chain experience
• Basic understanding of how a supply chain flows from the supplier's supplier to our customer's customer as well as general business practices
• Proven ability to solve complex issues by triaging for short term recovery as well as identifying root cause
• Ability to assist the team in putting corrective actions in place
• Solid understanding of materials flow and inventory triggers
• Self-starter who seeks out ways to improve processes before being asked
• Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) certification

Our full-time benefits include: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, earned sick time, STD, LTD, 401K, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, paid holidays, and more.

If you share our passion for providing innovative solutions to complex challenges, we want you on our team.

Please visit our careers page and apply by clicking on this link: https://jobs.roush.com/us/en/

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Roush is an EO employer – Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories

If you need a reasonable accommodation for our employment application process due to disability, please contact Roush Talent Acquisition at 734-779-7087.