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Roush Enterprises Material Planner ll in Livonia, Michigan
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 ll, you will:
- Ensure continuous production by utilizing the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system's material and production requirements, with a focus on forecast and dependent demand
- Communicate and coordinate with suppliers to ensure they receive planning generated purchase orders or releases, as well as forecasts
- Develop recovery plans with suppliers and operations to resolve supply shortfalls
- Develop and leverage relationships with suppliers and operations to identify potential future problems to avoid production disruptions
- Escalate and resolve any issues or discrepancies found during the planning process to the appropriate cross-functional team members
- Effectively manage material requirement changes resulting from Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and forecast changes
- Work closely with the operations team to ensure any changes in the schedule are covered and can be achieved
- Participate in program end of life balance out meetings
- Follow up and track the delivery of material to meet the schedule. The planner is responsible for tracking down and reporting supplier shipments and other duties as required
- Analyze expedite requests as needed
- Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures
To be considered as a Material Planner ll, you will need:
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or related field
- 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
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. Material planner is key in assisting 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
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