Job Information
CPS Planner in Lehighton, Pennsylvania
Supply Chain Planner
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Runs MRP daily and review requirements that are needed to replenish sheets, accessories and packaging supplies inventory at assigned warehouses
- Plans shipments that are needed to send inventory to other warehouse facilities
- Receives customer quotes and orders from Sales and determines lead time or delivery date for orders
- Generates the schedule for Cuts and meets with the Cut Lead to review the schedule
- Ensures the confirmed delivery date is in alignment with production schedule, finished good availability & warehouse workload
- Acts as the primary contact between Sales and Logistics to identify shipment constraints and develop plans with warehouse to meet customers' needs.
- Generates reports to monitor and follow-up on open stock transfers and closes any gaps that are found
- Responsible for managing the pallet inventory levels and working with the Pallet Shop and Purchasing to ensure we have the material on time for Production's needs.
- Define order scheduling problems by collecting the appropriate data, establish the facts, and draw valid conclusions
- Update the appropriate departments of potential order delivery changes/issues and escalate when necessary
- Processes all receivals of inventory into SAP for assigned warehouses
- Responsible for managing, conducting physical inventories for all the assigned warehouses
- Ability to work/manage projects as needed
- Must be able to effectively present information to groups of managers.
- Supports as a back-up to the rest of Planning team
- Work with the warehouse manager and supervisors to ensure cut schedule is executed according to the plan or if any adjustments are needed
- Work with purchasing to submit purchase requisitions on vendor related items and helps communicate any delays from vendors back to Sales team
- Responsible to generate forecasts for Accessory items that are vendor related and submit to Purchasing
May be assigned other duties as needed to support the business.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.
- Background in planning, 3-5 years of inventory and manufacturing/purchasing.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience using SAP or other ERP software.
- Must be detailed oriented
- Strong multitasking and organizational skills.
- Must be a self-starter with excellent communications skills.
- Ability to communicate and collaborate with all internal and external organizations as required.
- Ability to work in a highly stressful fast-paced environment.
- Experience with Excel at least intermediate level (Advance is a plus)
- Critical thinker
Ability for minimal Travel